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On CNN yesterday, representatives of the Bush and Kerry campaigns were in Wisconsin or something, talking to voters in a sort of "town hall" format meeting.

One man asked what Bush is going to do about jobs, since his city has the worst unemployment in the state. No one said the most ovious response to this: "well, some city has to have the worst unemployment in the state."

So many people complain about how this policy sucks because it hurts those people, or this candidate sucks because my city has these problems. But everyone has problems, and every policy hurts someone. It's a balance. And if you want a President who actually cares about the problems of every individual and tries to please them all, then you need to stop and think about how that is even possible. Sure, you've got problems, but it is your job to fix them, not the government's, because the government can't fix everyone's problems.

Take outsourcing. Let's assume for the sake of argument what many people think, that outsourcing helps create MORE jobs in the U.S. You lose your job to outsourcing. Do you really want a President who would sacrifice the jobs of many other people so you won't lose yours? If so, you've got issues.

The job of any government is to do what is best overall, and moreso for the President, who is essentially in charge of 300 million people, all with different and conflicting needs. Before you whine about your problems, consider if the solution would hurt even more people.

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  • Hey pudge... been reading your Journal for a while...

    I live in that city in Wisconsin... The reason for the unemployment is the number of people like that guy.

    I know many unemployed people. For every one of them there is always an excuse and it's always someone else's fault they don't have a job. They haven't had jobs since well before the economy was booming back in the Clinton years. I can only conclude they have no job because they are unwiling to work.

    Being one of the larger cities in Wisconsin i

    • Yay... Another Racinian on /. I actually live in Kenosha now, but that's only recently...

      For a city of its size, you'd think Racine wouldn't be that bad, but over the past 20 years, it seems as if a lot of people are moving elsewhere and taking the good jobs with them leaving the unemployable or don't-want-to-bother-with-being-employed-but-plea s e-keep-sending-me-my-checks-so-I-can-buy-those-new -Nikes folks.

      I wonder why it was chosen over any other city in the state? That's two big election events in R
      • What do ya mean.. Nothin' ??? Bush stoped at Tenutas on his way from janesville to Racine.
        • He was only here for the rallies in Lake Geneva and Racine. Tenuta's was an "unscheduled" stop. They didn't even know that he was planning on driving through Kenosha until the afternoon before when they suddenly announced that schools would be let out at noon and the city would be closed down the middle when they shut down 52nd Street for his motorcade.

          I think he was the first sitting president to be in Kenosha in something like 70 years. Somehow they always seem to get skipped.

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