Reply #6: It is truly Dumbfounding....

[The Doctor.]

With only a few ounces of vision this country could suffer a renaissance of unprecedented growth. (kind of like in the 90's but with more real asset value)
It is the most tragic shame that in the greatest nation the world has ever seen there can not only be so much disparity, but there can be forces actively encouraging such a rift between the rich and the poor. If these forces, let's say... for the sake of argument... "Wolf-Mart", were to realize that the empowerment of the American middle class would result in a vast regenesis of spending habits, then such institutions would go out of their way to hire American labor. Not only that, but even the trade deficit would be positively affected and, correct me if I'm wrong, the American dollar would again rise in value. (Anyone in the North notice the Canadian dollar's strength these last few years?) With the empowerment of the American middle class we could see money not only flowing within the country, but flowing and empowering other parts of the world.
What can empowering the rest of the world mean? Well... When other countries willingly (as opposed to under threat or execution of invasion) open themselves up to capitalism, they almost invariably prosper. When a country is truly prosperous (a healthy middle class), that country is less likely to give rise to discontent.
What 22 year-old husband and father with a good job wants to fly a plane into a building?
That's what we need to achieve balance in the world - it will start with our own economy.
Deficit spending to cripple an adversary and extend into unnecessary territories is no longer useful. The USSR has crumbled because of it and the result is a country in misery, ruled by organized crime... hmmmmmmm.
I liked Gore because he thought ahead. As a Republican and a free-thinker, I found that attractive. This administration can't seem to think past it's next punitive action... this bothers me.

I feel abandonned by my own party - It's sad that there are so many Republicans who don't realize that they have been abandonned by the Bush regime as well. They simply follow without thought.

Right now this country has an artificially inflated Standard Of Living (S.O.L.) bubble which cannot be maintained if the power-brokers and corporations continue to siphon tax dollars to each-other and allow companies to outsource EVERYTHING. If the middle class is not acknowledged as the principle source of economic strength by this administration - we will see that bubble burst, and we'll ALL be wearing it.