Sarah Palin: The wrong prescription to America's ills

Let's take a look at the three things that Sarah Palin thinks America needs. First, gas prices are now very low and more drilling will not necessarily produce lower prices. Once the gas prices rose to historic highs during the Bush era, demand dropped. The Obama plan to produce energy by more alternative means seems to be the long term solution to americans' energy needs rather than the GOP energy solution to short term corporate profits.

Second, tax cuts are the one trick Republican pony. Spending increases and programs like unemployment insurance and increases to food stamps and WIC are more effective than tax cuts. FDR got America through the Great Depression and World War 2 by raising taxes on affluent Americans, not by cutting them. The Obama administration has been following the recommendations of the Moody's economists.

Do you really trust the GOP to cut your taxes? This was the outcome of the Bush era tax cuts. The middle class actually saw a tax increase according to the CBO, but the top 20 per cent of Americans actually got their taxes cut. The unwarranted tax cuts of the Bush administration also put the government into the red, doubling the deficit.

Rightardia does agree with Sarah Palin that America's spirits need to be lifted, but not by a cheer leader like George W. Bush. Obama needs a cause that Americans can get behind, but not another war.
 
The Great Recession is a dangerous time. The last time the world went into a huge economic turn-down, it led to World War 2. To make matters worse, a fool like Sarah Palin has suggested that Obama could be re-elected by starting a war with Iran.

It would be difficult to invade Iran without staging from Iraq which the US will withdraw from next year. Iran is a very mountainess area and the US would have to cross the formidable Zagrev mountains to invade the country.

Iran is bordered by the Caspian Sea that the the Russians would use to resupply the Iranians. The possibility of a war with Russia would greatly increase if the US were to invade Iran.

During World War 2, the Germans had assault rifles, rocket propelled grenades, cruise missiles, ballistic missiles, night vision goggles and other superior armament, but they still lost the war.

The US makes quality weapons, too, but  quantity usually prevails over quality in a large scale war. By the end of World War 2, the Germans had nearly 3,000,000 of its citizens under arms. The Russians had 30,000,000.

People win wars, not weapons systems. A war will not resolve the Great Recession. America needs to get behind our president. A lot of work needs to be done and the election of more ideologic right wing Republicans to the House and Senate in 2010 will not hasten the recovery.

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