I don't hate the rich either, I'd love to be one.

But during the Reagan, Bush I and Bush II regimes, the upper 2% (filthy rich) who financed the republican campaigns got much richer while the other 98% of the population got much poorer.

In other words, the richest people in the world are financing the republican party so that the republicans can pass laws that steal money from the general population and give it to the richest 2% of the people. That's thievery.

BTW, all the major oil companies and banks are the major contributors to McCain's Campaign.

And don't blame the Arabs for the oil prices.

Exxon and other oil companies are posting record profits after record profits.

If my local baker has a shortage of flour, he makes lower profits (same with other businesses)

And the republicans have watered down the Anti-Trust laws (the ones that split up Standard Oil many years ago) and allowed oil companies to merge.

Consider:
Exxon, Mobil, Esso (all standard oil)
Texaco, Chevron (standard oil), and Shell
BP, Amoco (American Oil Company also Standard in the Midwest). I knew a woman who worked for BP (after they ate up Gulf oil) and she got her paychecks from Standard Oil of Ohio. (British Petroleum???)

Now you know where the real oil cartel is. Standard Oil. And thanks to the republican nuking of the Anti-Trust laws, the banks are now merging too. Hmm, and we the people are bailing them out for the second time? Both under Republican Administrations? What could be better? Make bad loans and let the taxpayers pay off the loans.

Anybody who votes John McCain and his trailer trash running mate (who was quoted in our paper saying we should go to war with Russia) needs his/her head examined. You are asking for more economic disaster and more lost lives of our honorable servicemen and women.

See http://www.johnmccainrecord.com - admittedly it is a Democratic viewpoint, but all the claims are backed by reputable sources.

Note: I am not a democrat but independent and I definitely consider myself a moderate. But looking at the people financing the campaigns (and will be owed favors) and the voting records of the candidates, I will not be voting for very many republicans this term.

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