You Might Be Rich If...

[chris_gerrib]

You can't remember how many houses you own.

Edited 8/22/08: For the record, the question here is McCain's judgment. McCain says that "the economy's fine," but he's so out of touch with things economic that he doesn't know how many houses he owns. How would he know that the economy's fine? After all - he's the last to be hit. (Beer distributorships are considered highly recession-proof.)

Also for the record, both candidates are rich, and I don't want to take a single house from John McCain. However, I would like my Presidential candidate to have some awareness of the economic situation.

Comments

Is that more or less rich

[rodney-g-graves.livejournal.com]

Or more or less landed

Than the last Democratic Nominee for President?

Re: Is that more or less rich

[chris-gerrib.livejournal.com]

Don't know - he's not running this year. Actually, don't care. Both candidates are wealthy. The less-wealthy of the two admits that he's wealthy.

[bdunbar.livejournal.com]

Except that (my belief only, it seems) the fundamentals of the economy are strong.

Which only means I'm not the target market for Obama's commercial.

[chris-gerrib.livejournal.com]

I think we have economic problems. They're fixable, and the world is not coming to an end, so in that regard yes the fundamentals are strong. I'm not sure McCain sees the problems or has a plan to fix them.

In what way

[rodney-g-graves.livejournal.com]

Are tax increases and increased domestic spending (which is what the Democrats are offering) going to improve the economy?

Re: In what way

[chris-gerrib.livejournal.com]

Under the Republicans, we've had the highest rate of increase in discretionary, non-defense spending ever. Greater then LBJ. We've been financing this on the platinum card issued by the Central Bank of China. This does not seem like a good idea. If my choices are "spend and charge" or "spend and tax" I pick the former.

Also, I think Obama is less likely to try and drill out of our oil problem and more likely to try alternative fuels, which will be an economic stimulus.

In what way

[rodney-g-graves.livejournal.com]

is tire inflation an energy policy?

Re: In what way

[chris-gerrib.livejournal.com]

Tire inflation is not the limit of Obama's energy policy. See http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/newenergy for chapter and verse.