Hole in the Wall
Gloomy Outlook
RECEIVED Wed., Dec. 31, 2008
Dear Editor,
Interesting turn of events that Rod Blagojevich nearly gave Jesse Jackson Jr. Barack Obama's Senate seat. Jackson was one of the major funders for anti-Clinton ads during Obama's presidential campaign. I continue wondering how corrupt Barack Obama is. He did come from that very same political circle in Chicago. Illinois politicians seem to be full of hot air. Now I know how the Windy City got its title. At first I thought Mike Ditka should be appointed. Then again, that governor's seat should open soon. Yet chances seem slim for former football players running, being Lynn Swann lost in Pennsylvania. With the current government stepping in to help out Wall Street, a mortgage and loan crisis, and the failing auto industry, the talk of a second stimulus package for taxpayers has died. The campaign promises made for health-care reform hit a back burner. We are officially in a recession, and those promises will remain a carrot dangling in front of us for the next election. This holiday season, sales even slumped 5.5%. How is it that this comes after the first raise of minimum wages in decades? It's likely going to get better after the Oval Office transition takes place. The economy usually slows during these periods, but not quite this much. It's our tax money, and they need it now, but at what interest rate? If Detroit were to resurrect the muscle car, they would save their own asses. If Wall Street wasn't so greedy, we wouldn't have to monitor them. If taxpayers were not so poor, we could help each other.
Interesting turn of events that Rod Blagojevich nearly gave Jesse Jackson Jr. Barack Obama's Senate seat. Jackson was one of the major funders for anti-Clinton ads during Obama's presidential campaign. I continue wondering how corrupt Barack Obama is. He did come from that very same political circle in Chicago. Illinois politicians seem to be full of hot air. Now I know how the Windy City got its title. At first I thought Mike Ditka should be appointed. Then again, that governor's seat should open soon. Yet chances seem slim for former football players running, being Lynn Swann lost in Pennsylvania. With the current government stepping in to help out Wall Street, a mortgage and loan crisis, and the failing auto industry, the talk of a second stimulus package for taxpayers has died. The campaign promises made for health-care reform hit a back burner. We are officially in a recession, and those promises will remain a carrot dangling in front of us for the next election. This holiday season, sales even slumped 5.5%. How is it that this comes after the first raise of minimum wages in decades? It's likely going to get better after the Oval Office transition takes place. The economy usually slows during these periods, but not quite this much. It's our tax money, and they need it now, but at what interest rate? If Detroit were to resurrect the muscle car, they would save their own asses. If Wall Street wasn't so greedy, we wouldn't have to monitor them. If taxpayers were not so poor, we could help each other.
Thank you,
Mike Homa
Mike Homa