Reply #63: McCain proposing more of the same old shit. [View All]

[Dr.Phool]

http://blog.cleveland.com/openers/2008/07/wilmin.html

But there is risk for Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama if they are perceived as indifferent or merely offer sound bites. So far, they've offered help in their capacity as U.S. senators, although Ohioans Sherrod Brown and George Voinovich have that covered. The McCain campaign, saying it will do what it can but warning that the jobs might not be able to be saved, says its proposals can at least cushion the blow by keeping taxes low, reducing government regulations and reforming job-training programs.

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Yeah, John. You can look out the window and see what's trickling down to working families after all those tax cuts. And we can see full well how gutting regulations are helping the economy every day. Business, especially the airline industry, banking, and automobiles are thriving, thanks to lax regulations.

My biggest pet peeve is republican job training programs. Been there, done that. Or rather didn't do that. In 2001, when LTV Steel (my railroads parent company) went under, I qualified for all kinds of job retraining. Nothing that I wanted, but there were a few programs I could get into. In early 2002, I filed for benefits in March, the earliest possible date, and the fund was already depleted for that year. The following year, I re-applied in Florida, but they gave the money to Florida in the form of a block grant, and Jeb decided that he wasn't going to fund the program. He had better uses for that money, like tax cuts for his rich cronies.

Typical republican bait and switch.