Lanier: "Almost 90% of Americans believe our government is off course."

I agree. But none of these guys offered any plan that addresses the big government issue. That's what you get from a Dem forum.

--Knight says that we "ignore our own people who are in despair in our streets." Really? That is a load of crap.--

Jason,

How much good do you think the billions of dollars we've wasted in Iraq and Afghanistan would have done to repair our crumbling schools, to help the unemployed and homeless, to help lower taxes and pay down the national debt?

The fact is a lot of Americans need help, be it direct help as in those that are homeless or unemployed, indirect help in people like myself, or even more indirect help by paying down the debt.

But instead of helping Americans, George Bush has invaded two countries, blown billions of dollars, not succeeded in finding the master-mind of 9/11 and lost several thousands brave American lives in his wars.

No plans and they have no answers to big government.
They also have lost perspective on our problems.

I thought the candidates at best, looked very amateurish.

I caught the "despair in the streets" line too. I don't blame him. He was playing to the intelligence level of the people from whom he wants their vote.

How much good do you think the billions of dollars we've wasted in Iraq and Afghanistan would have done to repair our crumbling schools, to help the unemployed and homeless, to help lower taxes and pay down the national debt?

None. You can't pay down the national debt with borrowed money.

Trillions of dollars have been spent to fight poverty, but the poverty level is virtually unchanged since the late 60's.

Schools are a local issue, the feds getting involved have had an adverse effect on our schools.

I remember when you believed these things.

The fact is a lot of Americans need help, be it direct help as in those that are homeless or unemployed, indirect help in people like myself, or even more indirect help by paying down the debt.

Things are not as bad as you and Rand Knight make them out to be.

People suffer sometimes. It is a fact of life.

But instead of helping Americans, George Bush has invaded two countries, blown billions of dollars, not succeeded in finding the master-mind of 9/11 and lost several thousands brave American lives in his wars.

I am not going to defend the war in Iraq, but Afghanistan is another issue. Judging from your comments, it would seem that you are also opposed to the military action in that country after 9/11.

--Trillions of dollars have been spent to fight poverty, but the poverty level is virtually unchanged since the late 60's.--

So we need to come up with better ways of fighting poverty, but we shouldn't just abandon our fellow Americans.

--Schools are a local issue, the feds getting involved have had an adverse effect on our schools.--

Yes, schools are a local issue and should be locally controlled. However; in areas where the local revenue has fallen to such a point where schools are in disrepair, crumbling around the students and materials are out of date, federal funding would be appropriate.

--I remember when you believed these things.--

I remember where I thought all people were genuinely good and at one point humans thought the Earth was flat and the center of the universe. :-)

--Things are not as bad as you and Rand Knight make them out to be. People suffer sometimes. It is a fact of life.--

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