Christine O'Donnell is a Witch!

[Sophus]

Let's take a closer look at THE EVILS Obamacare has been up to!

[Thumpalumpacus]

I have to disagree with The Jackel.

Between a lesser evil and a greater one, I would always pick the lesser one, as I am a pragmatist.  

With regards to education, conservatives believe that parents know what is best for their children.  Democrats believe that bureaucrats know what is best for children.  The public education system is broken, and Obama's trying the same tax-and-spend approach which has failed to fix it.  There needs to be privatization, free vouchers for all parents to choose what school their children goes to, and it should be made easier to homeschool.  A child's education should be based on their aspirations, abilities, and needs; not their zip code.

In addition to the points raised above about these blanket statements, I'd also like to point out that you are here proposing a new government bureaucracy -- the one that would regulate the disbursement of vouchers and examine the schools for fitness.  Unless, of course, you don't think they ought to be examined.

On this issue of free trade, you harbor the fallacious belief of "buying foreign goods ships jobs overseas".  Essentially, you are advocating protectionism; a failed policy.  For example, putting barriers up to prevent people from buying certain products for less money overseas would benefit the companies in the U.S. that sell that product.  Of course, it hurts everybody else.  Everybody else who needs that product has to spend more money.

The true solution to resolve the shipment of jobs overseas is to tax the shit out of companies that do it.  Remove their loopholes, and any incentives they may have garnered in other fields, if they've been found to have closed an American plant and replaced it with a foreign plant.

It is not too late to cancel Obamacare.

I'm not so sure that that is wise.  Universal (or near-universal) health care benefits everyone in a society.  Even from the view of self-interest, it is in your interest to avoid the proliferation of, say, AB-resistant tuberculosis, or to assist the pre-diabetic in avoiding the full-blown disease (and thereby avoiding disability-benefit payouts for life).

Finally, granting all people health care is simply the humane thing to do, and I don't mind putting my money where my mouth is on that issue.

[TheJackel]

I have to disagree with The Jackel.

Between a lesser evil and a greater one, I would always pick the lesser one, as I am a pragmatist.  

With regards to education, conservatives believe that parents know what is best for their children.  Democrats believe that bureaucrats know what is best for children.  The public education system is broken, and Obama's trying the same tax-and-spend approach which has failed to fix it.  There needs to be privatization, free vouchers for all parents to choose what school their children goes to, and it should be made easier to homeschool.  A child's education should be based on their aspirations, abilities, and needs; not their zip code.

In addition to the points raised above about these blanket statements, I'd also like to point out that you are here proposing a new government bureaucracy -- the one that would regulate the disbursement of vouchers and examine the schools for fitness.  Unless, of course, you don't think they ought to be examined.

On this issue of free trade, you harbor the fallacious belief of "buying foreign goods ships jobs overseas".  Essentially, you are advocating protectionism; a failed policy.  For example, putting barriers up to prevent people from buying certain products for less money overseas would benefit the companies in the U.S. that sell that product.  Of course, it hurts everybody else.  Everybody else who needs that product has to spend more money.

The true solution to resolve the shipment of jobs overseas is to tax the shit out of companies that do it.  Remove their loopholes, and any incentives they may have garnered in other fields, if they've been found to have closed an American plant and replaced it with a foreign plant.

It is not too late to cancel Obamacare.

I'm not so sure that that is wise.  Universal (or near-universal) health care benefits everyone in a society.  Even from the view of self-interest, it is in your interest to avoid the proliferation of, say, AB-resistant tuberculosis, or to assist the pre-diabetic in avoiding the full-blown disease (and thereby avoiding disability-benefit payouts for life).

Finally, granting all people health care is simply the humane thing to do, and I don't mind putting my money where my mouth is on that issue.

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