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“John McCain will make a good president for these three reasons: first, his strategy for the Iraq war will keep us safe in the long run; second, his education outlook on everything as a hole; finally, his economic plan giving more Americans jobs to be able to support their families.”
I think that keeping us in Iraq to make sure that we are safe is a good Idea. A lot of people think that we should get out of there because we have people dieing but the thing that they don’t understand is that if we left it would cause a lot of chaos not just for them but for us, I think leaving is a bad idea. John McCain believes it is strategically and morally essential for the United States to support the Government of Iraq to become capable of governing itself and safeguarding its people. He strongly disagrees with those who advocate withdrawing American troops before that has occurred. (JohnMcCain.com)
Being able to make our education programs a lot better and being able to reinforce that is one of his best ideas. A lot of would comes form the people lower than us witch is starting with our kids and being able to educate them and make them go to school and have the parents force them to do so. John McCain believes American education must be worthy of the promise we make to our children and ourselves. He understands that we are a nation committed to equal opportunity, and there is no equal opportunity without equal access to excellent education.
Public education should be defined as one in which our public support for a child's education follows that child into the school the parent chooses. The school is charged with the responsibility of educating the child, and must have the resources and management authority to deliver on that responsibility. They must also report to the parents and the public on their progress. (JohnMcCain.com)
I think that with the economic plan that McCain has will help the US in the long run, it might take awhile for it to happen but I think that it will. John McCain has a comprehensive economic plan that will create millions of good American jobs, ensure our nation's energy security, get the government's budget and spending practices in order, and bring relief to American consumers. John McCain understands that today’s changing economy is making it harder for parents to balance the demands of family life and their jobs. He believes that strong families require that parents be involved in the lives of their children. Flexible work arrangements can help families strike the right balance. John McCain was proud to support the Family Medical Leave Act in 1993 that ensured men and women are able to take leave to care for a newborn child, adopt a child or care for an immediate family member with a serious health condition and return to a position that is substantially equal in pay, benefits, and responsibility. This was a needed minimum standard to ensure that parents were not penalized for making the important decision to raise a family.
John McCain will help Americans hurting from high gasoline and food costs. Americans need relief right now from high gas prices. John McCain will act immediately to reduce the pain of high gas prices.
• John McCain believes we should send a strong message to world markets. Under his plan, the United States will be telling oil producing countries and oil speculators that our dependence on foreign oil will come to an end - and the impact will be lower prices at the pump.
• John McCain's policies will increase the value of the dollar and thus reduce the price of oil. In recent years, the declining value of the dollar has added to the cost of imported oil. This will change. Americans will have a stronger economy, a stronger dollar and greater purchasing power for oil, gas and food.
So I think that John McCain should be president for his plans for the United States like his strategy for the Iraq war, his education plan for the people and the kids and last his economic plan for jobs, gas prices and taxes.
Were the election held today, and I could legally vote, I’d surely choose Obama. I believe he’d make an exceptional president for three reasons: his tax-cut plan would provide a crutch for the American middle-class and stimulate the economy; his energy plan offers an eco-friendly alternative to offshore drilling; and his foreign policy agenda would have US troops out of Iraq by the summer of 2010.
Obama’s tax plan focuses on “restoring fairness to our tax code and returning to fiscal responsibility” (www.barackobama.com). Families making less than $250,000 a year will be eligible for a variety of tax breaks, including generous tax cuts for seniors, homeowners, and uninsured families (www.barackobama.com). Under Obama’s tax plan, corporate tax cuts will be made for firms and business that invest in the creation of US jobs. The same plan will “dramatically simplify taxes by consolidating existing tax credits” (www.barackobama.com). This will enable over 40 million middle-class Americans to do their own taxes in less than five minutes. Ultimately, Obama’s tax plan would reduce revenues to below “Reagan levels” (www.barackobama.com).
Energy is a pressing issue in America, dominating everything from gas prices to electrical bills. Barack Obama’s energy plan will effectively redirect our primary source of power, creating a “self-sufficient” America. His plan will create over 5 million American jobs by strategically investing $150 billion dollars into the “clean-energy industry” (www.barackobama.com). His goal is to have over 1 million plug-in electric cars on the road by 2015, cars that get 150 miles per gallon, and cars that are sure to be built in America (www.barackobama.com). By 2012, Obama ensures that 10 percent of America’s electrical energy will come from renewable resources, and by 2025, the number will increase to 25 percent (www.barackobama.com). To counter-act the affects of climate change, Obama promises to establish an “economy-wide cap-and-trade system” reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent (www.barackobama.com).
Originally thought to be the deciding factor in this campaign, foreign-policy has taken a back seat to more pressing issues. However, this does not mean it is any less important. The war in Iraq calls for “responsible, phased withdrawal” (www.barackobama.com). An Obama administration will provide just such a thing. Obama plans to remove one to two brigades a month over the course of 16 months. This will have American troops out of Iraq by the summer of 2010 (www.barackobama.com). Under the Obama plan, a residual counter-terrorism force will remain in Iraq, and continue to train and support Iraqi troops, as long as Iraqi leaders work productively towards reconciliation (www.barackobama.com). The war, which is a constant drain on the American economy, will come to an end, allowing the States a war-free time of prosperity and financial growth.
America needs change. Obama is that change. Under an Obama administration, I have no doubt that our country will flourish and succeed. We will restore our responsible image, and reclaim the respect we once had. The past eight years have not been notably good to the American people, but it is never too late to admit our mistakes, and adjust to an evolving world. It will take a lot of hard work, and though an Obama administration is not necessarily synonymous with political salvation, it’s most certainly a start. Some has got to get the ball rolling.
I think Obama would make a good president because he says that the “Youth of our country is the back bone.” The reason why I am going to vote for Obama are these three things: Lower tuition costs for college; second, create a before preschool program called 0-5; third, Obama and Biden will expand the highly-successful Nurse-Family Partnership to all 570,000 low-income, first-time mothers each year.
I think that lowering the tuition expenses and making the first 4,000 dollars of college free is a great idea. A lot of people through out the United States don’t attend college because of how expensive it is. I know from a personal experience that college is a lot to take on right out of high school, and lowering the costs would increase the attendance rates. Obama says that “the youth of our country is the backbone” (BarackObama.com) and lowering college fees, will increase the knowledge of the youth which is the future of the United States.
I feel that the 0-5 program will increase the knowledge of little kids, making them smarter as they get older. Obama and Biden will quadruple Early Head Start, increase Head Start funding and improve quality for both. Obama and Biden will also provide affordable and high-quality child care to ease the burden on working families (BarackObama.com). Having smarter kids through middle and high school means they can increase the materials they are learning. The more advanced schools will be and a higher education and a younger level.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden will expand programs like the successful Nurse-Family Partnership to all low-income, first-time mothers. I think that these programs will benefit a lot of families across the United States. There are a lot of families in poverty that have young children, and can’t give the care and support the child needs because of money issues. The Nurse-Family Partnership provides home visits by trained registered nurses to low-income expectant mothers and their families. Researchers at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis concluded that these programs produced an average of five dollars in savings for every dollar invested and produced more than $28,000 in net savings for every high-risk family enrolled in the program. The Obama-Biden plan would assist approximately 570,000 first-time mothers each year. (BarackObama.com)
Barack Obama will be a great president, because of his programs for families, energy, and Iraq. Obama is the change America needs. He has plans and has assessed problems throughout America, has time lines for when these problems will be fixed, and overall knows what he is doing whether he has been in the military or not.
Clayton Wallace
Critical Response
In the coming election I would vote for John McCain to be are next president. I would vote for him for a couple of reasons. The first is I believe that McCain’s plan in Iraq is the right one. Taking the Troops out now would be irresponsible. We got in to a war there and we need to finish it. Next I agree with him about energy. We need to expand on are drilling and nuclear power. Then I also agree with his plan for education. The plan would give more choices to parents to where their child goes to school and benefit teachers.
When it comes to Iraq there seems to be only one responsible choice and that is to stay. To leave now would cause only more fighting in the Middle East with no end. Unless the Iraqi government is ready to take control of their government then we can’t leave them to tare them selves apart. McCain’s Plan would give the government more time to take control and stabilize their country. The only thing I would like to see in McCain’s plan is not enough pressure on the Iraqi government to hurry along with their work and take control.
Right now are total deficit is more then 10 Trillion. 40 percent of that national deficit is what we spend to buy oil form other counties. With McCain’s plane toward energy we would optimize drilling in the US increasing the amount of oil that we can produce and use and the less we have to spend on foreign oil. His plan would also increase energy form wind and solar decreasing the amount coal burnt to produce electricity decreasing CO2 emissions. Then he wont’s to have 45 nuclear power plants built which would also have no CO2 emissions. This plane over all would save the US more money and decreases are spending.
McCain’s education plan is also the better plan of the two. His plan would give parents a choice in where to send there students to school causing schools to compete and every one knows that competition always makes people work harder. His plan would also in crease teachers pay and if a teacher are not teaching adequately they will get a chance to improve and if not replaced and like I stated earlier competition is good for growth.
To sum it all up John McCain would bee a better president then Obama for many reasons. Obama isn’t aggressive enough to be the president. The president needs to be able to attack not only defend. McCain seems more like a go getter to me and willing to attack and take risks. Add that to the reasons I have listed above and you’ve got the reasons why John McCain would make a better president then Obama.
John McCain is the best choice for the next president of the United States for three main reasons. First, he believes that the smart thing to do in Iraq is to stay and help them build a strong government; second, his mission on energy is to promote solar and wind power while decreasing our dependency on foreign oil; thirdly, he will find ways to help our veterans and their families during and after their service time.
John McCain’s strategy for Iraq is that we need to keep troops in Iraq to help them become a stronger, more independent country. If we leave Iraq now, then Iraq would not be able to function on its own. It would not have a strong, capable government, it would become a safe haven for terrorists, and it would be a pawn of Iran. This almost “certainly would either require us to return or draw us into a wider and far costlier war” (www.johnmccain.com). When Iraq can effectively guard its own country, then our troops can come home.
McCain has many plans in place that would help the current energy problem, ranging from power production, cleaner air, foreign oil, and Americans having dependable energy sources. His mission is that “this nation will achieve strategic independence by 2025” (www.johnmccain.com). He will provide a $5000 tax credit for every citizen who buys a zero emissions vehicle, and graduated tax credits for low emissions vehicles. He will also commit $2 billion every year to advancing clean coal companies, in his effort for America to lead a new international green economy.
John McCain is committed to providing all veterans, retired or not, with affordable healthcare, wherever they live. He has voted consistently to increase the funding for veterans’ benefits. I think that this is a very important issue, because there are so many veterans who risked their lives to defend this country, that they are the people that really need to know how much they are appreciated. Even retired vets, who are not eligible for VA healthcare, have the right to affordable healthcare. This is one of the points made by Senator John McCain, and I completely agree with him.
In the end, I would most definitely vote for John McCain as America’s next president. He knows the facts, and has very well organized plans to fix America’s problems. He stands strong to his beliefs, and he has the experience that it takes to be the next president. He knows what he is talking about on the issues. There is no doubt that he will be a very strong leader of this country.
Barack Obama will make an excellent president for three reasons: first his plan expand paid sick days for everyone that works, expand the family and medical leaf act and making minimum wage $9.50 by 2011; second, his plan to cut taxes in general for; finally, his plan on fixing and changing the nation’s health care system. His plan is to help with all of these is in need of great help.
His plan to help families and expand paid sick days, expand medical leaf, ext. This is such a great idea because so many families need help these days. His plan to expand medical leaf will give families more benefits and reduce the cost of medical bills. The FMLA covers only certain employees of employers with 50 or more employees. Barack Obama and Joe Biden will expand the FMLA to cover businesses with 25 or more employees. Barack Obama and Joe Biden will expand the FMLA to cover more purposes as well, including allowing workers to take leave for elder care needs; allowing parents up to 24 hours of leave each year to participate in their children's academic activities at school, ext. (www.barackobama.com) Half of all private sector workers have no paid sick days and the problem is worse for employees in low-paying jobs, where less than a quarter receive any paid sick days. Barack Obama and Joe Biden will require that employers provide seven paid sick days per year. (www.barackobama.com)
His plan to cut taxes in general is a really great idea. Cutting the taxes will help balance the economy and get us out of the hole the Bush dug is in. Barack Obama and Joe Biden plan on giving 95% of workers and their families with a tax cut of $500 for workers or $1,000 for working couples. He also plans on Dramatically simplify taxes by consolidating existing tax credits, eliminating the need for millions of senior citizens to file tax forms, and enabling as many as 40 million middle-class Americans to do their own taxes in less than five minutes without an accountant. (www.barackobama.com)
His plan on fixing and changing the nation’s health care system is such a great idea. He plans on fixing so many problems that us as women face today; empowering women to prevent HIV/AIDS, supporting research into women’s health and reducing domestic violence is such a powerful problem. In the United States, the percentage of women diagnosed with AIDS has quadrupled over the last twenty years. Today, women account for more than one quarter of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses. Women of color are especially hard hit: In 2004, HIV infection was the leading cause of death for African-American women between the ages of 25 and 34. Around the world, 7,000 women are infected with HIV every day. Barack Obama has been a leader in the global fight against AIDS. He introduced the Microbicide Development Act, which will accelerate the development of products that empower women in the battle against AIDS. Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women, accounting for nearly 39 percent of all female deaths. Barack Obama has fought to maintain funding for the Centers of Excellence in Women's Health at the Department of Health and Human Services. He also supports legislation to encourage research that will examine gender and health disparities. (www.barackobama.com)
Barack Obama will make a great president because he wants to change what needs to be fixed these days. He is focusing on what matters most. He is the great change that the United States needs. We can’t have another Bush, and that is exactly what Obama is fixing.
Alice Vansteenberghe
10.22.2008
World Lit.
Period 3
I will vote for Barack Obama for president for three reasons: first, his plan to end “working poverty” will help the 37 million American families living below the poverty line; second, his plan to make education through the college level a priority will make college affordable for all Americans; third, his energy plan will Put 1 million Plug-In Hybrid cars on the road by 2015.
Barack Obama’s plan to help Americans living under the poverty line is very important. The fact that many Americans work 40 plus hours a week and still cannot afford food and housing is wrong. The gap between the rich and the poor in America is very large, and many people still live in poverty. One of the things Obama will do to help alleviate this problem is to raise the minimum wage. For these 37 million families, even when a parent works full-time earning minimum wage and EITC and food stamps are factored into their income, they are still $1,550 below the federal poverty line because of the flat-lined minimum wage. Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe that people who work full time should not live in poverty. Even though the minimum wage will rise to $7.25 an hour by 2009, the minimum wage's real purchasing power will still be below what it was in 1968. As president, Obama will further raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2011, index it to inflation and increase the Earned Income Tax Credit to make sure that full-time workers can earn a living wage that allows them to raise their families and pay for basic needs such as food, transportation, and housing - things so many people take for granted.
Education is the most important issue that Obama is advocating for. Getting a higher education means you will have a higher standard of living, and cannot only help yourself to succeed but help others. If a higher education is more accessible to all Americans, the poverty level will drop since higher paying jobs may be obtained with a degree. Obama will make college affordable for all Americans by creating a new American Opportunity Tax Credit. This universal and fully refundable credit will ensure that the first $4,000 of a college education is completely free for most Americans, and will cover two-thirds the cost of tuition at the average public college or university and make community college tuition completely free for most students. Recipients of the credit will be required to conduct 100 hours of community service.
Finally, Obama’s plan for Energy is crucial to preventing the effects of Global Warming. The answer to ending America’s dependence on oil is not drilling here and ruining our environment or finding other countries to get it from. We need to fix the problem permanently. Electric cars will do this. Electrical cars need to be made affordable so that everyone can buy one. Obama’s new energy plan will put 1 Million Plug-In Hybrid Cars on the Road by 2015, Increase Fuel Economy Standards, Create a New $7,000 Tax Credit for Purchasing Advanced Vehicles, and Establish a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard. Obama will also implement a cap and trade system that will ensure that industries pay for every ton of carbon emissions that they release.
Obama has many plans for positive change that are promising; therefore he will receive my vote.
Who Would I Vote For
In the coming election I would vote for John McCain. I believe he has some the right ideas on some main issues. Like the Iraq war, education and taxes. These are the issues that I find most relevant to myself in the near future.
The first reason for voting John McCain is the plan for the Iraq war. John McCain believes we need to stay in Iraq for as long as it takes to reform Iraq to a democratic state capable of running itself. We will also be helping Iraq construct a security force capable of dealing with the threat of terrorists. Also we have to deal with Al Qaeda in Iraq. We cannot leave without making substantial head way in there operations or defeating them.
The only way to secure peace in the war is to establish a stable Iraq.
The second big reason is McCain’s education plan. McCain wants parents to be able to choose which school there child goes to; so that the child can get the education that they need to succeed in school. To also make the schools of America better John McCain wants to give teachers rewards for teaching students well. He also wants to have schools fighting for teachers so that the students can get the best education possible.
The third reason that I would vote for John McCain is taxes. John McCain believes in keeping taxes low for entrepreneurs and businesses alike. McCain also believes that keeping corporate taxes low will increase the amount of jobs in America and promote foreign business. Also to help average business in America McCain wants to give equipment deduction for the first year of said businesses. With the coming of new technology people are making deals and buying things online. McCain feels taxes on the internet are bad for the economy and should be done away with.
In conclusion for why I would vote for john McCain. He’s a good guy with the experience that a president needs. He’ll be a great president and make some real progress in this country.
John McCain and Barrack Obama both have strong ideas on many of the issues that have arisen. If I was voting today however my choice would be John McCain.
John McCain is focused on creating more jobs for the unemployed, cutting taxes from corporate businesses, reducing wasteful spending, helping families keep their homes, and much more.
Cutting taxes is apparently one of the stronger issues of the two Senators, but how they go about doing it is the main thing. Senator John McCain is focused on cutting taxes from corporate businesses, doing this will allow people to keep their jobs. America was once a low-tax business environment, but as our trade partners lowered their rates, America couldn’t keep up to pace. We now have the second highest corporate tax rate in the world, making America a less attractive place for companies to do business. So, in theory, John McCain’s plan will not only open new job opportunities for people around the United States, it will also allow them to keep their homes and not have them repossessed.
John McCain’s plan for reducing gas prices is to tell the oil producing countries that our dependence on foreign oil will end. The result will be lower prices at the pump.
John McCain's policies will increase the value of the dollar and thus reduce the price of oil which will get our economy moving in a positive direction.
John McCain will also help college students. By proposing a student loan continuity plan. Students face the possibility that the credit crunch will not allow them loans for the fall semester. John McCain calls on the federal government to anticipate loan problems and expand the lender-of-last resort capabilities for each state's guarantee agency.
Also, John McCain wants to build 45 nuclear power plants around the United States to cut back on energy. Eventually, he hopes to have 100 power plants scattered throughout the United States.
One of the huge issues that have arisen is abortion. I don’t think anyone ever wants to abort a child, but I think that is never the answer. I am totally against abortion and so is John McCain, but this issue mostly comes down to morals.
I think both candidates made good points in all of their debates, but when it comes down to it, I have to vote for John McCain.
If I could vote on November 4th I would cast my vote for Barack Obama. I agree with his policies on important issues such as the war in Iraq, foreign policy, and energy and the environment. I believe that these issues tie in together and can help us now and help us prepare for the future.
America wants the war in Iraq to be over. Obama will end it in a responsible way “The removal of our troops will be responsible and phased, directed by military commanders on the ground and done in consultation with the Iraqi government. Military experts believe we can safely redeploy combat brigades from Iraq at a pace of 1 to 2 brigades a month that would remove them in 16 months. That would be the summer of 2010 – more than 7 years after the war began.” (www.barackobama.com). Ending the Iraq war would help America in numerous ways. If we stop spending billions of dollars every month we can use this money for our own country. I believe that having a time table will help the Iraqis prepare to stand on their own two feet.
For the past 8 years we’ve learned that the foreign policy of not talking to other countries does not work. I believe that talking to these other nations is better than ignoring them and so does Obama. “Obama and Biden are willing to meet with the leaders of all nations, friend and foe. They will do the careful preparation necessary, but will signal that America is ready to come to the table, and that he is willing to lead. And if America is willing to come to the table, the world will be more willing to rally behind American leadership to deal with challenges like terrorism, and Iran and North Korea's nuclear programs.” (www.barackobama.com). I think that it’s good that Obama wants to invest in NATO. NATO is an important organization that has the power to deal with Russia; who is becoming an international concern. “Obama and Biden will rally NATO members to contribute troops to collective security operations, urging them to invest more in reconstruction and stabilization operations, streamlining the decision-making processes, and giving NATO commanders in the field more flexibility.” (www.barackobama.com).
Energy is the most important issue in this election. It is the tie to the two previous issues I have talked about it. Oil has been a huge part of our foreign policy that we current have and some people believe that oil was the reason for the Iraq war in the first place. Energy affects the present and the future. The main way we consume oil is through cars. Obama plans to have 1 million plug in hybrids on the road by 2015. “These vehicles can get up to 150 miles per gallon. Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe we should work to ensure these cars are built here in America, instead of factories overseas.” (www.barackobama.com). Obama’s plan will not give quick relief to the energy crisis but it will be a smarter and permanent way to make our county energy efficient. More drilling for oil won’t help anyone, because what happens when that oil runs out? We’ll just be back where we were before.
Barack Obama will take this country in the direction it needs to go. We won’t be spending money on a country that doesn’t want us there, we won’t ignore the dangerous countries in the world and hope that makes them stop and we won’t be depending on other countries for oil. All these issues are connected; they affect us now and ten years from now. That is why I would cast my vote for Barack Obama.
Barack Obama will make a wonderful President of our country for 3 main reasons.
First off he focuses a lot of his attention on our education and schools.
Second reason is because he believes that if we don’t use something or it doesn’t work then that there is no need for us to waste money on it we should just get rid of it.
And the third reason is because if he becomes President he will raise the teachers pay.
If the election did take place today and if I were old enough to vote then I would probably most defiantly vote for Barack Obama.With him as our President I believe that we can and will make history. We have never had a black President before but he might actually change that. He believes in change we can’t have things the same for another 8 years with the high gas prices, the high costs for food and other things, and with the war things have to change.
Schools and our students education is a big issue in today’s world. Most schools or some schools barley have enough money to afford a proper surrounding or books and other supplies. So since Obama thinks this is an important issue I believe that he will spend quality time working in the white house making sure that our schools improve because students deserve the best education that they can possibly get so we can make our futures brighter.
If we have a certain program or something that does us no good what so ever and doesn’t even work. Were just wasting our money on it and he is right we need to get rid of it altogether. Americans need to get better programs that actually work, if something doesn’t work we don’t need it, and for programs that do work we need to try to improve them and make them better so that they will do us more good now and later on in the future.
Teachers are so much more important then what people think they are. They teach us everything that we need to know to survive out in the real world in college with our future jobs. We lean on them for support and advice. And yet they get paid so little, they deserve better without them anyone who is successful now wouldn’t be successful without them. We would be nothing because they teach us all of the important things that we know now. If it wasn’t for them no one would even know what 5 times 5 was unless their parents told them but they wouldn’t know either because some one would have had to tell them also.
So those are the 3 main reasons why I think that Senator Barack Obama is a great choice for our country. Change is exactly what we need and he will be the one to do it. With him as our President we will make history we will change our Country not only our Country maybe even the world.
I completely disagree with Mr. Fahndrich. John McCain Iraq outline is definitely a horrible one, he wants to keep the troop levels high and keep it that way until there are significant changes. Obama on the other hand wants to have a conference with the Armed forces commanders, and responsibly withdraw troops as agreed on. McCain doesn’t have a solid laid out plan for education. Obama wants to have a “Head Start” program for ages 0-5. Obama also is planning on funding schools, increasing the pay of teachers and holding them accounting for the education of our youth. McCain’s economic plan is a joke, along with his health care plan. Obama plans on creating energy plants which will supply around 500,000 Americans with jobs, cutting taxes and benefiting 95 % of the United States, and increasing minimum wage will balance out the economy, McCain doesn’t understand that.
I definitely agree with Gabriel, Obama’ plans are definitely the best by far. McCain doesn’t seem like he has put much thought into a lot of his plans unlike Obama. For instance McCain wants to keep the troop levels high and keep it that way until there are significant changes. His plan is a ridiculously lame.
I agree with Mr. John R. Mugleston III's opinions on Obama's perception of America's youth. "Youth is the backbone of our country," is a quote that will no doubt go down in history, and hopefully inspire generations to come. Unfortunately, though youth may be the "future" of our country, the elderly and the middle-aged are the present. If the government put more resources into the youth of America, and utilized our abilities, the country would, no doubt, become a much greater place to live. That, or our central government would collapse, followed closely by our economy and military, and things would become innumerably more chaotic. Either way, Barack Obama is just the candidate America so needs.
I disagree with Kathol. I don't believe that John McCain's plan for college bound students is that effecitve. Loans are not the way to put students through college because many loans make students starting paying before they are done with college. I believe that scholarships and earning tution through community service is the better way to help students pay for college and so does Barack Obama.
Why Would John McCain Make an Excellent President?
John McCain will make a worthy President for these reasons: his economic plan helps the middle class citizen; second, his plan for energy resources doesn’t hinder the American economy; and third, his belief in the sanctity of human life will temper his decisions on all aspects of the government.
The economic plan proposed by John McCain stimulates the economy by supporting large and small businesses. The plan involves keeping taxes on entrepreneurs low with a top tax rate of 35 percent (johnmccain.com). This along with reducing the Estate tax to 15 percent will keep everyone in business. Since 52 percent of the American working force is centered around small businesses these actions will increase job availability (economics.about.com).
John McCain’s Lexington Plan works to combine use of renewable energy and the current resources while slowly weaning off harmful energy sources. His plan will increase the use of nuclear power, with 45 new power plants by 2030, plus continuing research on clean coal technologies. The availability of clean coal technologies will greatly help our harmful emissions count since coal generates 48.6 percent of America’s electricity (www.eei.org/industry_issues/). The renewable energy research will be rewarded while keeping the cost on American taxes low with two billion dollars committed annually for research and production of clean coal methods (www.cnn.com).
John McCain believes that human life is sacred and should not be terminated or thrown away. He has stated that he believes that “abortion at its core is a human tragedy” (johnmccain.com). John McCain wants to work towards eliminating abortion all together by supporting young mothers and showing compassion for their situations (john McCain.com). He also endorses adoption as an alternative. He and his wife, Cindy, had adopted a girl in 1993 which enables them to look at this issue from personal point of view. His moral beliefs will keep this country from further declining from essential ethics.
John McCain as President will not only benefit our economy but will promote more ethical thinking in our legislation. The Lexington project coupled with his taxation regulations will maintain our environment along with the economy. Overall, his plans and moral standing will reinforce America’s standards socially and economically.
Tayler Roland
10-20-08
Per. 3
“Who Would You Vote For President?”
Obama has been campaigning for months now on why he should be America’s next president in the 2009 election. He has been sharing with us how he plans to help with taxes, oil and natural gas issues, schools etc…
Obama came up with a plan to help Americans with one of the biggest problems in America today, taxes. People are losing jobs, pay is getting cut and families are losing money. So how does Obama plan to fix the problem? He believes taxes should be taken out based on what the person makes. He plans to “provide generous tax cuts for low- and middle-income seniors, homeowners, the uninsured, and families sending a child to college or looking to save and accumulate wealth,” (barackobama.com). Since the US is spending money on things that are not needed, and not enough on things that they do need Obama plans to get rid of what is not needed, and use that money for things the US does need. Since health care costs have gone up so much he plans to provide tax credits, bringing the health care costs down. No family, wealthy or not, will see an increase in their taxes.
Obama wants there to be more job opportunities for American citizens. He wants to, “create five million new jobs by strategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy future,” (barackobama.com). Jobs are getting cut, and gas prices are going up making it extremely difficult for many families. Barack hopes to have at least 1 million plug-in hybrid cars by 2015. This will save families hundreds to thousands in money. Obama also hopes to, “create a $7,000 tax credit for purchasing new advanced vehicles,” (barackobama.com). He has also come up with a great “use it or lose it plan.” Meaning if the US isn’t going to drill holes and get oil and gas then we might as well not be paying to have our 68 million acres of land.
“Every year more than half a million people come illegally or illegally overstay their visas,”(barackobama.com). Because illegal immigrants are coming into the US, the legal immigrants have to wait longer to receive their applications. Obama and Biden have several ideas in fixing the illegal immigration problem. For example: creating a border using technology. Secondly if Obama cracks down and makes it so that businesses can not hire illegal immigrants then there will be a huge chance they won’t even want to enter America.He has set up a system so that businesses can confirm whether the person is or is not illegal. Obama and Biden also want to set a system up for immigrants. Passing an English test, paying a fine, and starting from the back of the line.
Obama has many plans for our future America so that it can be a better country. Before any of this can happen he needs to continue debating and winning over the people of America’s votes. From school, immigration, taxes, oil and much more Obama will do what he can.
I disagree with Kenny’s response that John McCain would make a good president. McCain says that it is “morally essential for the United States to support the Government of Iraq to become capable of governing itself and safeguarding its people.” However, there is a big difference between supporting peace in Iraq and the safety of its people and continuing a war that has not and will not bring peace. You cannot create peace through violence. A peacekeeping force, which is what Obama proposes, would “support the government and safeguard its people.” Keeping the number of troops the same has not benefited anyone. Soldiers and civilians die, and the amount of terrorist activity has not decreased in Iraq. The war in Iraq has accomplished nothing, and using the same methods as our current president will not change anything.
I agree (to a point) with Alaina Elo on her opinions on the war in Iraq. I do agree with the fact that there needs to be a time table as to when we want to be out of Iraq, and that Iraq has to able to stand on their own two feet when we leave. However, I disagree with how we should go about it. The plan that she agrees with, Obama's plan, is that no matter what, we will be out of there in 16 months. I think that we should start bringing home troops, but we should not be completely gone until we are 100% sure that Iraq can be a successfull independent country. If that means fewer troops, but longer than 16 months, even 5 more years, then so be it. We made a mess in that country, so we need to fix it before we leave.
Pulling out troops would also cut back the funding that we are sending over there. There is no immediate resolution for what we have caused, so we have to deal with the mess that we have made.
I agree whole heartedly with Jason Wallace in concern to his views on John McCain. I believe that McCain’s encouragement to teachers along with the choice of schools Jason mentioned will improve our education system. His plan for Iraq will keep the damage, which we caused, to a minimum. Even if McCain’s poise while debating is bad his plans are farsighted and well developed.
I disagree with Gabe Luntes article mainly because of Obamas views on the current energy crisis.
I think that not offshore drilling is a big mistake that we americans cant currently aford. Also I disagree with puttting a date on when we're going to be living iraq. We should get out when the job is done.
John McCain and Barack Obama are running to be president, each trying to get as much people as they can to vote for them and what they stand for. Personally if I was able to vote I would vote for McCain because my personal values and opinion on importance closely sides with McCain’s.
One of McCain’s plans on making the economy better is by supporting small businesses by lowering energy cost and there will be more exploration of oil and natural gas so the price on oil will still continue to rise but it will lower the price on key energy source which is the main thing that’s hurting small businesses. John McCain set a goal of building 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030 which will create 700,000 jobs and providing cheaper electricity. It will provide incentives for the production of electricity from renewable sources.
Health care reforms, Better care at lower cost for every American. That’s another plan that McCain promises to do. Have cheaper drugs and bring greater affordability to our drug markets through safe re-importation of drugs and faster introduction of generic drugs. Have better smoking programs to help people to stop smoking because some smokers would love to stop smoking but find it to hard to do so.
John McCain will keep taxes low by keeping the top tax rate at 35 percent and maintain the 15 percent rates on dividends and capital gains, and phase-out the Alternative Minimum Tax. Small businesses are the heart of job growth so raising taxes on small businesses would hurt every worker. Cutting the corporate tax rate from 35 to 25 percent will essential to keeping good jobs in the United States. America was once a low-tax business environment, but as our trade partners lowered their rates, America failed to keep pace. We now have the second highest corporate tax rate in the world, making America a less attractive place for companies to do business. American workers deserve the chance to make fine products here and sell them around the globe.
Through speculation, I have found that supporting small businesses, health care reforms, and keeping low taxes, are the key points to why McCain should be the Unite States next President.
Critical Response
John McCain will make an excellent president for three reasons: first, He strongly believes in the dignity of human life and that Roe v. Wade should be overturned; second, he firmly believes that marriage is a sacred union between a man and a woman and will uphold and defend it; finally, his plan to keep troops in Iraq to help secure their country and make sure that they have a competent security force, cannot possibly fail.
If the election took place today I would most defiantly vote for John McCain. For me issues like the Iraq War and the economy are not at the top of my list. The Pope in communion with the bishops has stated that there are five issues that are non-negotiable. These issues are abortion, euthanasia, gay “marriage”, embryonic stem cell research, and human cloning. John McCain opposes all of these things. He believes that life starts at conception and ends at natural death and will defend it at all costs in his presidency. He is strongly opposed to Roe v. Wade and will overturn it if elected president. He will also veto the Freedom of Choice Act that would make all types of abortion legal, refuse medical care to babies surviving botched abortions, and undermine the sanctity of human life.
Third or so on the list of non-negotiables is the issue of gay “marriage.” I put marriage in quotation marks because it can hardly be called marriage because marriage is strictly between a man and a woman. It is an institution that was given to us by God and therefore cannot be altered to fit our sinful desires. John McCain believes that “the family represents the foundation of Western Civilization and civil society and… the institution of marriage is a union between one man and one woman” (www.JohnMcCain.com) He has pledged to uphold and defend the sacred union of marriage throughout his presidency and I believe he will keep that promise.
The Catholic Church has issued what is called a just war doctrine. It says that the Iraq war was not a just war at the beginning and was handled improperly until the “surge”. John McCain’s beliefs fall in line with the Church’s teachings. He believes that we should not have a hasty withdrawal of troops and the next president should not make a deadline for withdrawal that he cannot keep. Keeping troops in Iraq will help stabilize Iraq’s economy and will ensure that they can develop a strong security force.
John McCain supports the sacred union of marriage between one man and one woman. He will make sure that life will remain sacred for the next eight years and defend and uphold it at all costs. Finally, he has a plan for our success in Iraq that will not fail and will make sure that Iraq will be a free, secure country by the time we leave there.
For these and many other reasons I believe that John McCain will be an excellent president.
"The war, which is a constant drain on the American economy, will come to an end, allowing the States a war-free time of prosperity and financial growth."
Gabe, don't you know that Obama favors sending more troops and reasources into Afghanistan. He has also called for unilateral U.S. air strikes in Pakistan. (www.JohnMcCain.com)
"I think Obama would make a good president because he says that the 'Youth of our country is the back bone.'”
MR. John R Mugleston III,
And yet he advocates the murder and mutilation of or youth when they are most vulnerable, in the womb. Can you honestly tell me that you would vote for president someone who favors breaking the backbone of our country?
Barack Obama should be our 44th president for three reasons: first, his economic reforms will help the American people; second, he will return our military to its past strength; finally, he will repair America’s tattered image through effective diplomatic relations.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden will help the American people by offering the working class (under $250,000, approximately 95% of Americans) three times the tax cuts that Sen. McCain’s plan would offer them (http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/). Also, Obama will simplify tax filings by using already acquired IRS information. This will allow the average American to waste only 5 minutes on tax filings, also saving over $2 billion in CPA fees (http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/). Lastly, Obama/Biden will help American workers by increasing minimum wage and tying it to inflation, so that it is possible to live off minimum wage (http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/).
Barack Obama and Joe Biden will return our tattered overstretched military to its past might through a quite simple plan: bring our troops home from Iraq in a quick but safe manner (http://www.barackobama.com/issues/iraq). Obama plans to reorganize policy on national security so as not to be governed by bureaucracy, and therefore is ready for the conflicts of the 21st century (http://origin.barackobama.com/issues/defense/). Obama will revamp our military with private contractors, but for the first time these contracts will be bid on for competitive prices, and not hidden from the public (http://origin.barackobama.com/issues/defense/).
Barack Obama and Joe Biden will improve the world’s view of America through effective diplomacy and alliances. This will begin with the reorganization of NATO: first, we must meet with our allies on common ground; second, we must hold them and their forces accountable for their proposals (http://origin.barackobama.com/issues/defense/). We cannot just do all the fighting for our so called “allies” or “friends.” Also as part of effective foreign policy Obama will relinquish the Bush-Cheney ideas of isolating ourselves from nations that we have disagreements with (http://origin.barackobama.com/issues/foreign_policy/). This will improve international support of our leaders and there proposals to world problems (i.e. North Korea’s nuclear weapon aspirations). Some conflicts that will relish fresh faces in the White House: Israel-Palestine, Asia, China-Tibet, etc.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden should join the fraternity of Presidents and VP’s because of their fresh policies: economic reform, military defense and foreign policy.
John McCain has a remarkable record of leadership and experience that symbolizes his unwavering lifetime commitment to service. McCain would be an exceptional leader who would take this country above and beyond the standards. He has a mind-blowing economic plan, which is very well thought out; three things in this plan that are going to take McCain’s Presidency to the next level are, cheap and clean energy, government reform, and better health care. These three things will be what makes McCain go down in history.
McCain’s plan to find a way to get cheap and clean energy is to use Nuclear Power. Nuclear power is a proven and reliable source of zero emission energy. McCain believes that it is time to recommit to advancing our use of nuclear power. The U.S. has not constructed any new nuclear power plants in over 30 years. When you look at this countries energy portfolio 20 percent of it is nuclear power. McCains plan for this kind of energy is to have our country construct 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030, the ultimate goal he has is to eventually construct 100 nuclear power plants.
Government reform is also something that McCain has stepped up and said that he is personally going to work on. John McCain stated that he wants to bring the budget to balance by 2013. He believes that the near-term path to balance is built on three principles. (1) Reasonable economic growth, growth is very important. (2) Comprehensive spending controls, to help bring the budget to a reasonable balance will require making tough choices on spending proposals. (3) Bi-partisanship in budget efforts, McCain believes that bi-partisan efforts will be the key to undoing the recent spending binge.
Reforms to reduce the rate of health care inflation will help all Americans. McCain has proposed a number of initiatives that will help lower health care costs. McCain believes that if we take a stand now the we can lower health care cost for all different types of families. This countries health care is increasing fast and is taking a toll on America’s families and small businesses.
So as you can see McCain is definitely on the people of America’s side. McCain knows what people in America are suffering from, and he is willing to step up and take a stand to help us out. McCain’s plan for cheap and clean energy, government reform, and health care is what the Americans need. John McCain has a history of great leadership and experience that proves that he will be able to get the job done.
I have decided that Barack Obama would be a better President than John McCain. John McCain is just like having another President Bush, and I do not believe that the United States needs another President like George Bush. Barack Obama will make an excellent president for three reasons: his New Energy for America plan will better the energy consumption for the United States, he will eliminate imports from the Middle East and Venezuela, and he will help support working families.
The Obama/Biden New Energy for America plan will make ten percent of our electricity come from renewable resources by 2012. It will also create an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gases 80 percent by 2050. This plan will also save more oil than what is currently being imported from the Middle East and Venezuela put together, in ten years.
Barack Obama's plan to eliminate oil imports from the Middle East and Venezuela will increase our fuel economy levels. He will have over one million hybrid cars being driven by people by 2015. This will also create a $7,000 tax credit that will go towards purchasing advanced cars.
Obama will raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by the year 2011. This will help the full time workers to not be in poverty. He will also expand the paid sick days. He will require employers to give there workers seven paid sick days each year. Obama will expand flexibility in work arrangements. He believes this will create productivity and positive workplaces.
In conclusion I believe that Barack Obama is the best Presidential candidate because he will solve some of the energy crisis, stop Middle East and Venezuela oil imports, and he will help working families. By saying all of these things and backing those up with good ideas I think America can come out of the slump that it has fallen into, if Obama was the President.
Kala Moore
Period 4
Who would you vote for president?
Barack Obama would make an excellent president for three reasons: first, his educational plan will help the learning community by strengthen the public schools to maximize our county’s natural resources, and the disabled reach their full potential. Second, his family plan will improve many families by eliminating roadblocks and provide tools to help them succeed. Finally, his plan to improve poverty by tax relief for low income working families, passing a legislation that allows him to help low income families find adequate affordable housing, expand access to jobs, make work pay for all Americans, strengthen families, and tackle concentrated poverty.
Barack Obama’s plan to improve the education in American is excellent. Joe Biden and senator Obama’s “zero to five” plan will provide critical support to young children and their parents, for example, the “zero to five” plan places key emphasis at early care and infants, which is essential for them to get ready to enter kindergarten. Obama and Biden will create Early Learning Challenges Grants to promote” zero to five” efforts and help states move toward a voluntary, universal preschool. They are going to quadruple head start and increase funding for Pre School to improve them both. Barack and Biden are also going to provide affordable high quality child care to ease the burden for working families. For K-12 Barack and Biden are going to re-enforce to child left behind, support high quality school and close low performing charter schools, make math and science a national priority, address the drop-out crisis, expand high quality after school programs, support college outreach programs, support college credit initiatives, and support English language learners. Recruit, prepare, retain and reward teachers. Create an American opportunity tax credit: Make College affordable by creating a new American Opportunity Tax Credit, this universal and refundable credit will ensure that the first $4,000 of a college education is completely free for most Americans and over two thirds of tuition for average public college and make community college tuition completely free for most students. Recipients of credit will be required to conduct 100 hours of community service. Last but not least, simplify the application process for financial aid.
Senator Barack Obama and Joe Biden have a plan to help, improve, and bring families closer in six steps first, support working families by: 1) Providing a “making work pay” tax cut for American working families, Barack and Biden are going to make a tax cut of up to $500 per person or $1000 for a working family this will eliminate income taxes for 10 million Americans. 2) Raise the minimum wage to $9.50 and hour by 2011, Obama and Biden believe that people working full time jobs should not live in poverty. 3) Expand the earned income tax credit, as president Obama will reward work, by increasing the working parents eligible for EITC benefits, increasing the benefits for parents who support their children through child support payments, and reducing the EITC marriage penalty which hurts low- income families. Under the Obama-Biden plan, full-time workers making minimum wage would get an EITC benefit up to $555, more than three times what they get today. If the workers are responsibly supporting their children on the child support, the Obama-Biden plan would give those workers a benefit of $1,110. 4) Expand sick pay days, they would require employers to provide seven paid sick days a year. 5) Expand the family and medical leave act(FMLA), as of now the FMLA covers certain employees and employers with 50 or more employees. Barack-Biden plan will expand FMLA to cover businesses with 25 or more employees, they will also have it expanded to cover more purposes as well, including allowing workers to take leave for elder care needs; allowing parents up to 24 hours of leave each year to participate in their children's academic activities at school; allowing leave to be taken for purposes of caring for individuals who reside in their home for 6 months or more; and expanding FMLA to cover leave for employees to address domestic violence and sexual assault. 6) Encourage states to adopt paid leave. 7)Expand high quality after school programs, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will double funding for the main federal support for after school programs to serve one million more children, Obama will include measures to maximize the performance and effectiveness across grantees nationwide. 8) Expand the child and dependant care tax credit, the CDCTC provides to little relief for families Obama and Biden will reform the CDCTC by making it refundable and allowing low-income families to receive a 50% for their child care expenses.9) Protection against caregiver discrimination.10) Expand flexible work arrangements, by informing the businesses the benefits of flexible schedules for productivity and establishing a positive work area. Second, strengthen our schools, like explained in 2nd paragraph. Third, help American families stay healthy by providing universal health care and lowering health costs, their plan is make sure that every American has high quality health insurance that is affordable, this plan will save the typical family $2,500 every year on health expenses. Forth, protect homeownership by 1) Create a universal mortgage credit. 2) Combat mortgage fraud and sub prime loans. 3) Mandate accurate loan disclosure. 4) Close the bankruptcy loophole for mortgage companies. Fifth, Strengthen families at home by 1) Strengthen fatherhood and families. 2) Support parents with young children. Sixth, Strengthen retirement security by 1) Eliminate income taxes for seniors making less than $50,000, 2) Create automatic workplace pensions, 3) Expand retirement savings incentives for working families.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden have a wonderful plan for ending poverty in American using five different steps. First, they plan to expand the access to jobs by 1) Helping Americans grab and hold onto the job ladder. 2) Create a green jobs corps. 3) Improve transportation access to jobs. 4) Reduce crime recidivism by providing ex-offender supporters. Second, Make work pay for all Americans by 1) Expanding the earned income tax credit like above. 2) Expand minimum wage to $9.50 like above. 3) Provide tax Relief. Third, Strengthen Families by 1) Promote responsible fatherhood. 2) Support parents with young children. 3) Expand paid sick days. Fourth, Increase the supply of affordable housing by, 1) supports affordable housing trust fund. 2) Fully fund the community development block grant. Fifth, Tackle concentrated poverty by Establishing 20 promise neighborhoods 2) Ensure community-based investment resources in every urban community. 3) Invest in rural areas.
This is why I believe that Obama would be a better president then McCain. Obama would be better because three reasons. First, his educational plan will help the learning community by strengthen the public schools to maximize our county’s natural resources, and the disabled reach their full potential. Second, his family plan will improve many families by eliminating roadblocks and provide tools to help them succeed. Finally, his plan to improve poverty by tax relief for low income working families, passing a legislation that allows him to help low income families find adequate affordable housing, expand access to jobs, make work pay for all Americans, strengthen families, and tackle concentrated poverty.
Information obtain from: http://www.barackobama.com
i agree with gabriel lunte because of the three reasons he lists that obama would be a great president
After watching the last presidential debate, I have decided that Barack Obama would make a better future president then John McCain. I believe that if John McCain were to be our new president, it would be like electing another George Bush for another four years. John McCain had said that he agreed with 90% of George Bush’s decisions and it did not get us anywhere. Barack Obama will make an excellent president for three reasons: he believes that we should make a careful, responsible withdraw from the war in Iraq, his new energy for America plan, and his plan to end poverty.(barackobama.com)
One of the reasons why I believe Obama would make a great president is because of his and Joe Biden’s plan for a safe withdraw from Iraq. Obama’s plan is to remove 1 to 2 brigades a month and keep a residual force in Iraq to “conduct targeted counter-terrorism missions against al Qaeda and to protect American diplomatic and civilian personal.” Barack Obama and Joe Biden want to encourage the Iraqi government to form a real political accommodation and take responsibility for their future instead of keeping their government sectarianism. They want to help Iraq, and surrounding countries, Iran and Syria to be more stable and protect their borders from other countries who want to “meddle.”(barackobama.com)
The second reason why I would choose Barack Obama as our future president is because of his New Energy for America Plan. The first part of his plan is to provide a short-term relief for American families by providing a $1,000 emergency energy rebate, shorten down on excessive energy speculation, and trade oil from the strategic petroleum reserve and make the prices lower. The second part of the plan is to stop the current imports from the Middle East and Venezuela in the next ten years. The third part of the New Energy for America Plane is to create millions of new green jobs by developing deploying clean coal technology, prioritizing the construction of the Alaska natural gas pipeline, and weatherize one million homes a year. The fourth part of the plan is to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions 80% by 2015 by making the United States a leader in climate change.(barackobama.com)
The third and final reason why I believe Obama would make an excellent president his is plan to try and end poverty. Obama and Joe Biden hope to accomplish this by expanding access to jobs and increase the number of affordable houses. They believe that minimum wage is not enough because families are still staying below the poverty line. They want to expand the earned income tax credit, raise the minimum wage to $9.50 and hour by 2011, and provide tax relief.(barackobama.com)
I believe we need the changes Barack Obama will bring us. By electing him as our new president we can end the war peacefully, have a new energy plan that could save us money, and lower the number of families that are in poverty right now. I don’t think by electing John McCain we will accomplish any of these.
I believe that Barack Obama will lead this country better than John McCain. Here are a couple examples of why I think this. I agree with Barack’s plan on taxes more than
McCain. Barack believes that we should raise taxes on anyone who makes 250,000 dollars a year or more. If they make 200,000 – 250,000 dollars a year there taxes stay the same. If your income is less than 200,000 a year your taxes will go down. In order to stimulate the economy McCain believes that we need to give the leaders of business’s more money to hire people and get more jobs. I feel that his idea will not work because there will always be corrupt business leaders who might misuse the grant that he gave
them. Barack feels we should give the money directly to the people rather than put all our trust in officials. Barack’s opinion on the war in Iraq is something I agree with too. He feels that we need to pull out of there as soon as possible. McCain feels we should stay till the war is over and till there is a stable government. I think we should get out soon because it’s not our war. We kind of fit ourselves in between the Sunnis and Shiites with all the terrorism that’s happened. We’ve become like babysitters after we killed there dictator. I feel we can’t force democracy on people who don’t want it. My point is if they don’t want us there and we don’t want to be there, let’s leave. Some people criticize Obama because he has no experience in foreign policy. Well it turns out his Vice president Joe Biden, has a lot of experience in that, and is known for it. I also agree with
Obama’s plan on our oil crisis. Rather than finding a temporary solution like McCain’s plan of getting all the oil we can as fast as we can. Barack wants to find an alternate fuel source. I think the faster we run out of oil the faster we find an alternate fuel. So I hope gas prices get ridiculously high because I think that will heighten the priority of that issue. In conclusion I believe that Barack Obama is a more suitable leader for this
country than John McCain.
Andrew Oropeza,
I would have to agree with you that Senator Barack Obama would make a decent president because he is how you would say "The youth of our country" also i would agree with you about abortion...its 100% wrong to do...because those children are the future of this country...and taking them out of the world before they even got in is ridiculous...
Rachel Albright,
How would McCain's plans for Iraq be keeping damages to a minimum?
Staying in Iraq is a good thing? The death of more troops wont keep damages at a minimum, it would keep going as they have been since 2003...
Jason Wallace,
I don't really think staying in Iraq until the job is done is an entirely great idea, only because we shouldn't even be there in the first place, because president Bush had a conception that there were weapons of mass destruction in the country (which turned out there weren't any), the only good part in that was getting rid of Sadam Husien..also with the off shore drilling not going to be a mistake...it will make more and more pollution in the oceans, killing fish and other animals of the sea that have yet to be found...some that might have cures to such diseases as cancer.
I disagree with Heidi's paper when it says that McCain's idea is to saty in Iraq until they are a strong country. Barack Obama has said that he would not pull out troops right away either. I don't think McCain is right to say that he feels it is the United States's job to fix Iraq.
Barack Obama would be the best choice for president because his plan for the economy will stimulate it. The middle class and lower is the majority of the U.S. and will grow in consumption. His plan for the Iraq war will put an end in sight. His off shore drilling plan will preserve the wildlife.
Barack Obama’s plan for the economy gives tax breaks to people making $250,000 or less. That’s 95% of America. Taxing the big business’s with big money will work better than taxing hard working Americans trying to make a living. Why tax the poor and give breaks to the rich? It does not make sense.
We need to end this war. It’s consuming our economy and is destroying values of everything we consume. Because of the war we are borrowing money and are in dept. the dollar sign on the national dept clock had to be removed because the clock did not have enough digits to display the dept. By withdrawing the troops and ending the war, we can start working on are dept and are economy.
The drilling companies aren’t using the designated drilling areas around our country, thus we are importing more oil than we should be. Importing oil is expensive and we need to use our oil. Not only that, we need to use alternative energy sources. When Barack Obama becomes president, we will focus on these issues and make this a cleaner better world.
Barack Obama will make a great president because he will turn our economy around and save us from dependency on imported oil. Making alternative energies a focus will also make it a better world.
I strongly disagree with Brittany Kurz. Ombama plans may seem pretty good, but you also have to realize whats going to happen when they take place. For instance, minimum wage sounds great when its $9.50, but do you not realize that everything in the economy will just go up to? Also I don't think that anyone should be paid, when they call in sick. They're not working, why should they be rewarded for sitting at home doing nothing. Obama's plans sound great, until you actually think about them.
Taysha,
a good quote that you said "John McCain is just like having another President Bush" because it is right...because he voted for 91% of Bush's budget plans for the United States. and when you said "the United States needs another President like George Bush." I agree with you, because i don't think the united states can AFFORD another president Bush.
I am sorry, Kenny, but I have to disagree with you and your candidates position on the war in Iraq. There needs to be guidelines for the progression of Iraq as a democratic nation. We, the American people, cannot afford to keep handing out blank checks and exhausting our military. Further, I fail to see how leaving Iraq will cause chaos… at least more than there already is during a war? How long will it take for Iraq’s government to function without our parental support? If McCain proposes we stay, where does our military personnel come from, does McCain have a plan for that too?
I believe that Obama would make a good president for several reasons: His poverty idea would help several people, His foreign policy would clear a lot of things in the Middle East, and his tax cut would help a lot of people too.
Obama’s poverty plan would raise our national minimum wage up to $9.50 by 2011, Provide tax relief, and expand paid sick days, expand the earned income tax credit, improve transportation access to jobs.
Obama’s plan to strain the troops from the Middle East, over 620,000 troops have completed there multiple deployments, with us in Iraq it makes it hard for us to kill or capture Osama Bin Laden and others that were involved in the 9/11 attacks, making Obama’s plan very effective.
Obama’s tax cut would help 95% of working Americans, it would help someone making annually $20,000 and going to college, they would save $500 and get $4000 on tax credit for college expenses.
Some other reasons why I believe Obama would make a good president because he believes in the woman’s right to have an abortion or not, I don’t think that it should be anyone else’s choice except for her own.
I believe John McCain would make a better president for a couple of reasons; first of all I support his choice to end the war in Iraq and bring our troops home, as well as his idea to utilize preexisting energy sources and help move us towards energy independence, I also support his stance on putting the choice of health care into the hands of American families.
John McCain wanted to secure the peace for our future generations and bring out troops home. However he understands that by withdrawing the troops he could in fact be draw us into a wider war pushing peace farther from the main picture and placing America back in to harm’s way. However before he brings our troops home he plans to win the war in Iraq by enlarging out forces and adapting new strategies. He will also continue the search for al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.
McCain has a proposal to lower gas prices while utilizing every energy source to move us toward energy independence. This proposal will not only start to relieve the environmental threat posed by climate change, it will also help to improve our national security. McCain is also determined to expand nuclear power and encouraging clean coal energy. He believes we have the technology to discover advanced alternative energy sources while enlarging our search for preexisting energy sources by drilling off shore.
My third reason to vote for McCain would be his plan to make health care to accessible for more Americans then any other time in history. He plans to reform insurance market, put health care choices in the hands of Americans rather than exclusively in the hands of the government and employers. He also supports paying for the outcome of a treatment in a disease rather then paying for the individual producer. As well as the inflation in prescription drug costs will decrease.
These are a few reasons why I think McCain is a better suited president for our country.
"Families making less than $250,000 a year will be eligible for a variety of tax breaks, including generous tax cuts for seniors, homeowners, and uninsured families"
- Gabe Lunte
This is a great idea because it is much better to give breaks to the middle class and lower than to give breaks to the rich business.
Jake Lyon,
I do agree with you that obama would make a good president, but his plan has some "flaws" in it.
Even though 9.50 minimum wage sounds great..Kinsey parker also said what im going to say, even though as good as it sounds, everything in the economy will go up as well..and i really dont want to pay 10$ a gallon for gas.
It also would be nice to get all the troops out of Iraq...but not all at once, if you take them out all at once, where are they all going to go? You cant fit 500,000 people on 100 planes or so...i would say by 2012 all of them should be out. Then we go look for Osama Bin Ladin.
Andrew Oreopeza,
Marriage should not only be between a man and a woman. Anyone who is truely in love with the person they are with, should be allowed to be married. Maybe not in a catholic church but they can still be legally binded. I do agree with you on the stem cell reasearch and abortion but our involvement in Iraq is no longer necessary and we are just killing innocent people and spending money that we dont have.
Who Would You Vote For President?
For me it’s just one real candidate, Barack Obama. The 47 years old senator of Illinois is running for president, against war veteran John McCain, senator of Arizona.
Barack Obama will make an excellent president for these three reasons: first, he will provide a tax cut for American working families and eliminate income taxes for seniors making less than $50,000; second, his energy plan will create a better environment and more jobs for the American people: finally, the Obama-Biden plan will provide affordable, accessible health care for all Americans.
Obama and Biden will restore fairness to the tax code and provide 150 million workers the tax relief they need. Obama and Biden will create a new "Making Work Pay" tax credit of up to $500 per person, or $1,000 per working family. The "Making Work Pay" tax credit will completely eliminate income taxes for 10 million Americans.
In the next ten years Obama and Biden’s energy plan will create five million new jobs, by strategically investing $ 150 billion to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy future. Within 10 years save more oil than the US currently import from the Middle East and Venezuela combined.
They will also get 1 million hybrids cars on the road by 2015. Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe we should work to ensure these cars are built here in America, instead of factories overseas.
The Obama-Biden health plan builds on the existing health care system. They want every American to have access to a health insurance, through the state or employer. If you are one of them who are satisfied with your doctor and insurance, not thing will really change except the fact that your costs will go down by as much as $2,500 per year. Obama and Biden will also make sure that every child has access to health insurance no matter there parents financial status.
So if you vote for Obama for president; your taxes will go down, if you make less than $250,000 a year. You will get more jobs true the energy plan, and your health insurance will get less expensive or you will finally get on. So everyone that can, get out there and use your vote. Your country needs you!
-He will provide a $5000 tax credit for every citizen who buys a zero emissions vehicle, and graduated tax credits for low emissions vehicles. He will also commit $2 billion every year to advancing clean coal companies, in his effort for America to lead a new international green economy.-
-Heidi McCormick-
That means every person who buys basically a new car now, will be taxed 5,000...and 2 billion dollars for clean coal, I personally don't think coal is very clean. And Effort for International Green Company..what about the National Green company..we really need to start worrying about OUR nations needs rather than some other countries.
"Who would you vote for president?"
If the presidential elections were held today I would vote for Barrack Obama. Obama would make a good president for three reasons: first, Obama’s tax cut would help the economy and almost all Americans; second, his positive environmental effects on the world and would be tremendous; finally, he will make healthcare more affordable for everyone.
Obamas tax plan would lower taxes for everyone earning 250,000 dollars a year and to all small businesses, that’s 95 percent of Americans! And the other 10 percent of Americans taxes will not go up either. Obama is also going to dramatically simplify taxes by consolidating existing tax credits, and provide tax credits to reduce the cost of healthcare.
The environmental changes Obama would be making is he is going to create millions of new green jobs and make sure that 10 percent of Our Electricity Comes from Renewable Sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025. He would increase fuel economy standards by getting 1 Million Plug-In Hybrid Cars on the Road by 2015 and give people a 7,000 dollar Tax Credit for buying them. Last but not least, he will start an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050.
The health care changes Obama would make is he would: cut the costs and save a typical American up to 2,500 dollars; create a new Small business Health Tax Credit to help small businesses give affordable health insurance to their employees; and Require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions so all Americans regardless of their health status or history can get good benefits at good costs.
In conclusion Barrack Obama would make a great president because he will not only help improve the lives of Americans by lowering taxes and providing affordable health insurance; But he will also improve the environment and economy by making more efficient cars and Renewable Electricity sources.
Andrew Oropeza
I strongly disagree with you on your views on abortion.
I dont think it should be anyones choice except for their own to have an abortion no matter how she became pregnet.
I also think that its rather selfish to think it should be someone elses choice to choose whether or not you have an abortion.
HEIDI MCCORMICK, I TOTALLY AND COMPLETELY DISAGREE with your paragraph about needing to stay in Iraq. Obama said in an interview that he would make a slow and safe withdraw from Iraq. If we stay in Iraq, there will be more death to innocent people in the country and to our troops.
I also don't under stand how John McCain will commit $2 billion every year to advancing clean coal companies. that will just raise the taxes on us.
Andrew,
"believes that marriage is a sacred union between a man and a woman and will uphold and defend it"
If it was sacred, then wouldn't they not commit adultery, and they would stay together. (as horrible and unfaithful as that sounds), its true.
and What i said earlier about NO abortion, let me re-phrase that, i meant to say that There should be no abortion OR UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, because what if some girl gets raped and gets pregnant..and she would have to have the child.
"Leg"
"If it was sacred, then wouldn't they not commit adultery, and they would stay together. (as horrible and unfaithful as that sounds), its true."
I strongly agree.
"Leg"
"If it was sacred, then wouldn't they not commit adultery, and they would stay together. (as horrible and unfaithful as that sounds), its true."
I strongly agree.
-Jake Lyon-
Thanks for agreeing with me ;)
Who would you vote for president?
My decisions on who I would vote for president is still undecided. Barack Obama and John McCain both have some decisions there making that I agree with, and disagree with.
On Abortion, I agree with Barack Obama that it’s the woman’s right to have an abortion or not, unlike McCain who is anti-abortion. If you’re absolutely NOT ready for a baby, you shouldn’t have to have one, for the sake of you and the child. What if an accident happens? You are forced to keep it. Accidents happen, this leads to men leaving woman and children not having a complete family.
On the Iraq War, I agree with John McCain who supports to authorize the use of United States Armed force against Iraq. Where else Obama opposes against the war. I think us as Americans should fight. We should increase our troops instead of removing all combat troops from Iraq. There isn’t a political resolution to this in my eyes.
On Minimum wage, I agree with Obama who would raise the minimum wage, index it to inflation and increase the Earned income Tax Credit. McCain has voted for and against minimum wage bills. But then again, increasing minimum wage, wouldn’t it lower the value of the dollar??
On marijuana and drugs I again agree with Obama with that it is appropriate for medical needs, and how he opposes on hard drugs like crack and cocaine by completely eliminating it. McCain believes it is a gateway drug for other drugs which I don’t agree with
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i agree with jason wallace, i do too think its a great idea to stay in the war for our own sake.No matter how long it takes,we have to succeed in reforming Iraq,alot of good things for america would come out of this war.Also, i agree with rewarding teachers that teach well.some teachers shouldnt even be getting paid back where i am from.The ones that DO educate us well,should be rewarded for it.On taxes,i couldnt agree more lowering them will give more jobs.
If i had to pick against Obam or McCain..... it be McCain.
The presidential election is always a heated topic. The two candidates for this year both give strong points on how they will make this country stronger and function better. Each candidate promises to end the war in Iraq, lower taxes for all American citizens, and reduce the dependence upon foreign oils. Both give a strong opinion, but my vote goes to John McCain.
John McCain is a strong leader in my opinion and has lived through many issues that we Americans will never experience. He’s been in an actual war and was captured and a POW for two whole years plus survived. He will make a great president because he has many plans for the future of this country (Not saying that Obama doesn’t) which includes: A corporal tax reduction, using foreign oils, improve security, improve energy resources by trying to discover an alternative energy while gas prices will lower, encourage clean coal technology, have health benefits to call Americans, and finally end the war in Iraq
Both presidential candidates offer very effective ideas, but McCain seems to have experienced more than Obama. The ideas sound like they will help this country more as well. McCain says that he will provide citizens with a 5000 dollar tax deduction for owning and operating a zero emitted car. He wants to spend money on discovering new energy, and I think one of the smartest things that he is doing is getting us out of countries that aren’t truly our allies. We’re supplying them with money and support while getting nothing in return.
If elected president McCain promises that we will “experience robust economic growth, and Americans will again have confidence in their economic future”. It’s hard to go through with everything that he say will happen though. Thing like that we’re going to end the war in Iraq isn’t a for sure thing. McCain claims that he doesn’t like war at all, and that he plans on finishing everything by sending over even more troops to do the job. I don’t believe that most Americans are going to be ready for that change.
All these facts are true about senator McCain; I hope that people will realize that he is fit to run this country. Even though all of this is said about McCain I actually believe that Obama would be a great president too. He gave some very strong points that McCain didn’t believe in, and I agreed with Obama more. Even though this is true, I strongly believe in not relying on foreign oils and I am against apportion fully, so my vote is for Senator McCain.
I sent in my ballot last night
With the upcoming elections there are many options on the table. I think Barack Obama would make an excellent president for three reasons: first, his plans to rescue the middle class, by calling for a business tax credit to create new jobs. Second, his economic plans make sure that America can compete in a global economy, and ensure the middle class is thriving and growing (barackobama.com). Obama said he wanted to give a tax break to all families making under $250,000 per year, which he said was 95 percent of American workers. For those who make more, he said he would roll back the Bush tax cuts to the same level that they were under President Clinton. Third, his plans to stop funding wasteful, obsolete federal government programs that make no financial sense.
Rescuing the middle class is a very important plan because most of America is considered to be middle class, and as of right now they are struggling to survive in this economy. "I can take a few more weeks of John McCain's attacks," Obama said. "But the American people can't take four more years of failed economic policies." One of his number one promises to America is to save the middle class and I think that’s what America really needs right now.
Obama and Biden have promised to restore fairness to the tax code and provide 150 million workers the tax relief they need. Obama and Biden will create a new “Making Work Pay” tax credit of up to $ per person, or $1,000 per working family. This “Making Work Pay” tax credit will completely eliminate income taxes for 10 million Americans (barackobama.com). Obama also plans to eliminate all income taxation of seniors making less than $50,000 a year. This brilliant proposal will eliminate income taxes for 7 million seniors saving them about $1,400 per year. Another benefit of this proposal is that 27 million seniors will also not need to file an income tax return.
Obama has a remarkable plan to put an end to wasteful government spending. His plan is to stop funding wasteful, obsolete federal government programs that make no financial sense. Obama and Biden have requested an end to subsidies for oil and gas companies that are claiming record profits, as well as stopping all subsidies to the private student loan industries, which have repeatedly used unethical business practices (barackobama.com). Barack also plans to put an end to wasteful spending in the Medicare program. I strongly agree with Obamas’ believes toward the student loan industry because many students who graduate high school not only don’t’ have the money to go to college, but most American students do not come from financially fortunate families, and because of this they are forced to take out student loans. The generation of students living in this economic crisis are not given the chance to be financially situated enough to pay back the loans within the given amount of time, resulting severe debt.
By electing Barack Obama as the new president of the United States, I believe this man can pull our struggling economy out of its dry spell and save the middle class. With his plans including business tax credit, promises to ensure that America can compete in a global economy, and his ideas in making changes on government spending, all support the issue of why we need Obama in office. Electing Obama for president will save America.
dallena sanford said...
"On Abortion, I agree with Barack Obama that it’s the woman’s right to have an abortion or not, unlike McCain who is anti-abortion. If you’re absolutely NOT ready for a baby, you shouldn’t have to have one, for the sake of you and the child. What if an accident happens? You are forced to keep it. Accidents happen, this leads to men leaving woman and children not having a complete family."
I will address these claims in chronological order:
1. "it’s the woman’s right to have an abortion or not"
Could you point me to the exact place in the Constitution were it says anything about a woman having some right to procure an abortion.? I can tell you- NOWHERE. It doesn't say it! Can you even tell me what abortion actually is or what it looks like? I can-
http://www.priestsforlife.org/resources/abortionimages/10week/10_05.jpg
Doesn't the Constitution say "We hold these truths to be self-evident; all men are CREATED equally, and they are endowed by their creator [God] with the INALIENABLE rights of LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"? What about the baby's rights? Doesn't abortion take away all three? But then you could say, "but the baby isn't really a human yet so these rights don't apply to them." Who are you to say that the baby in the womb isn't a human yet? If you have the authority to claim that someone is not a human, than wouldn't it stand to reason that Hitler had the same authority as you do? You don't have the authority to make those claims about those in the womb and neither did Hitler have the authority to say that the Jews were not human. You two are in the same boat! That brings me to an interesting point; Who does have the right to say if someone is a human or not. In my belief God alone has that authority. You can say, "Well I don't believe in God" Well, lets just pretend that God doesn’t exist. Who is left than, that has any type of authority at all. The answer to this question can be found in your blog post. You said, "I agree with Barack Obama that it’s the woman’s right to have an abortion or not" You agree with Barack Obama. If Obama is going to be president and there is no God, than he would have that authority. Namely, the State would have that authority. ( when I say "State" I am not referring to any individual state but to the Federal Government as it is frequently called) So lets say that the State has the authority to declare whether or not Someone is human. If that is so, and if there is no God, than Hitler had all the authority in the world to kill the one million Jews, Gypsies, and Homosexuals that he did! He was the head of the State in Germany at the time and he, having the authority to declare whether or not someone is human, declared that the Jews were subhuman meaning "Below the human race in evolutionary development.
Regarded as not being fully human" (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=subhuman). Hitler was totally right to murder, mutilate, and burn all those people because he had the authority! Don't you see? If the State and women have the right to declare the unborn as subhuman and thus eradicate them at will, than why wouldn’t Hitler have that same right? He was the head of State so he did have that "right" just as you do and just as Obama does and just as anyone else does. The Skinheads also have the same "right" to declare that African Americans are subhuman and eradicate them. And so does any group of radical Christians or whoever to murder all of the homosexuals. In the Rwandan Genocide, the Hutu militia men had the right to machete and club to death the 800,000 Tutsis; men, woman, and children. They referred to them as "cockroaches".
There is no way around it; if there is no God than the Holocaust was not a Holocaust at all. It was just an exercise of authority.
2. "If you’re absolutely NOT ready for a baby, you shouldn’t have to have one, for the sake of you and the child."
Kill the baby for its own sake? That just ludicrous. I STRONGLY RECOMEND THAT YOU RENT AND WATCH THE MOVIE BELLA. It does a great job of addressing what you said and is sensitive of the woman's situation.
3."What if an accident happens? You are forced to keep it."
A baby is an accident? A baby is a baby. Take this scenario: A pregnant woman is walking down the street and she is stabbed in the stomach by a mugger and the baby dies and she lives. Not only will the mugger be charged with aggravated assault, he will also, depending on the term of the pregnancy and the state in which it happened, be charged with manslaughter or even first degree murder in some cases. Now lets take the same pregnant woman who is pregnant with the same baby, but instead of a mugger killing the baby, the woman walks into an abortion mill and a doctor kills the baby. Now why is it that the mugger gets charged with Manslaughter or first degree murder and the doctor does not? what is the difference? The only differences are that in an abortion the killing is done by a doctor and the baby is not wanted. You can say "well if the baby is not wanted than the woman should be able to abort it." Just because someone is not wanted does not mean that they are not human or should be murdered. If you want to keep your logic consistent than you would have to say that it is perfectly fine for a bunch of doctors (by the way don’t doctors take an oath and in that oath they swear to NEVER DO HARM?) with their white lab coats with blue gloves and sanitary face masks and their PhD’s to go around and eradicate all of the homeless. They are not wanted so what good are they? They just take up space. Just because somebody is not wanted does not mean that they should be killed. Besides no baby is not wanted. there thousands of infertile couples who are on a waiting list for babies with down's syndrome, spinabifia, or just a "normal" baby. They want more than anything to be able to adopt a child of their very own. You could say, "so then why is there so many children in orphanages?" Because these infertile couples are waiting especially for babies who would otherwise be aborted.
4. "Accidents happen, this leads to men leaving woman and children not having a complete family."
No, DIVORCE leads to children not having a complete family
P.S. I wrote "you could say" various times throughout the log post. if these are not your opinions I am sorry. I just had to cover all of the bases. There is only so much you can do with a blog post.
Time for Change
With the elections coming up in less than a month, I have taken great thought and time to consider both candidates and their views on many crucial issues that our country faces today and in the near future. This will undoubtedly go down in history as one of the most controversial and unprecedented elections in history and I take great honor in getting the chance to participate in it. I believe Barack Obama would be the ideal president considering where the US stands today for three reasons: his tax plan would benefit 95% of Americans; he pushes for a comprehensive national energy policy and has introduced a number of bills to get us closer to the goal of energy independence; finally, Obama and Biden’s education plan will cover two-thirds the cost of tuition at the average public college or university and make community college tuition completely free for most students.
Barack Obama’s tax plan appeals to me because it targets middle class families making less than $250,000 a year. This includes tax cuts for “low- and middle-income seniors, homeowners, the uninsured, and families sending a child to college or looking to save and accumulate wealth” (www.barackobama.com). Obama’s tax plan “delivers broad-based tax relief to middle class families and cuts taxes for small businesses and companies that create jobs in America, while restoring fairness to our tax code and returning to fiscal responsibility” (www.barackobama.com). I believe if the middle class is strengthened in such a way that Obama plans, the economy will be stimulated and help the American people out of this rut that has put such a devastating blow on our everyday lives. One key component of Obama’s Comprehensive Tax Policy Plan for America will is the plan to enable as many as 40 million middle-class Americans to do their own taxes in less than five minutes without an accountant. When it comes time for me to do taxes, I would very much appreciate this proposal, as well as many Americans.
The current energy crisis is a very popular topic among many Americans these days and was really hit hard by both candidates during the race. Both McCain and Obama stressed their own energy plans to help ensure Americans about their future and financial standings. Increased gas prices and overwhelming statistics providing support for global warming shows that reachable goals need to be set and an effective energy plan needs to be put in action. Obama ensures that “10 percent of our electricity will come from renewable sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025. The Obama-Biden comprehensive new energy for America plan will “save more oil in just 10 years than we currently import from the Middle East and Venezuela combined, help create five million new jobs by strategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy future, and implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050” (www.barackobama.com). Also, Obama plans to put 1 million Plug-in Hybrid cars (cars that get up to 150 miles per gallon) on the road by 2015. More importantly, these cars will be built here in the United States which will in turn provide more Americans with jobs and save us on import costs.
Education, especially higher education, is definitely an important key issue for me and my parents who will be helping support me financially throughout college. “Obama and Biden will make college affordable for all Americans by creating a new American Opportunity Tax Credit” (www.barackobama.com). This universal and fully refundable credit ensures that the first $4,000 of most American’s college education will be completely free. Also, two-thirds of tuition at the average public college/university will be covered, and community college tuition for most students will be completely free as well. The catch? Only 100 hours of community service! This plan is directed right at me and many other students and parents who are stressing the current economic crisis and how they will afford next months groceries, let alone college. This is the ideal education plan that reaches out to the American people and gives them relief and assurance of their future education dreams. These dreams can come true!
All in all, it is time for a change. Barack Obama will bring that change to the White House and spread it through the American people if he is elected for President. If elected, I am confident he will lift the country out of this crisis that most Americans are suffering from with his new plans on taxes, the energy crisis and education, to name just a few. Looking back on the previous years when a Republican was in office, it is obvious that things need to be done and approached in a different manner. Let’s speak out and support that person who can lead this country right out of this rut, rather than reelect someone who we have already experienced in the past eight years.
Fandrich believes that we should keep our troops in Iraq to make sure that we are safe. I disagree with him because nothing has been accomplished while we have been there this past seven years so there is no reason for our troops to be forced to live in a country where they are not welcome.
Response to Gabe Lunte's Paper:
I strongly agree with Gabe Lunte’s paper. The three key points he provided to support his vote for Barack Obama were very well thought-out and supported by factual information that was taken from Obama’s website. Gabe highlighted Obama’s tax plan for the American middle-class, his energy plan that offers an eco-friendly alternative to offshore drilling, and Obama’s foreign policy agenda; all of which I find very pro-active and crucial to the U.S. at this point in time. While reading Gabe’s paper, I found out things that I did not yet know about Obama and his plan to lift our country out of this rut and provide the American people with a sturdy crutch to lean on during these hard times. I too agree with Gabe that under the Obama administration, there is no question that our country will flourish and succeed. It is time for a change!
Grace Gamble
10/20/08
Period-4
“Who is the Right Presidential Candidate?”
The Presidential Election is coming soon, and choosing the right President is crucial for our country. There are different economic issues, that both of the candidates believe need change and both have completely different plans on how to fix those issues. Senator Barrack Obama and Senator John McCain are the two candidates, who have high ambitions of helping our country. Some issues that the candidates want to change include: decreasing foreign oil use, making changes on the war plan, and fixing the tax policies, both are taking these new plans in completely different terms.
With the large amount of foreign oil use, there has been concern on what to be done. It is quite obvious that the United States need to definitely decrease the amount of foreign oil that is being purchased at such a high amount. Senator Barrack Obama’s idea on fixing this issue is by setting a designated section just for oil use, and having oil companies use this land just for drilling, rather than purchasing oil from foreign land. By doing this our Nation would definitely be using less oil from foreign countries, and our oil prices would drop tremendously, which would then benefit our country. Senator John McCain’s plan to decrease the amount of oil being purchased from other countries is to expand the drilling. This will decrease the amount of oil being purchased from foreign countries, and help drop the gas prices tremendously as well. Both candidates realize that our country needs to fix the foreign oil use, and both ideas will benefit the country in different yet similar ways.
Another large issue in the United States is the Iraq War. On both sides the candidates wish that the war was not occurring, but they have two completely different ways to fixing the war issues. Senator John McCain proposes to keep the amount of troops in Iraq the same as it has been, until the Iraqi Government is capable to support itself. McCain wants to make sure that Iraq is a safe and peaceful place for the citizens of Iraq before the United States troops leave. He doesn’t feel that removing the troops out completely at this point will help Iraq, but rather this could cause worse issues than currently being faced. Senator Barrack Obama has a different plan for this issue. Obama’s plan is to gradually get out of the war in a careful manner. He wishes to move small amount of troops out of Iraq, and eventually in a few years, his plan will have most of the troops out of Iraq. Obama wants Iraq to be able to be stable, and capable to defend their country, and so he plans on setting a group of troops to stay in Iraq until that day comes.
The tax plans for both candidates have the ultimate goal to help lower taxes, but both plans take different routes in doing so. Senator Barrack Obama wishes to help out the middle class and small businesses, by essentially lowering their taxes entirely. Obama also wants to set an income rate at which depending upon how high or low ones income is will determine the amount of taxes. He essentially wants to “spread the wealth,” by making tax changes. Senator John McCain also wishes to help the middle class, and small businesses, but his plan is much different. McCain does not want to change the tax prices by increasing the prices for some, and not raising taxes for others, rather by keeping the taxes at a reasonable rate. He does not want to increase tax prices for the United States citizens, due to the economic challenges. Both of our Presidential candidates wish to help our United States citizens with taxes just in completely different ways.
Our country is in a time of hard decisions, for the election involves choosing our next future President. Both Senator Barrack Obama and Senator John McCain have great potential in improving our Nation. The choice is to pick which one of those two men, would truly be the most beneficial to the United States. That decision is from ones personal opinion, and must be done with very careful accusations of the two candidates.
Although I am a supporter of McCains Campaign and I believe that he will help our country greatly, I must say I disagree with Andrew Orpanza on the subject of gay and straight marriages.
Marriage is a union between two people who love each other. Who are we to say what’s wrong and right? People of all genders, religions, races and sexualities should be able to be happy together. I do however, support Obama on his stance of letting the individual states choose if gay marriage is legal or in there states. I don't believe in enforcing my opinions of other and I don’t think that people should enforce there beliefs on others. As Americans our rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Why should we have the ability to take away someone’s happiness because of there preferences.
I agree with Zach Elliot's essay on his opinion about Senator John McCain, and Senator Barrack Obama. Zach explained both candidates, and how both of these running candidates have the ambition to help our country succeed. I also agree with Zach's opinion that if McCain became president he would be much more experienced than Obama. Both of these candidates do have a great potential in benefitting our Nation, and I agree with Zach that both of these candidates would succeed in doing just that!
Caitlin B. said...
"Marriage is a union between two people who love each other. Who are we to say what’s wrong and right? People of all genders, religions, races and sexualities should be able to be happy together"
Dictionary.com says marriage is, "the social institution under which a MAN and WOMAN establish their decision to live as husband and wife by legal commitments, religious ceremonies, etc." (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/marriage)
Notice when it refers to gay "marriage" on the site it says when two people pledge to live together as husband and wife. It is just some ordinary pledge! It is not a real marriage! (a relationship in which two people have pledged themselves to each other in the manner of a husband and wife, without legal sanction:) It is not even done with legal sanction! Therefore, gay "marriage" is an oxymoron.
Two peole who love eachother? Than why can't a 27 year old man and a 14 year old girl who love each other get married? Would you support that type of "marriage"?
IF WE LABEL HOMOSEXUALITY AS A LEGITAMITE SEXUAL ORIANTATION THATN WE WOULD HAVE TO LEGITAMIZE PEDOPHILIA. iT IS JUST A PERSONS PREFERANCES! iT IS THEIR "SEXUAL ORIANTATION"!
Jake Lyon said...
"Andrew Oropeza
I strongly disagree with you on your views on abortion.
I dont think it should be anyones choice except for their own to have an abortion no matter how she became pregnet.
I also think that its rather selfish to think it should be someone elses choice to choose whether or not you have an abortion."
First off, how about the baby's choice? I am being selfish for wanting babies to be able to have the same choices as we do? No Jake Lyon, YOU are being selfish. "Everyone that supports abortion was born". No one has the right to take a child's life.
Secondly, quit lying to yourself and everyone else by reffering to abortion as "choice". Say what it really is. You are supporting A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO KILL A CHILD. Not her right to have choices.You actually don't really support a woman's right to choose because if you kill the woman before she is even born than you are refusing her, her choice.
- "Everyone that supports abortion was born". No one has the right to take a child's life.
-Secondly, quit lying to yourself and everyone else by reffering to abortion as "choice". Say what it really is. You are supporting A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO KILL A CHILD.-
-Andrew Oropeza-
Andrew, don't be calling people out and calling them liars for what the believe in. Just because you believe in something different, doesn't mean they are wrong. If the girl is raped and is pregnant. the mother of the child doesn't want to have it, then she has every single right to take it away. So dont be telling people to stop lying to themselves and calling people selfish..not cool dude.
McCain or Obama? This election is extremely close. Which one will tip the scale? I believe John McCain will make a good president for a few reasons: he believes in pro-life, he is against gay marriage and he has a great plan to protect the second amendment rights.
McCain is all for pro-life, he believes abortion is a human tragedy. Abortion is not the only option to get rid of the child. The other non tragic option would be adoption. In 1993 John and Cindy adopted a little girl from Mother Teresa's orphanage. One woman's fluke can end up being another family's pride and joy.
Not only is McCain against abortion he's also against gay marriage. He believes a relationship should be made up of just one man and just one woman. "It is only this definition that sufficiently recognizes the vital and unique role played by mothers and fathers in the raising of children, and the role of the family in shaping, stabilizing, and strengthening communities and our nation." (http://www.johnmccain.com). But with that he thinks the decision should be determined by the individual states. Nonetheless the voters, more than judges.
All guns should be required to have at least a trigger lock or some other sort of safety device according to McCain. McCain has supported legislation that deals with requiring safety devices on all guns. Criminal background checks to buy guns, sound absurd? McCain does not think so. McCain believes if background checks are required for a person to buy guns, then it'll lessen the number of criminals who are able to get their hands on guns.
Those are three of the many reasons why McCain would make a great president. Not only would he keep the American people safe by having stricter policies for buying a gun, so not any Average Joe can walk in and get his hands on any gun. He would also improve this country and help get America back on it's feet.
Obama would be the best candidate for the next president of the United States for many reasons. He has been sharing with all the voters his plans for the US if he wins presidency some of the ones that stand out the most to US citizens are taxes, oil, natural gas, and education issues.
Senator Obama has come up with a plan for one of our biggest issues in the US today, taxes. He thinks that taxes should be based on what a person makes; he wants to insure tax cuts for seniors, homeowners, uninsured families, families with students in college and many other deserving causes. He believes that the US is spending too much money on things that are not needed, and we need to get rid of those things and spend on things that the US does need. In Obama’s plan no family whether they are wealthy or not will have to increases their taxes.
Obama’s plan is to “create five million new jobs by strategically investing one hundred and fifty billion dollars over the next 10 to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy future.”(barackobama.com). He believes that there is an alternative energy source out there that can be found. People have been losing jobs and costs having been going up like crazy and it’s making it difficult for a lot of families. Obama hopes to have at least one million plug in hybrid cars by 2015, and make it affordable for citizens to buy them. Senator Obama has come up with a plan for oil “use it or lose it” meaning if the US is going to drill holes and get oil for gas we might as well use it.
Obama and Biden have many plans on fixing the illegal immigration problems. Because illegal immigrants sneak into the US and legal ones over stay their visas, it makes it so legal immigrants have to wait even longer to apply for a visa. One of their plants is to create a border using technology, another is Obama might crack down and make it so businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants making it so they will not even wan to come to America. They plan to make a system so they are able to tell whether or not a immigrant is legal or not, and they plan to have them learn to speak English before their visa is accepted.
Another one of Obama’s plans is to make education a top priority; the youth of America is our future. He plans on raising teacher pay and making college more affordable. He plans to recruit and support new teachers across the US. The most important factor inside schools is the students’ achievement.
Obama has many plans to make American a better more stable country, his goals for taxes, the immigration problem, natural oil, and education are going to make our country much more advanced. Obama would make a great future president for the US there are some issues that not everyone agrees on but over all his plans are better for our country.
I agree with Ali Amaya, I believe that Obama's plan for higher education will help our country out so much. It is so hard and expiensive for students to pay for college, but as everyone says the youth of today is our future.
-Wendi Walter
"Obama would make a freat president..."
I would vote for Obama for 3 main reasons: first, I like Obama’s oil and natural gas plan, use it or lose it… what’s the point of having all the land donated for drilling and not be using it? Second, I like his transportation plan better than McCain’s, invest in research and development for batteries. Obama will make an excellent president because, Obama’s tax breaks will stimulate the economy creating more jobs and lowering taxes for middle and lower class income families that make less than $250,000 yearly. Tax breaks are like steroids in a good sense and stimulate growth in this case stimulating our economy and communities. With this “stimulation” new jobs will be creating work and therefore providing families with more income. I believe that Obama is more qualified to be president because he knows what he’s talking about rather than just pointing out what his opponent is doing wrong Obama is direct and right to the issues. I would rather have a president that is going to deal with the problems rather than look for ways to blame someone or something else for causing them. I want a president that is direct; concise; aware; alert and concentrated on what is happening now and one that will do everything in his/her power to make Americans lives better that’s why I would vote for Obama.
My Presidential Vote
My vote remains with John McCain on the issue of whether Senator McCain or Obama should be elected president. They both have parsimonious ideas on how the United States should be changed. My opinion on the matter more so has to deal with whom I get more education benefits with Obama or McCain? The answer to this is that neither Barack Obama nor John McCain has an approach focused on after graduate education.
Barack Obama demonstrates his concerns for education by allowing most graduates the chance to receive a $4,000 credit for college and will pay for two-thirds of school tuition. In exchange for all this, applicants will have to perform 100 hours of community service. The issue I have with this idea is I don’t have time too complete 100 hours of community service. I have to work and go to school which doesn’t leave enough time for community service, let alone time to study.
Senator John McCain doesn’t plan on changing much about college funds either but I do agree with him on several other points. McCain is more focused on the Economy and on creating more jobs for the unemployed, cutting taxes from corporate businesses, reducing wasteful spending, helping families keep their homes, and much more. John McCain believes American education must be worthy of the promise we make to our children and ourselves. He understands that we are a nation committed to equal opportunity, and there is no equal opportunity without equal access to excellent education.
I believe John McCain would make a great president because he has a well established plan for the U.S. like his plan for our troops in Iraq, his education plan, and his plan to get us out of our Economic crisis.
Leg Square said...
Andrew, don't be calling people out and calling them liars for what the believe in. Just because you believe in something different, doesn't mean they are wrong. If the girl is raped and is pregnant. the mother of the child doesn't want to have it, then she has every single right to take it away. So dont be telling people to stop lying to themselves and calling people selfish..not cool dude.
Leg Square, I am not calling people liars for what they beleive in. I am merely saying that they are deceiving themselves by calling abortion "choice". Because, as I have clearly stated in previous posts, it is no one's "choice" to kill anyone.
" If the girl is raped and is pregnant. the mother of the child doesn't want to have it, then she has every single right to take it away."
Is it the baby's fault that the woman was raped? No! So then don't punish the baby for what the father did!
Lets just say that it is the mothers right to abort the baby. What if she ends up having the baby and in a few months she dosen't want it? What if it reminds her too much of the horrible and tragic event that caused the baby? What then? If you wanted to keep your logic consistent than you would have to agree with me that SHE SHOULD HAVE EVERY RIGHT TO KILL THE BABY AFTER IT IS BORN! If she just can't stand the thought of the "product of rape" living than she should just be able to take the baby down to the doctor's office and have him give her lethal injection.
"she has every single right to take it away." So what you are saying is that she has every single right to TAKE AWAY ALL OF THE BABY'S RIGHTS? That just doesn't make any sense. READ THE POST THAT I WROTE EARLYER. HERE IT IS:
dallena sanford said...
"On Abortion, I agree with Barack Obama that it’s the woman’s right to have an abortion or not, unlike McCain who is anti-abortion. If you’re absolutely NOT ready for a baby, you shouldn’t have to have one, for the sake of you and the child. What if an accident happens? You are forced to keep it. Accidents happen, this leads to men leaving woman and children not having a complete family."
I will address these claims in chronological order:
1. "it’s the woman’s right to have an abortion or not"
Could you point me to the exact place in the Constitution were it says anything about a woman having some right to procure an abortion.? I can tell you- NOWHERE. It doesn't say it! Can you even tell me what abortion actually is or what it looks like? I can-
http://www.priestsforlife.org/resources/abortionimages/10week/10_05.jpg
Doesn't the Constitution say "We hold these truths to be self-evident; all men are CREATED equally, and they are endowed by their creator [God] with the INALIENABLE rights of LIFE, liberty and the pursuit of happiness"? What about the baby's rights? Doesn't abortion take away all three? But then you could say, "but the baby isn't really a human yet so these rights don't apply to them." Who are you to say that the baby in the womb isn't a human yet? If you have the authority to claim that someone is not a human, than wouldn't it stand to reason that Hitler had the same authority as you do? You don't have the authority to make those claims about those in the womb and neither did Hitler have the authority to say that the Jews were not human. You two are in the same boat! That brings me to an interesting point; Who does have the right to say if someone is a human or not. In my belief God alone has that authority. You can say, "Well I don't believe in God" Well, lets just pretend that God doesn’t exist. Who is left than, that has any type of authority at all. The answer to this question can be found in your blog post. You said, "I agree with Barack Obama that it’s the woman’s right to have an abortion or not" You agree with Barack Obama. If Obama is going to be president and there is no God, than he would have that authority. Namely, the State would have that authority. ( when I say "State" I am not referring to any individual state but to the Federal Government as it is frequently called) So lets say that the State has the authority to declare whether or not Someone is human. If that is so, and if there is no God, than Hitler had all the authority in the world to kill the one million Jews, Gypsies, and Homosexuals that he did! He was the head of the State in Germany at the time and he, having the authority to declare whether or not someone is human, declared that the Jews were subhuman meaning "Below the human race in evolutionary development.
Regarded as not being fully human" (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=subhuman). Hitler was totally right to murder, mutilate, and burn all those people because he had the authority! Don't you see? If the State and women have the right to declare the unborn as subhuman and thus eradicate them at will, than why wouldn’t Hitler have that same right? He was the head of State so he did have that "right" just as you do and just as Obama does and just as anyone else does. The Skinheads also have the same "right" to declare that African Americans are subhuman and eradicate them. And so does any group of radical Christians or whoever to murder all of the homosexuals. In the Rwandan Genocide, the Hutu militia men had the right to machete and club to death the 800,000 Tutsis; men, woman, and children. They referred to them as "cockroaches".
There is no way around it; if there is no God than the Holocaust was not a Holocaust at all. It was just an exercise of authority.
2. "If you’re absolutely NOT ready for a baby, you shouldn’t have to have one, for the sake of you and the child."
Kill the baby for its own sake? That just ludicrous. I STRONGLY RECOMEND THAT YOU RENT AND WATCH THE MOVIE BELLA. It does a great job of addressing what you said and is sensitive of the woman's situation.
3."What if an accident happens? You are forced to keep it."
A baby is an accident? A baby is a baby. Take this scenario: A pregnant woman is walking down the street and she is stabbed in the stomach by a mugger and the baby dies and she lives. Not only will the mugger be charged with aggravated assault, he will also, depending on the term of the pregnancy and the state in which it happened, be charged with manslaughter or even first degree murder in some cases. Now lets take the same pregnant woman who is pregnant with the same baby, but instead of a mugger killing the baby, the woman walks into an abortion mill and a doctor kills the baby. Now why is it that the mugger gets charged with Manslaughter or first degree murder and the doctor does not? what is the difference? The only differences are that in an abortion the killing is done by a doctor and the baby is not wanted. You can say "well if the baby is not wanted than the woman should be able to abort it." Just because someone is not wanted does not mean that they are not human or should be murdered. If you want to keep your logic consistent than you would have to say that it is perfectly fine for a bunch of doctors (by the way don’t doctors take an oath and in that oath they swear to NEVER DO HARM?) with their white lab coats with blue gloves and sanitary face masks and their PhD’s to go around and eradicate all of the homeless. They are not wanted so what good are they? They just take up space. Just because somebody is not wanted does not mean that they should be killed. Besides no baby is not wanted. there thousands of infertile couples who are on a waiting list for babies with down's syndrome, spinabifia, or just a "normal" baby. They want more than anything to be able to adopt a child of their very own. You could say, "so then why is there so many children in orphanages?" Because these infertile couples are waiting especially for babies who would otherwise be aborted.
4. "Accidents happen, this leads to men leaving woman and children not having a complete family."
No, DIVORCE leads to children not having a complete family
P.S. I wrote "you could say" various times throughout the log post. if these are not your opinions I am sorry. I just had to cover all of the bases. There is only so much you can do with a blog post.
Caitlin B. said...
"I must say I disagree with Andrew Orpanza on the subject of gay and straight marriages.
As Americans our rights are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Why should we have the ability to take away someone’s happiness because of there preferences."
-Andrew Oropeza-
We shouldn't take people's happines away because of their preferences?HOE ABOUT PEDOPHILES? WHAT THEY DO MAKES THEM HAPPY! SHOULD WE TAKE AWAY THEIR HAPPINESS BECAUSE OF THEIR PREFERENCES?
Who I would Vote for
Personally, I would have to vote neither of the two candidates or even the less spoken candidates from other parties such as the Independent party or the green party. But as the right as a U.S. citizen I feel obligated to vote and let my voice be heard, but about that, is that, our vote is not direct but it is indirect. We vote for whom we like and our popular vote and what is known as the Electoral College takes in to consider whether to vote democrat, republican or any other party. Since I have the right to choose for myself, I rather vote than not vote.
What McCain offers and Obama offers benefit me both and yet not at the same time, so this puts me in a dilemma between both candidates. I have to side with what McCain thinks about the war in Afghanistan and Iraq, the fact that we cannot simply just pack our stuff up and cut our losses. We have to try and stabilize the country before we leave; in other wise that Iraq will fall in a matter of months or years and in Afghanistan it would be like a war with no meaning. I think that we need to stay there and try to finish what we started by trying to go at it in a different angle. McCain says that he will try to better our forces, equipment and weapons, and have contingency plans to follow up on so that we have a better shot in succeeding on missions even if they are as simple as a small night operation or a security route, and by replacing old leaders that have failed in certain operations with better leaders that can do their job under stress swiftly and accurate on placing the men and women were they need to be.
When it comes to the energy crisis I have to side with both McCain and Obama. McCain wants to start drilling in our own states to lower gas prices along with using other resources and technology on hand. Obama wants to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions setting standard on cars and encouraging our country to use the technology provided for us. Both have good looks towards this topic and have somewhat have similar aspects on how they want to approach this topic. McCain has the right idea to start drill in our own country which will benefit our economy and that this will open up jobs. This applies to Obama except the fact that he does not agree to drill in the United States, but find better ways to use the that we import more efficiently. Obama has this topic more organized than that of McCain’s, but McCain has a one idea that Obama needs to realize. So this topic go’s to both McCain and Obama.
My Economy choice would also have to go to both of the Candidates because they want to create jobs with a higher wage. McCain’s thoughts on how to do this is by making nuclear power plants, in which will better our resources by using this to supply homes with electricity and create up to 700,000 new job opportunities. Obama’s thoughts are to create a funding in research and making technology like the internet cheaper so business can evolve into bigger businesses and have a higher wage. They both want to reduce the cost for thing that is in our day to day living. McCain wants to lower taxes and make tax cuts permanent and Obama wants to protect the middle classes tax cut but repeal the tax cuts for oil and gas industries. In the final debate they both argued this topic well to my standards and both to me have good plans for the economy.
In all these two candidates have good plans but to me these candidates are not exactly what I’m looking for I think that what they say could be good but then on the other hand they could lie to get your vote to aid them in to becoming the next president. I think this because there really has not been a president that has done all of thing that they promise and the candidates on almost all of the topics that that is their major concern at one point in time. But that can’t be true it’s usually just one and if something happens to distract them they sometimes forget what they say that they would do for this country. So let’s say that I had to vote. Who would I vote for I guess? Like I have been told by my father for many years,” choose the lesser of two evils”. I guess that it would have to be John McCain.
Resources
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/issues/candidates/barack-obama/
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/issues/candidates/john-mccain/
I think Barrack Obama would be the best candidate for the next president of the United States for many reasons. He has been sharing his plans for the US for many months, if he wins presidency some of his ideas that stand out the most are middle class tax relief, oil, natural gas, and education issues.
Senator Obama has come up with a plan for one of our biggest issues in the US today, taxes. He thinks that taxes should be based on what a person makes; he wants to insure tax cuts for seniors, homeowners, uninsured families, families with students in college and many other deserving causes. He believes that the US is spending too much money on things that are not needed, and we need to get rid of those things and spend more money on things that the US does need. In Obama’s plan, no family whether they are wealthy or not will have to increases their taxes.
Obama’s plan is to “create five million new jobs by strategically investing one hundred and fifty billion dollars over the next ten years to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy future.”(barackobama.com). He believes that there is an alternative energy source out there that can be found. People have been losing jobs, and costs having been going up very rapidly, making it difficult for a lot of families. Obama hopes to have at least one million plug-in hybrid cars by 2015, and make it affordable for citizens to buy them. Senator Obama has come up with a plan for oil “use it or lose it” meaning if the US is going to drill holes and get oil for gas we might as well use it.
Obama and Biden have many plans on fixing the illegal immigration problems. Because of illegal immigrants sneaking into the US and legal immigrants over staying their visas, it makes the wait for a visa even longer. One of their plans is to create a border using technology, another is to make it so businesses cannot hire illegal immigrants making America look less attractive to illegals. They plan to make a system so they are able to tell whether or not an immigrant is legal or not, and they plan to have them learn to speak English before their visa is accepted.
Another one of Obama’s plans is to make education a top priority. The future of America is our youth. He plans on raising teacher pay and making college more affordable. He plans to recruit and support new teachers across the US. The most important factor inside schools is student’s achievement.
John McCain is America’s best choice for the next President of the United States for his methods of solving the situation in Iraq, America’s economic crisis, and the clean energy issue.
First, John McCain promises to end the war in Iraq without withdrawing until the Iraqi security forces are able to protect its own people. “He strongly disagrees with those who advocate withdrawing American troops before that has occurred.” (www.johnmccain.com). This is exactly what Barack Obama plans to do. Barack Obama’s plan to deal with the situation in Iraq states that he will remove brigades “at a pace of 1 to 2 brigades a month. That would remove them in 16 months.” (www.barackobama.com). Obama also wants to leave a residual force behind to counterattack terrorism that may still exist in Iraq. There is a problem with this plan. If terrorists in Iraq start a big enough uprising and kill our counterattack-squad, then we will likely be forced into sending in more troops, and we are right back to square one. John McCain’s plan is a much better idea because he will take care of the problem in Iraq while we still have full forces, make sure Iraq can sustain itself, and then withdraw when we are absolutely sure that Iraq is capable of counteracting terrorism within itself.
Second, McCain’s plan involving the economy consists of making tax cuts for entrepreneurs, and eliminating wasteful spending that is unnecessary and harmful to our economy. Barack Obama wants to start promising Americans “an immediate $1,000 emergency energy rebate.” (www.barackobama.com). In other words he will give middle class Americans $1000 dollars every year to help them pay rising bills. He also has many other plans that all need excessive amounts of money to fund, such as his $50 billion economy jumpstart, and his $150 billion 10 year investment to bring about clean energy. Where does he plan on getting all this money to fund his programs? It is going to throw our country even further into debt.
Last, John McCain’s plan to help America in its energy crisis surpasses that of Obama’s. McCain, essentially, wants to expand our own domestic use of oil, meanwhile he wants to experiment with other types of fuel, and improve the current battery technology in modern cars. Obama’s plan does not cover such a wide range. Essentially, Obama wants to put more hybrid cars on the road, and expand domestic oil production. His website does not state anything about investigating clean-burning fuels. McCain’s plan is much better for this reason because using alternative fuels as well as expanding domestic oil usage will heavily reduce the cost of oil. Alternative fuels are probably going to wind up being the future of energy anyways, and if McCain invested in alternative fuels now, and we improve technology on it, it would make for a smooth transition in the future.
In conclusion, I strongly believe John McCain would make a better president than Barack Obama because he has well thought out plans that will not throw America into further debt, and will also help prepare us for the future.
MY REPLY TO KENNY
MY REPLY TO KENNY
I fully agree with Kenny. John McCain seems to have more experience with politics, his plans seem more logical, and he doesn't seem to waste as much money. Honestly, Barack Obama does seem like a more educated man, but I have no doubt McCain's plans are better, more thorough, and that he would make a better leader.
Alex Durán
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Who would you vote for president?
The race for President is always an exciting but tense event, which I have watched this year’s event since the primaries. There are so many issues which personally interest me therefore each of the candidate policies have certain ways of attending to what I believe and what I want. Now, if I were to vote, I would vote for Senator Barrack Obama because of his position on healthcare, the economy, his stance on the war, and on tax breaks. Furthermore, when Senator Obama says change must start in Washington. I believe him, because that’s where change will start, in lobbies of US congress.
Why I like Senator Obama instead of Senator McCain. I like Senator Obama’s stance on healthcare in the U.S. Healthcare is an issue that hits home for me because of my family and relatives I have to watch carefully each candidate’s stance on healthcare. From Senator Obama’s own website as well as Fox News and CNN I trust in Senator Obama’s plan to “fix” healthcare. Senator Obama wants to implement a plan for effective and affordable healthcare by amplifying employer coverage, and making sure insurance companies are accountable, responsible and ensuring doctor choice without government interference (barrackobama.com). Healthcare is an issue that hits home for me because my great uncle is in and out of the doctors’ office and pharmacy. For me it is absolutely essential that this country eradicates an effective healthcare plan that covers all civilians equally where insurance companies “skimp” and a lack of coverage could hinder a person from getting even the most basic healthcare.
The next issue that personally interests me is the economy. As a young adult studying to go out to the world to make a living, the economy at the moment is in a poor position to try to do anything. Furthermore, if was living off of stock market investments, they are if not already in financial jeopardy, the stock market hasn’t been this low since the Great depression and that is not a good thing. Senator Obama wants to jumpstart the economy with 50 Billion dollars if eradicated this stops millions of Americans from losing their homes and their jobs. Furthermore, he wants to give tax breaks to working middle class Americans and simplify the tax filing process for middle class people (barrackobama.com), this means if you make less than 250,000 dollars you will receive a tax break. For someone who’s going into the world and tries to make their livelihood in this economy is not posed to doing well in this increasing recession and massive government spending that is pointless; which was shown when congress approved the multi-billion dollar bail out and a few days later the market was worse(money gone).
The next and last issue that is critical to me and will elaborate one is the candidates’ stance on the war in Iraq. Senator Obama wants to gradually reduce our number of troops in Iraq with an eventual pull out. Senator Obama instead wants to take all the troops and material to the war in Afghanistan (barrackobama.com). Overall the war in Iraq is an issue that is sensitive for me personally as some of my cousins and uncles have done “tours” in Iraq. Personally I feel like the US’s efforts should be focused on finishing, the war that everyone has forgotten about. The war in Iraq, in my mind, was unnecessary. The US invaded with an excuse of looking for Weapons of Mass Destruction and still none have been found. I believe that Saddam Hussein was felt a threat because of his dictatorship and was removed for other political reasons.
As a conclusion, I would vote for Senator Obama I like his policies much more than Senator McCain’s. Senator Obama is posed and has been victor in the debates I’ve watched on the critical issues in a way that I prefer, and that appeal to me.
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