Kids running the candy store.

Under Bush, the kids have been running the candy store. Not only have regulations been weakened to the point of ineffectiveness, but most of the regulatory agencies are being run by the industries they are supposed to regulate! This is why we're in the mess we're in, both on Wall Street and at the gas pumps. John McCain has been a part of this cultur e since the first go-round with this in 80s (remember the savings and loans?). He's now claiming that he will regulate Wall Street and get rid of golden parachutes. Did he switch sides all of the sudden?

The McCain campaign truly must think the American voters are stupid. His economic plan was written by Phil Graham and one of his chief campaign adivsors is the former CEO of HP. I hope he's not paying her much, because her golden parachute was about $32 million. At least his wife has someone to shop with.

Bush has displayed no fiscal responsibility, no, wait, Bush has displayed fiscal DISDAIN. And McCain has pledged to maintain that level of irresponsibility. McCain was in the military, but Bush has been spending our money like a drunken sailor. Eliminating Bush's tax giveaway for the rich is exactly what this economy needs. Show me an economist that doesn't agree with that and I'll show you someone that's being paid by Republicans or Republican supporters (or someone that got a "C" in macro-economics and made up their business cards at Kinkos).

This economy has been like a big pyramid scheme, with the top few getting ludicrously rich off the backs of everyone else while the "fundamentals" continue to weaken until the eventual collapse.

It seems that the Presidency should be accountable for job performance. Maybe that's why McCain is trying to act like it hasn't been his party that's been running things the past eight years. Oh, and McCain continues to lie about Obama's econmic plan, while at the same time trying to slide his "plan" through as some sort of change. This election shouldn't even be close, but it just goes to show you that while the Republicans are horrible at running a country they're great at manipulating the media.

And one more thing: McCain wants to tax health care benefits. Are you kidding me? Why not just have Todd Palin put on his snow machine racing boots and kick every working person in the crotch? Maybe we can balance the budget by adding a surcharge to bankruptcy filings. Or perhaps we can raise taxes on people that sell their plasma.