The Grieving McCain-Voters Thread

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akuma587 said:

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akuma587 said:
Absolutely, I think that is one of the reasons the Republican Party is in the position it is now, because it got too drunk on its own power. Lets hope the Democrats can do better. At least some of the things the Democrats are advocating actually need to get done, such as energy reform and healthcare reform.

The problem is, Obama seems largely ignorant of the economic realities of the world.

There isn't a single substantive policy area (especially areas like health) that can be looked at independently of economics.  Obama's stated health care plan is going to have the horrendous result of shifting more health care costs to the state, and increasing them overall.

I really like Obama as a man, and think he believes in everything he says.  I just think his economic ineptitude could get America and the world in a lot of trouble if he doesn't have some very intelligent economists in his ear for the next 4-8 years.

On the other hand, America's global image will get an enormous boost from this, and talking to Iran and Syria is a great idea.

Aren't we better off spending our money on healthcare than the war in Iraq?  I mean Republicans have had no problem shipping American tax dollars abroad, why not keep some of them here?  Its not like healthcare is like passing out free TV's or something to everybody, it is something that people should be able to access regardless of how rich or poor they are.

Unfortunately, few things in the world are as they "should" be.  This transcends blame.  Nothing got any better the two years the Democrats where in congress recently, they got worse. 

Everyone has some blame, so we may as well learn from the mistakes and not waste time blaming anyone.  The earliest the Iraq war can ethically be stopped the better.  Ditto Afghanistan.

Just because all Americans should have health cover (and I agree, they should) doesn't mean the country can afford it.  The worst part of it is Obama's plan doesn't spend money encouraging people onto private cover, it risks shifting people onto a perpetually publically funded system that will be a systemic drain on the economy for decades if it is allowed to gain momentum.  Every single person that can afford private cover should be given incentives to pay for it.  Everyone.

After that is done, solid economic management should (hopefully) allow basic cover to be extended to everyone else after a few years, in such a way as to not provided disincentives to drop private cover to the first group.

Ending the wars is important for the US budget (not to mention foreign policy and ethical goals), but thinking that alone will free up the cash to cover even a small portion of the potential for massive overspending or come close to getting the world out of the current crisis is naive.