The economy is growing but the same amounts of people are living in poverty within our borders.  There must be a republican in office.  What good does it do us as a country to gain economically and leave some people behind?  The party in power states that they will support a bill that helps bring people out of poverty by raising the minimum wage, but only if it includes language to eliminate the estate tax.  This tax affects less than 1% of the population, only the richest of the rich.  But why try to help those who need it?  A raise in the minimum wage would cut into corporate profits, and we can’t have that.  Mexicans will still work under the table, so it won’t affect them much.  Gas prices have gone up over 100% since the oil man from Texas took office, but I am sure there is no correlation between the two. 

            Is it too much of me, as a tax-paying American citizen, to ask for an exit strategy.  The people of Iraq don’t seem to want us to leave now (at least some of them) but how long are we going to be the police force in the Middle East?    As guess as long as the gas prices stay up.