Not this FECES again!

Spending money on a study about the past slavery and about hibernating bears will not produce any real help for the economy. I believe we are at fault too because of spending money we don't have such as $80,000 to $100,00 credit card debts, buying houses we can't afford as well as cars and every other electronic toy all on barrowed money.

How to fix the economy is not a mystery. Here's how. Government needs to remove the regulations and restrictions designed to hinder the individual and small business from competing with big business. Big business fund politican's campaigns, hence, government favors big business. Just give small business a chance. Studies have long shown that's where real new jobs come from. What's a real job? A real job produces income that allows the net payment of taxes to the government. A phoney job consumes taxes. Guess which the stimulus bill creates?

Without doubt the financial crisis was caused by too much debt. Debt of the government and individuals. The solution is to take a break from the spending, pay down the debts, and increase our savings rate. Anybody on the national scene other than Congressman Ron Paul suggest anything like that? NOPE!

There you go again! Trying to use logic and reason with emotional people. It is a hard habit to break.

What is really sad is the number of student's I've had over the years who don't believe me when I tell them about the Japanese internment camps we had here in the United States. Their parents have told them it was all made up.

Watch that whip, those things are dangerous.

I'll bet people like you even think a black person could become President!

Well, there is one whether I thought it or not. Nothing will change that fact.

Thanks, for the concise, logical answer.

My great great grandmother was Cherokee! A truely amazing people most unfairly treated by the U.S.A. The US SUPREME COURT ruled in their favor and President Andrew Jackson ignored the ruling. This was an action that should have caused him to be impeached. Instead, the Cherokee got the shaft. The Cherokee played by the rules and won but still lost everything. Did you know that many Cherokee chose to not go to the reservation? Some just became, in effect, white people by dropping out of the Trail of Tears. My ancestor did this. As to things belately being changed regarding Native Americans, the US ARMY did not remove "SHOOT ALL MARAUDING INDIANS ON SIGHT" from its GENERAL ORDERS until something like about the 1950's.

Wow, I had no idea about Andrew Jackson. He definately should have been impeached, but then we all know about Presidents getting away with that. I also wasn't aware of the Army thing. I knew about other rulings being on the books in certain states. My husband is from Minnesota, and the Natives of this state ended in complete bloodbaths. No wonder a few spirits still walk near here. There are reported sightings and it's no wonder. Sorry, I get a bit long-winded I suppose on this topic. It's just so close to my family's heart. My family didn't tell me about my ancestry until after my parents were divorced. My mom didn't really take with us being "Native" in any fashion as her family all came over from Austria. So, I didn't get a chance to start learning my medicine until I was in my late twenties, and from a cross-tribal grandma at that. (No blood relation, just a good friend I needed at that point in my life down in Arizona). Thanks for responding. Anora

Thanks, for agreement. Logically, in every way, reparations is completely wrong. One of the things that makes western civilization possible with all its advantages is the learning from the past instead of carrying grudges about the past. Backward societies harbor ancient feuds based on history, not modern first world countries.

I can remember a time when no one would have dared asked for reparations as they would have been rightfully laughed at long and hard.

I think you are right with your opinion, too.

When you are right, you are really right. Who can disagree with what you have said?

You bring up indirectly a fact that often goes unmentioned. Blacks were mostly freed by the actions of whites, not blacks. Sure, blacks were involved in the struggle for their own freedom, but it was whites who brought success to the effort. Abolitionists certainly do deserve more thanks than they usually receive.

Your advice is one of the things that makes western civilization possible and distinquishes the first world from the 3d world. Holding multi generational grudges drags a society down.