5 Points to Ponder

1. If the economy really is teetering on the brink of recession, make sure to vote for democrat candidates who will raise taxes this fall to guarantee that we will have a recession...and a longer and deeper one at that. Politicians have to understand this reality, so assuming they hold to their pledges to stick it to corprations and "the rich" (whatever that means) with tax increases, they must believe that their social redistributionist agenda is worth the price of a deep recession, because they will assuredly cause one.
2. Choking off the engine of econimic growth will do more societal damage to those in the "middle class" that democrats want so desperately to "help" by buying their votes with govenment handouts. Who will weather a democrat fueled recession better, the fat-cat with millions in the bank or the tax rebate recipient who just spent their $ 600 to pay their bills? Think about it before you vote this fall.
3. About the only thing that the government can do with 100% certainty to a thriving economy is screw it up. If left alone market forces will distribute resources and rewards to those who deliver value to the market. That is why our system works so well. When pols leave it alone everyone who chooses to participate in the economy is rewarded, when politicians try to jury-rig the system, they throw the entire system out of balance.
4. No matter how great the United States economy performs, with 300 million citizens in the US, there will always be someone down on their luck or who has washed out of the country's prosperity. The media will always find this person and present them as an example of pervasive problems that need to be fixed with government programs and regulation.
5. Virginia governor Tim Kaine seems to be a really nice guy who genuinely cares about people. However, he is the prototypical meddling politician. He firmly believes there is no problem in Virginia that cannot be solved with a government program. From second hand smoke to sub-prime lending practices to pay-day loans. Where ever a perceived problem exists, Kaine is there with a new program or regualtion...he is the consummate pointy-headed liberal who intends to protect everyone from themselves...according to his personal leftist view of what is best. Puh-lease...for being so smart, he sure acts dumb.