tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466597019504816922.post3971122962318434161..comments2024-03-06T21:42:58.051-05:00Comments on veritable pastiche: Answers I Wish I Had Heard (part 5)Sue Drummondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02029774265525845620noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466597019504816922.post-16204749576717986662012-10-21T11:34:57.075-04:002012-10-21T11:34:57.075-04:00Thanks for your comment, Mary Anne.
I believe mo...Thanks for your comment, Mary Anne. <br /><br />I believe more strongly every day that we're having the wrong conversations in our country and with our candidates. People ask 'sound bite' questions, and then the candidates respond only with their canned speaking points, they're afraid to tell it like it is. <br /><br />Why? First, because as they say, we "can't handle the truth" and second, politicians figure they can't get elected if they tell the truth. Well, we aren't ever going to be able to handle the truth, if we never hear it. <br /><br />Where are the leaders? That's my question -- because I want to vote for one.Sue Drummondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02029774265525845620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7466597019504816922.post-91089628983827557502012-10-21T10:25:28.822-04:002012-10-21T10:25:28.822-04:00What is happening today is what happened to our on...What is happening today is what happened to our once agricultural nation in the wake of the Industrial Revolution. We need to wake up and face the fact that this is a global economy. There's no turning back--the genie is out of the bottle. <br /><br />What we also need to do is incent, promote and support continued innovation and creativity--continue to lead the world in the creation and development of new technologies, cures and solutions. Therein lies our survival and growth. <br /><br />And we need to encourage our youth to develop the skills they need to thrive in today's economy. The American worker with less than a high school education is no longer entitled to $30 an hour jobs, when there are millions of people here and abroad who would do the same work at the same level of quality for $15 an hour or much less.<br /><br />That's what I would have liked to hear. Everyone is saying to the candidates, "What are you going to do for me?" I would ask them, "What are *you* doing to help make this country strong and vital once more?"Mary Annehttp://writesuccess.comnoreply@blogger.com