I do not think Obama has the answers. In fact I know he does not. Not for the economy (New deal II = Raw deal for those not in the public sector, if we recover it will be in spite of his policies), not for foreign policy (continuing the Bush-Obama doctrine) and not for monetary policy (long live the boom bust cycle). His administration has been a complete failure.

I sometimes in my movements of weakness think his social medical coverage is not that bad. On an abstract level it is actually a good thing, as despite the statistics, a lot of people I know do not have medical coverage or something with a deductible so high it is not worth mentioning. Further, if we stopped the overseas wars and just had homeland security and American soil defense, we could afford all this and more. It does work at some level in Europe, but not to the end.

However, I know this would be adding fuel to the fire and would be another unending stream of debt and credit the USA would be strapped with, if human nature concerning ‘free’ is correct.

Dislike me if you will, but I am pro-life and can not support the idea that I am funding Obama’s vision of treating pregnancy under preventive care. That is, I have to pay for other people’s contraception or termination of life. Children are not a disease in my view. That alone will not allow me to vote for Obama.

Obama is leading the USA to a path that is not congruent with many people’s views in the USA and moral beliefs. They might not voice this aloud because they are afraid of being shouted down.

In the end, maybe it is not the economics as much as the silent army of devout people who see Obama leading America down a dark path.

I am not in any way shape or form a fundamentalist, just the opposite. In fact pretty liberal in my beliefs about morality, I think most would brand me as borderline heretic or at least progressive thinker to the max. I am anti supernaturalist, cynic, skeptic, I like organizations like the Skeptical inquirer and debunkers like the Amazing Randi, but also love theology of Hans Kung or writing of Martin Gardner. So it I am pretty far left on the belief’s spectrum.

However:

Obama is anti religious. Romney made this point and the Whitehouse can cry, but it is true if you look at things like the mandate to insurers and other issues.

I can not go along with the Obama’s secular humanism and disrespect for the constitituion regarding the first amendment. I think in the voting many people will see it this way too.

Therefore, I am sticking to my position that Obama is unelectable in 2012. I would rather say ‘you will see’, than ‘I told you so’.

Yes most of america is spoiled. I agree with that but america is good at what it does. Making money. We have resources, industries,machines,and it makes it easier.
 Hmm let me think, if I gave a poor european a smart government, food $$ a job, her family support,tv internet,a car and more stuff, would they take it? I believe so.

 I’m fortunate that America’s founding fathers where inventors,hard workers and knew exactly how to run a government. Maybe other countries should learn from our success. No they wont because they leaders would rather lead and not listen to their county, their people.

Of course I’m not as educated as you, because you have been around the world, which I need to do or hope to do. I appreciate your insight but for being a patriot, you sound like your putting yourself on pedestal and disrespecting America. How about this, why don’t you look at euros, Chinas and all the other countries governments, and see what they do wrong, because obviously We are doing something right, because were spoiled.

 I also do not like to hear people waste there $$ on wasteful products, I don’t like seeing stupid wasteful product, and I don’t like hearing people complain when they don’t get what they want when they want from there parents, when the children do nothing.

 Some Americans complain that they can’t get jobs, that don’t have no car, that our economy sucks, and they say this because all they can get is a 8$ job and they want better. They complain because they want a better life, is that bad? to want the best for yourself,to be the best that you can be? If anyone in a third world county were in my shoes, they would also be all they can be, buying triple patted sandwiches and driving in a car for ther work.

I am very open-minded and would like to visit other countries just to see how things are, to meet people, to appreciate, to look at other cultures and if I have to eat potatoes everyday, I will.

What is poor, it’s this

Poor equates to people who live in the ghetto, or slums. They live in fear of dying from other people. They can barley afford food and ther housing( ow yea, they live in houses or apartments because you can’t build a house in a city,even if there is nothing but wildlife and trees, if cops catch you, you’ll get it taken away, and its hard to live off the grid, with no one and nothing, you’d pity much have to learn a complete new life style, like an Indian, and you can’t farm and plant potatoes). poor have tiny TVs, and don’t worry it doesn’t cost much thy are not spoiled.

A lot of poor parts of America have gangs and drugs. which means thers a good chance you will get your stuff stolen,specially if you’re an easy target, which makes kids join gangs to seek protection. now they must kill, threat in, represent theer gang, steal, do drugs, sell drugs. ther no going back now, those kids and their kid will be in the grand life style. always having to watch ther back, being afraid to die, or family dyeing.

They make money but at a price.they may also get addicted to drugs, which may cost them there live. the sad part is, they don’t really have a choice, they are pressured to go into that life style since children. that is poor.

Sounds like a wonderful life doesnt it. But that’s rich in other countries so they shouldnt complain. get real, we got brains, and if some has to live a bad life,wether it be, no food, no electricity, gangs, America China, Germany, it doesnt matter, they can complain, who cares. if you’re not allowed to complain because its pointless then don’t but either way they are poor. please, im sure you would love to change your normal or poor life for a poor persons life in america because that s rich for you right. good luck dodging bullets.

All I see are negative comments, come on now, wish you could switch lives with them, because the poor here are rich, and you dont have to work hard for it, right.

Lastly no hard feelings, good luck, Nice article, and I am a patriot, and don’t be such a hater. Peace.

Think about it, both domestically and internationally a society that is committed to the principles of individual liberty rather than trying to engineer the ‘common good’ at home and around the world will result in a society that is better off. I believe after living under the yoke of the British Empire the founding fathers like Jefferson understood this.

Ron Paul’s ideas are pretty solid, such as free money or a least make the Federal Reserve bank less dangerous. I mean they did start the business cycles in pretty much ever crisis from the Great Depression to the present. The Income tax is a burden not a blessing on the American people. The wars over the last ten years and before were a waste, those resources could have been applied to something great in R&D for example.

Even though, Dr, Paul will not get elected in 2012 but I hope more Americans will yield to the logic of this ideas. Just pick up some works of the Austrian economists ( and yes I did study those writers in their original books). Brilliant minds.

I do not think Obama is trying to intentionally usurp power from the American people as part of a master plan. however, I do think the Bush-Obama doctrine is questionable and unconstitutional. I do think the detention of US citizens is wrong. I think the American election is a battlefield over state socialism and the common good or maximizing the greater good by protecting the freedom of the individual.

I lived in Eastern Europe too long to believe in the fairy-tale of the state as the protector of the common good.

If I had to do it all over again I would have gotten my Master’s in Economics and then started off being an entrepreneur. I mean I worked in the corporate world for companies like PWC and Merril Lynch and it made me an excel power user, and an expert at TPS reports but nothing else except a pretty resume. I think it is not as important as understanding how markets works. I also education enriches your life and you relate to people different if pride does not corrupt you.

It reminds me of the choices in the board game of life.

A simple metaphor to think about is this: I think many guys out there say they wish they joined the military to give and teach then disciple. Well when I worked on the loading docks and the ex military guys we hired did not impress me as having any more disciple than the skinny guys with long hair in black head banger t-shirts who just worked really hard. In fact, I would say they had less and learned more how to ‘pace themselves’. I concluded the only type of disciple was self disciple. And similarly the lesson here is the corporate work might teach you some skills, but not worth the tour of duty. Nothing you can not learn on your own.

I can highly recommend a liberal arts education to broaden the mind then go right to being an entrepreneur. If you are young and poor and fail nothing lost. But once you are in business and have a family you get comfortable and your ability to fail is comprised if your wife is not standing on the bow of your ship looking in the same direction.