Did anyone see the President's Address today? What do you think about the state of the US ECONOMY??

I am just curious if anyone watched the President's address today and what your thoughts are on what he had to say? The thing that really stood out to me was that he made a strong point to say that he told congress he would not agree to more than a $108 Billion package to continue the war in Iraq.

What do you think? Which side of the fence are you on?

It really depends on where you look and what news source you want to cite, however either way, the cost of the Iraq war is way up into the hundreds of billions of dollars! How do you feel about that?

Should we go out and create democracy across the world at ANY expense? What if they want to democracy? Why haven't we ever gone to China and forced democracy?

What about our economic crisis here at home? Should we put that money into our own economy and focus on securing our borders, tightening our security at all of our airports, educating our youth, providing health care for the millions that don't have it?

What about the oil issues? Some might say the war is about that, do you think with a portion of that money could be used to create alternative fuel sources? How about all new technology that completely removes the need for fossil fuels? Has anyone else heard about the oil reserves the United States has? I heard something like 100 or 200 years of Oil reserves?

Should we open Alaska and what is ANWAR? Do you think we would need to if we had all that money here to infuse into our own economy?

How about when President Bush was asked about Jimmy Carter and his negotiating in the Middle East with Hamas and Israel? Did he completely skirt the issue by saying "Hamas is the problem with the peace process in the Middle East and that's why I won't talk to them," or do you think he was right and he was supporting Jimmy Carter with that statement?

Mortgage and Housing Issues

What if we took some of that money that is being spent on the war, maybe $50 billion? Maybe $100 billion, I don't know the right number but whatever the number is and used it for cleaning up the mortgage mess, bailing out the banks, bailing out the citizens of this country? OR do you think that bailing them out is the wrong thing and they need to learn their lesson, so to speak?!?!

Immigration - Illegal or Legal?

What about our immigration situation? Do you think we could use some of that money to come up with an extensive Guest Worker Program? How about an immigrant ID system that would allows immigrants to have an ID system for tracking that would allow them to come work in the US.

Where would be today had we not spent the last 5 plus years in IRAQ?

Tell me, would be where we are today? Would something else have happened had we not gone to IRAQ?

OR Do you believe we are a safer place to live and that because of our presence in Iraq and Afghanistan more attacks since 9/11 have been avoided???

I could give you my opinion on all of this or have I?

I could answer these questions for you but then what would you think about? OR IS THAT WHAT YOU LIKE, SOMEONE ELSE ANSWERS AND GIVES YOU THEIR OPINION TO MAKE YOUR OWN AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO TAKE A STAND?

Let me know what you think and how we can improve this economy and the place we live, work and play in?