The election guide 2008 is written by Michael Moore, published by Grand Central Publishing, NY, 2008 and was a guide to the US Presidential election. This was an easy vote for the Democrats and President Barack Obama, although with politics in the internet age the rumours and lies that normal people thought were half truths are remarkable. Mr. Moore has a title of “Ask Mike!” which people ask questions and one would think when people can surf the internet to gain great amount of information, hopefully the school system graduates an increasing number of graduates, more people have access to post secondary education – the questions which made the book – one has to wonder. Politics is the only area where the goal is to inform or have the majority of the population vote one way or another. In reality, many people will over their lifetime favour or vote in one direction, but not every candidate is the same. Sometimes very good candidates run in seemingly hopeless ridings. Billions of dollars are now spent on elections – which indicates it must be important.

Linking to dividend paying stocks, as an investor you have a vested invest in who wins or what they do once they are in office. Although most of us suspect that whoever wins would do something similar as the one that lost, sometimes there really is a difference in the use of government resources which can affect people lives on a daily basis. As an investor your interests will partly rely on the status quo continuing, although there is almost change in the marketplace, which is why reading a Michael Moore book is worth considering.

There are more questions than answers, till the next time – to raising questions