Its closer!!

CNN has an election calculator, this is how I feel its going to look like.  There are some states here that the calculator will not allow me to change the degree by which a candidate will win, For eg. NC will be a close call, it would be a democratic win, even though my picture says republican, but thats becasue i feel it would be close in NC. The youth in the city settings of NC will elect BO, but the rural settings of NC will still vie for JM, the surprising statistics here is that the number of youth in the cities going to vote is almost equal to the rest of the population in the state. Thats the clincher. 

I dont mind biting my words, later on if BO loses. And thats kind of explained in previous post. But, JM is doing a hell lot of good job saying what the other candidate does not do well, but not saying what he will do.

I feel thats wrong. The republican campaign is all about how Barack Obama is not the right candidate, but they fail to say what they will do to change the current situation. 

Yes you Mr. Senator John McCain, how do you suggest that with your experience you will calm the storm? What is your plan? What are you planning to do? Besides saying that BO is not tested? What are you talking about, have you previously been the president before? I didnt think so. You are just the same, untested.

Get a plan, show how you can change the situation, show what you can do for the poor, show how you can help the situation. Thats what people need to know. Not that Barack Obama is untested.

You may ask why am I so fired up? Well cause, I have a family to support, I have a job to keep, I cant be at peace in this economic situation and keep my bank account in a bank that is already merging with a second bank. 

I remember 2 months back I read, that the economy has not yet hit rock bottom, that one big major bank will close, and then things will stabilize. Well, 5-6 banks have closed. 5-6 banks around the world have government help. 1 economy (Iceland) crashed. 5-6 governments across the world are pumping money in the banks, reducing rates and god knows what else. Wheres the bottom to all this? When do you say we have hit the bottom, and from here on no matter what happens this stays, and we can just improve?

Thats why I'm so fired up. I dont think this one man can change the world, for that matter the US. But then the others have all huddled up and been doing the same since the last 8 years, so definitely change is needed and will be accepted. 

Taxes vs Jobs

Being in the US, during an election year, you end up following the elections. No matter what you do, how far you try to run away from it, it will still be around the corner. TV, Internet, Newspapers, Campaigns and now even Apps on your Iphone, the election is covered in all media, all languages, all races and all modes of life.

The other day, I was cooking my chicken curry and this campaign supporter knocked on my door. So while I smelled all so makahani I had to explain him that no matter which sides I pick, I wont be able to vote. But that still wont prevent me from blogging. I have decided to take the elections in my blog and talk about it through these on going weeks.

First off, I'm going to make it very clear, that these views are solely my views and my opinions. If I offend you, you can click the next blog page and go on with you life, you dont need to be transfixed to this blog or post and make it a personal issue. Now my thoughts may be wrong, but no one can ever be always right and with that I post them here. Next, my opinions and views do not reflect upon my employee and so dont go about saying he said that and so she said this.. nyah nyah.

Alright so that cleared, I didnt really follow the debate that just happened, I had much better things to do. I knew there was a debate and so I rented "Iron-Man" and I thoroughly enjoyed my 2 hours. I can always read about the debate in the next days news. They will sift through what I need to know. But at the end of the movie (and actually after I watched all the speacial features and deleted scenes and a replay of the cool Iron-Man get some bad guys kickass in Gulmir scene.. boy do I digress) I switched back to TV and caught a reporter's precis which said this.

Obama was doing great and gave an allround performance and McCain's play was the increase in taxes and how he kept on circling back to the higher taxes.

Now I, being an Indian on an American Job, can give you the most unbiased opinion about this. Let me expalin: The Republican party, when it wins, supports the companies that are pro offshoring of jobs. The Democratic party (I will digress here, in India, a call of democracy is to be rebelious and non-conservative and nonconformistic which is exactly opposite of what it means here...fyi) being the conservative party will fight back and find ways to keep jobs back here. And heres my 2-cents(80 paise, .8 Rs) worth with this basic approach:

Republican: Yay! more jobs out means strengthening other economies like India and thus helping my country and my people.
Democratic: My job here, with more jobs here, my investment in my Masters Degree pays off.

Now I am not selfish so I dont want it to look all about me. But think of it, if this election were to be running in India right now (and boy would life have been easier, what with just 2 parties to chose from) I would think of what here is right for the country? What would eventually benefit my nation and thus me? Would Increasing the taxes on those whose salaries are in six digits make any difference to me? The common man? Nope. But what if you keep more jobs in the country, provide employment to more people than ever before? What those tax hikes affect me? take ca guess again? Nope! So for my country Ill let those higher taxes roll and welcome those job increases.

With that said, it wont be surprising to you that I am supporting the Democratic government this time (at least that is :).. ) around just so they can turn the tables a bit and make it shine here within the US instead of out .

More to come on the elections...