of what i've read on here people either seem uneducated themselves or just overly blind to the other side of the fence. i don't see how you can say that most businesses earn over a quarter million a year. think of how many small businesses there are in the rural parts of the country, and how few people use their services, then think again. even in larger parts, as people said, the actual profit is usually very small, and they rely on immense volume to actually make decent money. good for you that your parents own trucks, but not everyone has access to trucks, the initial investment to buy trucks, or the demand for trucking in their area. like the saying goes, it takes money to make money, and opening your own business is the best display of this.

regardless of whats being said in the debate or on the news, i think that mccain would go into the white house and spend his time carrying out every last wish of george bush. from the wars, to taxes and healthcare and everything else, and as you can see, bush's way is not working anymore. no one can sit here and say his economic plan is working when we are in the worst depression in almost 80 years, and that people are losing jobs/savings/pensions at probably the highest rate ever. the only thing that will fix that is change, which mccain clearly doesn't bring to the table.

ruhl i don't know what is wrong with you, but if you sincerely believe that democrats are overall less intelligent that republicans, you are part of the problem yourself. democrats account for a huge percentage of people with college degrees, while few republicans are actually smart. the majority of republicans live in the most rural areas of the country, which like it or not, are also the most uneducated. maybe they finished high school unlike a very small amount of people from cities or largely populated areas, but those schools are a joke and a very small amount would go on to college. to top it off, over the last 20 or so presidents, the average IQs have been astoundingly higher for democrats than republicans, and while they are all highly educated (like bush's yale degree) you would not be able to tell by the outside.