It is becoming more and more clear to me what a friend at college has been saying.
The government doesn't know or care or want to fix the problem, if either party made avenues to fix it, they would lose voters because we're all too greedy, too scared and or feel too secure to want to truly sacrifice. So whenever something bad arises about the economy or a large industry, something comes out about the war and the powers in the government start arguing over those issues and the economy gets shoved aside and forgotten.
GM announces it's close to bankruptcy = Bush's wiretaps/mail openings.
The only industry that gets it and deservedly so is Big Oil and that is only because the people are so vocal about it ad it effects everyone's wallet.
But healthcare..... nope
Saving the auto industry ..... nope
the infrastructure..... nope
and so on.
I am starting to see his point as very legitimate. That perhaps the war isn't for oil or terrorism but designed to keep focus off the true problems we really have. It's an expensive excursion but if used the right way will get the other sides to try to work together without having to use the government as it's savior. OR it could totally backfire and truly destroy us (our economy and government) much, much faster.
There is merit but I don't know if I agree with all of it.
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I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?"
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