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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.
"That City" (Score:2)
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
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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
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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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Um, was it not a true statement?
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As to what I said: do you think some city DOESN'T have to have the worst unemployment in the state? If so, you're fighting irrefutable logic.
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So his problem is that his town has the worst unemployment. If you make it so his town no longer has the worst unemployment, you make someone else's town worst, and then you have to help them. It's a neverending cycle, literally.
As near as I can tell from what you wrote, you see someone in a situation like that, and think, "Sucks to be you."
You're wrong.
I am not saying it sucks to be him. I am saying he is looking a
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Of course not. And not all conservatives believe in not giving poor anything at all. Most people meet somewhere in the middle.
How about not being so beholden to special interests that corporate America gets to walk all over the little guy? How about actually looking after what is in the best interest of the constituency, not in the best interests of the company that gave your campaign half a million dollars? When will people matter more than lobbyists?
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