Could it be that people notice that (a) neither party is offering to spend in a way that would create jobs, and (b) the party in power is not working for their interests? The only alternative is to vote for the opposition - as people did in 1932, when FDR ran on a platform of a balanced budget. --CGE
On 9/4/10 7:47 AM, Doug Henwood wrote:
> On Sep 4, 2010, at 5:00 AM, CGreen7223 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> 57 percent say federal government spending to create jobs should be top
>> priority, while 37 percent say deficit reduction should be top priority. And
>> yet the top priority of the politicians is to slash medicare and social
>> security.
> And they're likely to vote in large numbers for people who'll do the opposite. Go figure.
>
> Doug
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