NP - Sign Ant- Obama-GOP Tax Cut Petition

[Richard Fiero]

kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>I've heard this over and over:  "Obama's hands are ties.  There's 
>nothing he can do but prevent bad things from getting worse."  Would 
>President Palin's hands be similarly tied?  Or is it only Democratic 
>presidents who are powerless?  Why is that?  It's not a very 
>persuasive argument for voting Democrat.  I'm with Bernie Sanders 
>and (finally!) MoveOn.org on this one.  I'm guessing I would have 
>preferred Churchill to Chamberlain back in the day.
>
>Laura

Some things are real.
Yes to all that. The bond and stock markets have reacted favorably 
since two weeks ago possibly in expectation of The Deal and ignored 
the continued unemployment news. If I had money to play with, I could 
have bought stocks and shorted bonds a while back and be prepared to 
unwind when the thing unravels, as it may. The US dollar seems to 
have dropped precipitously against the British pound, which is a good 
thing unless one wanted to spend dollars on British goods.
Notions of justice and fairness aside, The Deal keeps shit happening 
and does have a multiplier effect in creating jobs, although small. 
Smaller then placing funds in the hands of folk who will spend it. We 
can't get the corporations to stop sitting on their cash hoards and spend.