Could that mean he would make times worse financially? Maybe that's why he see's us in Iraq for another 100 years?
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It's actually quite laughable. McCain's insistance on parroting the tired conservative meme of the "free-market cure-all" for economic problems only highlights his general unwillingness to even devise a sound policy at all. His heavy emphasis on national (in)security and "terr'r, terr'r, terr'r" is an attempt to deflect the public's attention away from more pressing domestic issues.
Even more asinine is the neoconservative revisionist idea that increased war spending (through heavy borrowing, of course, since taxes are out of the question) would actually enable the economy to rebound and they point to the US involvement in both World Wars™ as proof. Unfortunately, they will conveniently omit the fact that there were already government intervention programs in place prior to America's entering in those global conflicts (Wilson's continuation of progressive reforms, FDR's New Deal, etc.). Since conservatives generally are opposed to any increased domestic spending, then their assertion falls flat.
mjmayer188
It doesn't bother me much for two reasons. First, as president he can hire an expert economist to provide him with timely advice.
Second, the president has very little control over the economy anyway, so that is not a major criteria for evaluating a presidential candidate.
The best thing a president can do for the economy, is to reduce government spending and I believe McCain understands that point.
regerugged
I don't agree with the premise of your question. Who are you to say that Mr. McCain has no understanding about our economy? Anyone with a brain who works and pays taxes understands our economy.
No one can predict the future.
Your last question makes me think you are a liberal. We have had troops in Germany and Japan for 60 years. At the rate we are going, the troops could well be there for another 40 years. Why don't you object to that?
Anonymous
mccain only knows about war, that's all he talks about just like bush, if he wins he will finish bush's mission in iraq until the enemy is defeated, mccain just loves war, probably more than bush, it's probably cause mccain comes from a military family, i mean all his parents grandparent etc etc were in the military. so mccain will lead us to ww3 and we will see the u.s come down and down and down.
Jedi
At least he admits it, half the posters in here wouldn't understand an economy if it slapped them in the face, but they sure have plenty of opinions on it and how President Bush has destroyed it somehow.