| Kenology said: Neither. The scope of the debate is far too narrow. No talk about poverty, wealth inequality, the disappearing middle class, police brutality, stop & frisk, the ever-expanding surveillance state, closing Guantanamo, NDAA, union-busting, the assault on public education, fracking, the Keystone oil pipeline, climate change, the UN arms treaty, etc. |
Romney most certainly did bring up several of theose issues. He mentioned the increase of those now living in poverty (1 in 6 Americans if you believe the stat) and he also mentioned the decrease in wages, increase of Americans on Food stamps by over 15 million Americans etc. His answer for those is fostering an economy that will allow jobs to be created so people aren't on food stamps and aren't stuck in poverty.
He also mentioned the Keystone pipeline and what he would do about it . While he didn't specifically mention fracking he most assuredly had that in mind when he talks about energy independence. Most likely he is for Fracking and the pipeline etc. as they are PROVEN sources of energy and for the foreseeable future are the way we will be powering our world. So he mentioned utilizing those to strengthen our economy. Or for the simple minded....Drill, Drill, Drill.
They both mentioned the middle class multiple times during the debate and I for one am sick of hearing about the middle class even if I fall into that category. I am looking to break aay from that class and become wealthy myself. This idea that people can ONLY be happy if they are middle class is nonsense and the whole argument ought to be strcken from the debates. While more money can be helpful in life it isn't necessary and even the poorest of Americans are the envy of the real impoverished human beings in other countries around the world.
They both talked about education in this country (as it was a specific topic) and Romney mentioned choice in education (I'm sure you view that as an attack on public education) and Obama repeated the Status Quo of "More teachers." Choice means competition in education and as a parent of three children one being Autistic I am all for it.
No they didn't discuss wealth inequality because its a stupid issue, there is always income inequality. It's a subjective issue as no one has the same perspective on what constitutes inequality. Is it they make 100 or 10000 or 100000000 dollars more than the next guy.
As for the ever expanding surveillance state, NDAA, police brutality, stop&frisk etc. there is only so much that can be covered and of all those those topics aren't the top issues of the day. As important as they are most Americans don't see them as the most pressing issues of the day.
