Originally Posted by iamwhatiseem

I don't see any candidate addressing the economy in an effectual manner...including Obama.
Obama's "economic fix" seems only to be to give stuff to the poor, which will not improve the economy at all.

Middle class families, such as mine paying 43% of our income in taxes (includes all payroll, excise and property taxes) is a HUGE, HUGE...H U G E detriment to the economy.
Add paying $3.75 a gallon for fuel, and about $500 a month for food....there is nothing left for spending money on goods that are the key to a sluggish economy.
Add in health care cost and premiums ($3300 so far for us this year) - and all a middle class family can do is pay bills, and TRY to save for kids college.

I have not bought a single unnecessary item since christmas...not even a DVD movie.
And I won't be for sometime......take my family and spread it across the entire nation - and you have the current economic mess.
Obama offers nothing but rhetoric to fix this.