Actually I am not kidding you. This is your 3rd article in a row basically questioning why some of us here can't seem to understand and accept your opinions or that Obama can be good for the country.

Maybe rather than trying to understand, maybe you can simply accept that we disagree. You see, in order for anyone to understand someone elses point of view, you have to be willing to accept that you might be wrong. Honestly, I have yet to see that in your comments, especially after seeing 3 articles sorta tackling the same topic.

I am going to guess that what DrGuy meant was for the Govt to do nothing. They need to stay out of it when it comes to wanting to put money into it. Do you keep putting oil inside a motor with a leak or do you fix the leak first?

The companies who realized they were abusing the system and are not trying to make things right for example. Have you noticed how all of a sudden we have all these fuel efficient cars almost magical come out of the automakers factories in less than a year? I am curious, where were these cars in 2006 or 2007? I seriously doubt someone all of a sudden found a way to make cars more efficient is such a short amount of time, not unless the idea had been there all this time but the cars they were making at the time were more profitable.

Yes, there are a lot of people losing jobs, but maybe this is what these companies need in order to survive this economic downturn so that they may gain strength again and start hiring people again. You're idea is to give these companies money from a stimulus package so they don't lay off people. Ever wonder why they were laying off people? If their business is not making money, what would be the purpose of keeping the employees to continue to provide a service or make a product that is not selling?

It sucks, yes it does. But we all have to fall down once in a while for use to be able to get back on our feets again and learn how not to fall again. You keep saying you look for hope in Obama, hows about you look for hope in the people? If we have survived this kind of situation before, why do you think you need Obama to save us this time?

I'm sorry, I thought it was implicit.  The government isn't going to change anything  - I don't care if you put God in the white house with Jesus, Buddah, Allah, Isis, and every subdeity in the book on the cabinet because the people are fubar.

My proposed solution is, therefore, "buy a mirror, and look deeply into it" for everyone in the US (and it wouldn't hurt the world at large, either).

Using our common sense and giving the money back or stop taking more from the people.  I can agree with all that.  Good points!

My suggestions on the businesses, was especially for those small businesses who are in trouble, not because of their own, but because of the growth in their taxes and fees and also loss of consumers for some.  I have friends who are losing out because of the dwindling of their clienteles.

There are also townsd and cities losing their law enforcement people, that can't be a good thing.

Keeping track Charles....how nice.

"asking the man in the mirror to mend his ways"...to quote Michael Jackson's song....I get it!

I am going to answer this with an off beat answer. I hope it's ok with you Donna.

The answer is, "when will people remember that DEMOCRATS are the PARTY OF TAX AND SPEND"

Here would be my first piece of advice:

Rather than confiscating money from successful people and businesses to give to unsuccessful people and businesses, the government should stop doing that.

You want to see more jobs? Quit having the government take money away from the very people who want to create more jobs.

People keep poo-pooing the fact we have a $1.8M tax bill coming up on April 15th.  That's a lot of jobs that won't be created as a result.  Spread that across the entire country.

Obama's solution of aking the $1.8M I was going to use to hire more people and instead give it out to people who are mostly going to just end up buying various consumer goods that mostly go overseas anyway doesn't seem very productive.

The best thing Obama could do is to get the federal government out of our lives as much as humanly possible.

To reduce their tax burden would be a great start. But the small business owners have to take a good hard look themselves.  Are they in a niche market or provide a necessary service or commodity? Luxury items and services are the first to slow down in tough economic times. These businesses can survive (and have in the past) but the owners are going to have to take steps to keep pace with the financial situation. If they can pull it off, they will be stronger and better off when things do improve. Remember "pet rocks"? Someone made a fortune off that, but it never could have last long. That's an extreme example, but all business fall somewhere between the staples and the pet rocks.

Hope your friends can weather out the storm.

Not at all MM!  I think it goes a way around for all politicians, not just the Dems.lol!

Wow, that's a big chunk!  I understand why you're pissed off.  I would be too.  The couple of months that I had the business with my cousin, my God the amount of paperwork involved was mind boggling!  Tax here, taxed everywhere, not just federal but local and city too!  Insurance, fees, etc. I learned a lot let me tell you so I understand!

I guess it will be a wait and see if this can be done.

Luxury I guess becaue they are want base business not need. 

If I missed anyone, sorry, I'm off to the hospital, baby call!