VikesFan1 wrote:I agree there's been a shift but liberals can't be left holding the bag on this. There's PLENTY of reasons for the current entitlement mentality that trace back only as far as the last presidential era. One example is the deregulation of the banking industry, which created the economic bubble, and then bust, which we currently reside. During this great period of "prosperity," every middle-class mom needed a new mini-van, with multiple TV's, and a camper and a RV and a boat for camping trips, etc, etc. The media fed this notion, and boy did it. If you weren't keeping up with the Jonses you were a failure. But many of these things we've been told we are entitled to are for the rich. We've lost sight of what it means to be middle class. Couple that with the fact that we are now in a correction period, and some people simply don't have the tools to deal with it. The jobs aren't there, the pay isn't there, the healthcare isn't there, the security isn't there, retirements are gone, and moral is low. It's not good times. The time for partisan politics is over. A famous JFK quote comes to mind. Something about asking not what this country can do for you, but what you can do... This means everyone... Not just if you feel like it... for the good of the country you are so willing to live in and defend... God knows the Prez needs all the support he can get, if we are to get through this without major incident. We don't have to like it, but that's the way it is. ...And banning guns is not the answer.
You're telling less than half the story. Guess who's administration REALLY created the problem?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Reinvestment_ActThe time for partisan politics is never over. The other side will always be wrong, and they will always need us to tell them that.
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 12:38 pm