Friday, August 22, 2008

John McCain was "fundamentally" right.

"Fortune: Do you believe the U.S. economy today is fundamentally sound?"

"McCain: I think the fundamentals of the U.S. economy are very strong."
(http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/29/news/economy/mccain_transcript.fortune/index.htm)

First, lets get a few things straight. I am not a Conservative/Republican. I am not going to vote for John McCain. Finally, I think he has run an awful campaign ( i.e smear ads, not knowing how many houses he owns, and having a staff that doesn't know how many houses he owns, after he asks the question in the middle of the interview.)

1. The fundamentals of the U.S economy are overwhelmingly capitalistic principles. Most conservative/Republicans believe that capitalism is great so they would think the fundamentals of the economy are the strong; capitalism, the free market, etc. Now, the men in leadership, led by George W. Bush, are inept, incompetent, inarticulate, indifferent about certain people and in the pockets of oil companies. John McCain owns a piece of the Arizona Diamondbacks. This is an organization in the MLB, Major League Baseball. The MLB is one example of capitalism at its best; the commodification of sports.

So, if you don't agree with capitalism or all its principles, you will certainly disagree with John McCain's statement. However, if you do believe in capitalism (most people do, it has lasted this long) his statement was fundamentally right; if you believe in capitalism and its principles. Everyone disagrees politically but everyone wants to make money and capitalism isn't a bad route.

I don't like McCain and I'm not going to vote for McCain.

No comments: