The Bailout Bill: Who Voted For and Against It

The United States of America based its economic future on the principles of supply and demand. For over two centuries our nation has grown to be one of the worlds leading capitalistic endeavors. Throughout the history of America our dollar has fallen in value several times, the worst of which was the great depression.

Through corporate greed this conception of our forefathers has come to an abyss. With the constant bailouts, by our government and the short mindedness of the big thinkers of corporate America, I fear that this is only the beginning of the end of America, as we know.

Those big thinkers have throughout time passed, on many urgent decrees about innovation that have been left behind. Many corporations are scrambling to pickup on energy conservation technology. This should be the primary focus of the American society today.

If America can become independent of foreign oil, it is my strong belief that we as a nation can once again be solvent. We can pass on that heritage of independence for many generations. We've come from the horse and wagon age to the motorized vehicle age, and are nearing the horse and wagon age.

In the beginning all manner of commerce was centralized, and cities flourished, then commerce became accessible everywhere due to the automobile and oil. This diversity of commerce within the countryside is now threatened by the very nature of its transportation.

So is it time to put away for the winter? It’s always been a good idea to conserve and prepare for the future, but it's been a while since it seemed imperative that every American follows this path.

More important than the individual's response, is our leadership's. The bailout of 2008 of seven hundred billion dollars to corporate America was wrong. It may be helpful, but it would have been more prudent to put innovation at the top of the list.

The Capitalistic mindset of America is something that has been fought to keep alive. Now it seems that our own government has fallen into the arms of Socialism with President George Bush leading the way.

It may be inevitable that our past remain in the past, and that our future follow a communistic path, however as an American, with virtues rooted within our history, it is my hope that we as a nation can pull ourselves out of this demise.

Not by overpowering other nations, but by ourselves, through innovation and straightforward commerce. Where each day sees something new that will allow our country to be independent of the oil that ties us down.

Automobiles that are oil free, energy producers that are oil free. Yes, we have some oil here in America, but we will never have enough, if we don't aggressively take on this weighted stone.

Jerome Noel of NC 4:03PM October 05, 2008