What?

Okay, now the Republican Convention is over and I don't know any more than before.  Still no real information about how Romney plans on "turning around" the economy.

 Lots of fear about the fact that he said let the oceans rise, I am going to help you and your family.  What exactly does that mean? 

Just a thought.  The north Arctic ice is melting much faster than anyone thought.  Everyone knows that no ice means warmer ocean water and higher ocean water.  Coastal cities include Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Miami, (well, actually, all of Florida) New Orleans, Los Angeles and San Francisco would be seriously affected by this.   Does anyone besides me wonder where those people will go if these areas flood?  And that is not even considering other countries.  Shouldn't we wonder what could be done?  No, actually, we are just excited that we can DRILL for oil there now and isn't that what is important?  That way we can drive to higher ground.

Then there is the health care.  Gonna get rid of "Obamacare".  What are you going to do for those young adults who are now able to stay on their parents' insurance but won't be when you take that away.  Can't call on the government to help because everyone knows government is too big so we will just cut that.  Those students can just take loans from their parents.  Really, I don't know about you but I can't loan anyone anything.  Now I need to worry about my fixed retirement income and my medicare insurance that I can just barely afford now.  Social Security, yes, cut it out over the next 40 years.  I can handle that I guess if I have to.

School choice.  For whom.  Oh, those people rich enough to send their kids to private schools.  Public schools, what?  will be fazed out also?  All those people who cannot afford it will what?  Not go to school?  College is only available for those kids who can afford the rising tuition or again, Just borrow from their parents?  Have you met the middle class?  Who are you people?

Okay, welfare.  Now there is a topic we can all agree on, right.  Make those lazy people go to work.  Oops, there aren't any jobs.  Drug testing?  Absolutely.  Will the big corporations pay for that?  We can't ask the government to because we are gonna need that money to balance the budget.  I would vote for it if someone said Exon, Bane, Morgan Chase have all agreed to fund drug testing programs for all people receiving public assistance.  They also have agreed to fund drug rehabilitation programs for all those who test positive.  They also will fund public works jobs to put these people to work instead of just giving them free food and housing.  I would vote for that in a heartbeat.

Now, in a perfect world, the large corporations would step up and support programs to retrain those people who lost their jobs through "downsizing" (another name for sending jobs overseas).  They would actually have research and development divisions who were working on ways to solve our crumbling infrastructure problems, what to do with the serious drought and it's devastating effect on food for livestock and people, and a myriad of other problems.  Corporations could really make a difference.  But, I don't hear anyone suggesting how.

I would vote for giving tax credits to those companies.  I would vote for giving tax credits to companies who are developing new forms of products made in America. 

I would even vote for companies who would take on struggling school systems as corporate partners in order to give our children a chance to compete in the world.  They could help pay good teachers what they deserve for a change. 

I don't see any companies stepping up to do any of these things.  I don't hear anyone saying this is what we should do in order to decrease the size of government.  Will it just magically happen?  Why would I vote for anyone who cannot answer what I consider to be important concerns?  Why would I change?  I would love to see every member of congress paid based on productivity.  Back when I worked in a factory we were paid piecework.  Lets start downsizing government with congress.  You do not get paid for saying no we won't do that because it doesn't give me anything.  Get rid of super- pacs.  Get rid of corporate lobbies.  Lets go back to Of the People, By the People and For the People.