keepthefaith

Funny line from a friend of mine last night. "I wish the strike would occur this year instead of next year".

Wait a minute, you're saying that people of lower income than yourself are taxed at a higher rate than you are? Explain.

You're right. Low unemployment solves so many problems. To address jobs correctly is a mounmental task, but worth it. Our economy, if we do nothing, will eventually improve and some jobs will come back. However, as a nation we need to address the larger long term picture as well as the short term. We've got to look at the jobs we've lost and make an honest effort to recover those (like manufacturing) if possible. We also have to look forward at industries that can be job creators. We need to look at a lot of our policies (including trade policies IMO) and make good economic decisions and do so without burdening taxpayers. I would not expect many career politicians to know how to make these improvements, but they do have easy access to the best minds available on this subject. If they're smart, they'll take advantage of that and we should expect nothing less as voters. As for health care, I think most people would agree that allowing people to have and make choices and to afford them themselves is the best outcome. Work toward that. If we get anywhere close to that the overall problem gets much smaller.

I am on shift work. I'm the first one here in the morning and the last one to leave almost always. I'm the only one here on weekends and I do a lot of work at home on nights when I manage to get home before 8 or 9 O'clock which is not that often. How many shifts is that?

It's crucial. We cannot afford to continue to create and support people's dependency on the government.

Been to Aurora lately? The population of Mexicans (legal and not) has exploded. I do agree that Illinois overall has a nice feel.

Most people are for reform. Most people are not for this version of reform simply because they don't believe that either the House or Senate bills are well crafted solutions. A good solution would be supported across party lines.

Exactly. The way the term is often used, you would think that the people with more money don't work.

The Adirondack park is one of the greatest places in our great country.

You do realize that polls convincingly show that the majority of Americans support health care reform, but also the majority of Americans do not support the health care reform that has been proposed. Only now that Washington's hand may be forced might they go back to the drawing board and put together a solution that is sensible. We'll see.

I truly expect Obama to do whatever he can to push this through now. He's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't, but I think his own ideology trumps all including common sense. It'll be interesting. The right thing to do on health care is to tear up the 2700 page beast and put something together that can be widely supported.

I'm embarrassed to admit that I employed the guy in the article in link below. We hired him based on the determination he expressed in the interview. His credit report was a train wreck and he had a criminal record. Seemed like a guy we could give a 2nd chance. We were wrong. We fired him back in 2005. http://www.wftv.com/news/15846319/detail.html

I'm expecting a bunch of delays in the process.

No rational thinking person would vote for that monstrosity.

I might become a Patriots fan!!!

Ladies and Gentleman, we have a winner!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't talk about hell in this thread.

In football terms, Obama is a bust in the making.

We'll have at least one additional new thread on this election by tonight.

Rersearch? I've hired more than 100 people in my lifetime. Don't need anyone's research. I look at more than a number. Look for judgments, defaults, suits and wage garnishments. These can be red flags, especially after interviewing a person. Believe it or not, people are not always honest and forthcoming in interviews.

I've got a hefty tax bill as a business owner and would settle for a balanced budget and no tax decrease for me personally. Once we get to a surplus (which appears to be an incredible longshot), we can whine about taxes.

Have to disagree with you there. I don't think there is a more reasonible common sense political anchor than him on TV.

Believe me, you can learn a lot about someone by looking at their credit report and driving record and yes it can help you make a hiring decision. In my experience the blemishes you find on driving and credit reports do often translate into behavior and performance in the workplace.

You're not really gonna call O'Reilly stupid are you?

Completely different matter from jobs moving overseas.