I HAD A DREAM LAST NIGHT

[clarence swinney]

AL GORE WON AND WAS ELECTED( NOT SELECTED)
A LOOK AT A DIFFERENT 2010
He would have continued Clinton/Newt Fiscal Policies of Pay Your Way
We would continue to have Surpluses not Debt as far as the eye can see
Debt today would be 6000B not 12000B
2010 Budget would be 3000B not 3800
Unemployment would be 5% not the real 17%.
Food Stamp Roll would be 10% not 40%
Unemployment Insurance Roll would be low
Redistribution of Wealth back to Middle Class would have continued
The top 1% would own 20% not 43% of Total Financial Wealth
He would have continued Taxing the top 1%
Wall Street Regulators would be under experts not Partners In Crime
We would have 400 military bases not 800 worldwide
We would not have two wars
We would not have lost thousands of lives of young youths
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims would still be alive
Thousands of young Muslims would still have legs feet and minds
America would still be the most admired nation on Earth not the most despised
We would go back to behaving as a Christ-Like nation via our national policies
Millions would own homes not foreclosure notices
States would not be laying off hundreds of thousands in such important jobs as
Teaching and Policing California would have a balanced budget
John Kerry would be President.
Sound common sense policies would continue.
clarence swinney
Old ugly mean honest

[lostnfound]

1. Oil would not be gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.

[DoBotherMe]

2. k&r n/t

Too bad he wore a brown suit :sarcasm: Dana ; )

[n2doc]

3. I still think that SNL sketch with Gore reporting on his progress is the best

But I also think things would not be as good as you imply. I truly doubt he would have put a dent in the wealth of the top 1%ers. Clinton didn't.

California has serious issues that go beyond who is president.

[ljm2002]

5. California's serious issues were made 100 times worse...

...by Enron and the gang, all part of the Bush/Cheeeeeney legacy.

To say that who was President would not have made much difference is to be extremely naive if not disingenuous.

It would have made a huge difference. Just for starters, there would not have been a recall of Governor Davis IMO, because that was put in place precisely because Davis wanted to sue Enron for the $9B they stole from his state.

I say this as someone who didn't like Davis at all, due to his pandering to the prison industry and many refusals to grant pardons. But still.

[n2doc]

7. I didn't say things would have been the same

But I disagree that things would have been the utopia you think they would have been. In any case none of this is relevant, unless someone can figure out how to travel to parallel timelines where Gore was allowed to be elected.

[ljm2002]

8. I never mentioned a utopia...

...not sure where you got that.

OTOH you are correct, we can't go back in time and fix it, more's the pity.

[FedUpWithIt All]

4. I thought about a Kerry presidency yesterday.

I saw yet another thing in the news that he has been doing lately (as usually it was something that actually makes sense) and felt a real loss. :(

[Blue-Jay]

6. You certainly have specific dreams.

Percentages and everything!

Last one I remember, I was singing karaoke with Peter Cetera and a guitar-playing creature at a high school hockey game. My mic fell off it's stand and I quit the group to go flying without an airplane.

[clarence swinney]

9. Statistics tell us much

LIKE
From 1945 to 1981 each percentile gained almost evenly in Income and Wealth.
Economists labeled a Picket Fence Distribution.
In 1945 the top 1% owned 30% of Total Financial Wealth.
In those 35 years it was redistributed and in 1980 it was 20%.
After 8 of Reagan they owned 36%. An 80% increase.
Reagan gave them a 60% Cut in Earned Income Taxes and 47% Tax Cut in Unearned Income.
He gave them a big cut by moving Revenue Sharing to Middle class Property Taxes.
He gave Middle Class the biggest Tax Increase in history the Payroll Tax Increase and he capped the amount paid by Rich.
He increased gas tax by five cents per gallon a tax increase mainly on Middle Class.
He increased Defense Spending big time. A gift to wealthy stockholders of Defense Industry stocks.
He increased Spending by 80% and Debt by 183%.
Who got Rich?
In 1980 we had 10 Billionaires. In 1989 we had 51.

Bush completed the job. Big Tax cuts for Rich. 403 Billionaires.

In 2008
Top 1% owned 43% of Total Financial Wealth
10% owned 70%
20% owned 93%
80% owned 7%=120,000,000 workers-Shafted

We will require a redistribution by Tax Policy.

Wall Street Owns us.
Our Wealth
Our :argest corporations
Our White House
Our Senate
Our House of Rep


It will take strong people not owned by the rich.
First we need to Finance Campaigns and not allow outside money to be used at all to influence our government employees.Limite numbers of month to camopaign. Public financed debates only.

First Amendment stands in our way.

old ugly mean honest