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Does Obama Have What it Takes to Turn the Economy Around?

Hi Jeff Pierce,

I just finished reading your article and the comments. First, let me identify myself somewhat, i.e. I to, am an American that lived in Canada, i.e. as a "landed immigrant" in 1968. Landed Immigrant because dual citizenship had been discontinued and I was not about to give up my American citizenship. One of my better decisions.

We lived and worked approximately 500 miles north of the U.S./Canadian boundary line. Living that far north thru the Canadian winters, most Canuk's wrongly assumed we were Canadians, not Yank immigrants. Over time, close relationships developed which produced candid conversations and the "bad public image" that you refer to, was more a result of envy, than anything. An interesting remark made by a number of Canadians, "only the failures live this far north, if we had enough money we'd live further south. Sometimes this remark include the USA and often the most critical Canadians were the one's that had been refused American citizenship.

Most of the world lives in a love/hate dilemma, i.e. they hate us because we have so much and they'd love to live in the U.S. if they could. I won't argue the preceding point because I've lived and worked in enough area's of the world to know it to be true.

The U.S. problem is a timeless. The "have-nots" want what the "have's" have and if they can't convince the "have's" to give it to them, the "have-not's" will try to take it, any way they can, which include, but not limited to, beg, steal, intimidate, tax or even kill. Proven through history.

What brought this to a head in this country, was entitlements, ignorance, stupid lending and borrowing practices, poor values, etc.
Can it be rectified - that's a story for next time.

Famos, for the last word