One of America's Problems

Lou Dobbs’ book, “War on the Middle Class” is probably the best rundown on America’s present problems that you are likely to see. The most serious problem is probably the free trade treaties that most Republican and some or many Democrats support. These treaties are undermining the entire base of the middle class. NAFTA and CAFTA should be repealed as soon as possible. Bill Clinton pushed NAFTA through early in his first term but now it is time for him to step up to a microphone and simply say: “I was wrong about NAFTA. It should be repealed.”

The top wealthiest 0.1% of American families (about 300,000 people) had a combined income in 2004 greater than the combined income of the bottom 40% of Americans, about 120 million Americans. Since 1979 the top 0.1% have seen their combined income rise by 3 times (300%), while the bottom 60% of Americans have barely kept pace. (Ben Stein column, NY Times Business section, Dec. 10, 2006.)

So the question is, who among the available presidential candidates is going to address this problem and try to fix it? It’s not going to be a Republican, that’s for sure. Is there a Democratic politician in the whole country who will face the problem and try to solve it? Will the candidate of Unity 08 try to solve it?