Letter to the Editor

The DNC asked for letters to the editor concerning the McCain economy. So I wrote one. I have no idea if it will be published (esp. since I submitted it the day before the market crash); I assume not. But here it is:

As any other American today, I worry about our economy. For almost a decade, the American economy has been treading downhill, with no hint of a better future. And, like most Americans, I have little knowledge in the way of economics. Anyone who doesn't have a full grasp on the American economy must make their choice for president based on both what's been said and done in the past and what's proposed for the future. Senator McCain the maverick has not earned my trust. His economic advisor, Phil Gramm, likened our economic turmoil to mental depression, calling it "a mental recession". Americans deserve better than to be treated as though they weren't working hard enough to produce a more robust economy, as though all their hardships were just a fantastic fable, or a pretense for the government to allow them to be lazy. The McCain campaign continues to pretend that our economy is prosperous and strong. Could he be more blind? The reality is clear: McCain's economic stance is the same as that of President Bush; neither of them knows how to fix this mess. On the brighter side, Obama's Senate record shows he cares about working Americans, and knows how to improve the economy. He has never blamed the Americans for not working hard enough, and instead, continually offers his empathy for their struggles, since he knows the Bush economic policies are doomed to fail. He proposes to pass a middle class tax cut, raise the minimum wage, and offer tax breaks to students struggling to pay for college. What has McCain proposed? Only more of the same. The choice is clear if your concern is the economy: Obama-Biden '08.