NO country has ever TAXED itself towards wealth. Raising taxes on any income bracket is a wrong idea. Senator Obama is the only one of the two candidates that will raise anyone's taxes.

I can agree with you that government desperately needs to reduce spending and that should be the top priority of either candidate.

The economy is in this mess because government (both red and blue) is always playing with the laws of free trade. They are constantly trying to rig the system to get what they believe to be our best interest. We can decide what is in our best interest.

The job issue? Do you think that government creates jobs? A free market is what creates or looses jobs. Are auto workers losing jobs (not related to the current financial crises) because of outsourcing that the government should be protecting them from or because it is the American right to buy the best quality car at the best possible price? Our auto industry is dieing because of high costs for what they produce and lower quality engineering (as shown by Consumer Reports and other auto rating services)?

To blame Bush and through osmosis McCain and the Republicans as a whole for what is happening in our industries job loses and economy is just

Look up the series "Free To Choose" on the idea channel, watch the original 80's programing and see how choices individuals and our government make, make a mess of our economic system.