The Opinionated Bastard

We have a clear choice this November. Last time I talked about the President’s choice that terrorism was the enemy, not just Al Queda, this time I’m going to talk about how the world has changed, and how the President’s domestic policy reflects that.

When President Bush talks about the jobs of the 21st century, he’s referring to some sweeping changes that have happened to America and the world. It used to be that people had one job with one company. Now, the average person works for 3-7 companies in their life. Because of this, its important that your retirement plan and your health insurance be with you, not with the company you work for. When President Bush talks about ownership, he’s talking about making sure that when you change jobs, that you don’t have to change everything else in your life as well.

The second thing that it happening in this century is that it used to be that one guy worked at one machine making something. Now, one guy works at a computer, that talks to ten machines, that make ten things. That’s just progress, but because of that, manufacturing jobs all over the world have declined. We work smarter these days, not harder. That makes education even more important. America’s dominance in the world has always been because we have the smartest, most flexible workers in the world. We need to continue that in a more difficult world. That means better schools for kids, grants for people to upgrade their skills at community colleges so they can get better jobs, and tax credits for people going to school.

The world didn’t change overnight, it changed slowly. But the President is the only candidate who realizes that the government has to change when the world changes. Its a “big picture” viewpoint that Kerry doesn’t seem to have.