Neither candidate for president is acceptable to me.

Barack Obama spent his time focusing on a new health care law instead of focusing on the economy.  We all know how that turned out.  Unemployment is still over 8% and we have health law that large numbers of Americans do not like.

Mitt Romney is a very wealthy businessman who made his money maximizing the profits for his employer, Bain Capital.  Companies do not concern themselves with the number of jobs created.  They concern themselves with maximizing their profits.  As governor of Massachusetts, Mr. Romney created a health care program that is almost identical to the Obama plan.  For reasons that I do not understand he now opposes that plan for the entire nation.  While governor, Mr. Romney supported abortion rights but today he opposes abortion for any reason.  ON a host of other issues Mr. Romney has switched his views from those he held when governor and as a candidate for senator.  That earns his the title of “flip-flopper.”

Let’s look at what has happened in the Obama administration which is a good indicator of his second term.  Let’s consider what a Romney administration is likely to do based upon Mr. Romney’s own words.

1) Obama has not brought about the revival of the economy. Then again it was WWII that brought the USA out of the Great Depression. FDR was unsuccessful in his efforts.

2) Both political parties have outsourced the jobs we need for those lacking technical skills.  Neither party has put in place significant re-training programs for the unemployed.

3) Both political parties have willingly provided tax deductions and subsidies for big business.

4) The Christian coalition wants to take America back to the 1950s.  Those were the days when obtaining an abortion wasn’t legal anywhere in the nation.

5) Trickle down economics were a failure.  Thirty years ago CEOs and other top corporate managers earned 20 times the average worker pay but today they earn 200 times the average worker pay.

Morningstar’s footnoted blog reports that the Fed-Ex ” total compensation for the chairman, president, and CEO, Frederick W. Smith, jumped to $13.68 million for fiscal 2012, compared to $7.26 million in fiscal 2011. The other NEOs received total compensation ranging between $5.7 million and $7.7 million, with each of the top five executives getting an increase of more than 60% from his prior year’s total.”

6) Supreme Court appointments are critical to the future of the nation.  Conservative justices would overturn Roe vs. Wade and other progressive rulings.

7) Conservatives would end the Medicare and Social Security programs that have enabled working people to live their retired lives without fear of serious illness or starvation.

8) The GOP, based upon its leading members, would enlarge the military and challenge any nation that dares to defy the United States.

9) A Republican administration would reduce all government regulations.   Would reduce taxes for corporations.  Would support “drill baby drill.”  Would build a fence along the Mexican border from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean.

Personally, I do not believe either party cares enough about the average American to significantly improve their situation.

The Democratic Party just does a better job of conveying that they are the party with concern for all Americans.  Can we believe them?  Do we have choice?