Learning the hard way..from history

04/28/08 09:16 AM

If voters think that any of the candidates can TRULY do anything about some huge problem in this country than they are

sadly mistaken. If history has proved anything it's that politicians will say and do anything to get elected but when they take office they often forget the promises they made to voters.

I expect the housing market devaluation to continue for at least the rest of this year and maybe into next year. I expect that soon there will be a buying frenzy and that prices to will come back but to a more realistic level. Sellers should not panic and be willing to wait out the turmoil and buyers are eventually going to have go for it in hopes that the market has hit rock bottom.

As our military is withdrawn from Iraq a lot of money will be pumped into the defense department to modernize the military and repair the damage from the Iraq campaign. This of course will have a trickle down effect on the economy as more and more defense contractors hire more people to increase production. Our current military is modeled after an outdated world and once again call for the elimination of the "different branches of service" to one military that can rapidly deploy or respond as needed with a CLEAR military objective in mind.

I also expect that soon we will all be paying $5.00 for a gallon of gas. One could blame the oil companies but the reality is that under a capatilist democratic system they are entitled to make their profits. Where we really need to up our pressure is on oil exporters who continue raise prices while we use our resources to defend their way of life. Iraq should be paying us back the billions of money that has gone into the country only to dissappear in oil.

As for layoffs, well that is part of the business cycle. Companies get stronger after layoffs but what really upsets me is that some companies do this just to please the street with no strategy on how to increase sales. Often it is the people lower on the totem pole who pay the price for senior executives bad decisions and that it's time to hold them accountable with a boot and no golden parachute.

These are just some of the issues the next President is going to have to tackle and no matter what he, or she, does it will not mean a thing without the approval of Congress and The House. Voters are angry and politicans know this but there are still way too many who wield power for the benefit of their party and nothing else. I don't believe that Mr Obama has the experience to deal with career politicians, Mr McCaine does not have enough experience in domestic policy, especially on the economic side but a strong cabinet can aid him in this gap. Ms Clinton is a career poltician who has the knowledge to twist elbows and bring people to the table but if she gets in office the GOP may decide to do the same thing to her that they did to Bill..attack..attack and attack some more.

I liked Clinton as a President but I cannot give him credit for the state of the economy while he was President. While his morals are in question I believe that most people feel that getting "oral" from an intern was between him and his wife and none of the business of anyone else. Hell Governors, Senators and stars do this all the time so why should a politician be different? We have to stop holding everyone up to the light while we refuse to look inside ourselves first.

So things will get better, abit slower than we would like. Obama is riding a wave of change with no substence and if the poltical process of a democracy is strong we will see him exposed for what he really is or is not. The more things change the more they stay the same no matter who is sitting in the oval office but someone who can truly unite and lead may do much to get people to come into the light from the dark that the media loves to scare us with.