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This is going to be an incredibly short rant, but I need to get it out of my system.
I voted for Obama because I believed he was the lesser evil. Even if he screws up completely, I do not think he can be worse than Bush.
I was against the automobile industry bailout because they are a private industry that buys off anyone that designs a much more fuel efficient or alternative-energy run car. They are also directly linked to the oil companies. Also, if Ford and GM had gone under I had faith that American ingenuity would have produced better car companies within a year or so.
Anyways, now that the "real" bailout has passed, how is it going to benefit me??? Okay, so I'll get some below-average health care for free because the best doctors will go private.
Plus, it seems like it is only going to help people who are already financially ruined. What about the majority of the country that continues to work ourselves to the bone so that we are not bankrupt, evicted, or foreclosed upon??? What do we get??? Better education for our children in public schools??? Not likely. Plus, I do not have children but I still work myself ragged so that I can be lower middle-class. I am also concerned that because of his childhood he will give way too much money to lazy single-mothers. They'll still be getting more money every month for every new kid they have, and they will never get jobs because they are raising "our future". Increased food stamps and help for children of impoverished parents is a good thing, but I think it will primarily be the "poor" parents that see their lives improved.
What about me??? I dropped out of college two-thirds towards my bachelor's degree so I can save money for what I see as an inevitable DEPRESSION. So, I do not have children, I work full-time as a waiter (making about 30 grand a year), and I'm not currently in college. I think I will simply be forced to work harder, because what could Obama possibly offer ME directly???