2008 Presidential Candidates

[Ender Rises]

She even got booed for it, and deservedly so. She's losing and she knows it.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Yeah, it was very funny.

 

[Pessimism]

Hillary is "plagiarizing" (or 'cribbed' if you will) the shit out of other people, most notably Edwards and her Bill (who's coat-tails she's been riding for a good majority of states):









Also, I like this commentary:

Link.

Democrats Should Stop Squabbling Over Healthcare Mandates
By Robert B. Reich

Democrats should be celebrating. Their three major candidates have put health insurance front and center on the domestic agenda, and with plans that are remarkably similar. They've done so at a time when the public seems readier than ever before to embrace universal health insurance, and readier to trust a Democratic president to put it into effect. But instead of celebrating, the candidates and left-leaning pundits are squabbling over whether the plans should include so-called mandates that require everyone to purchase health insurance. Talk about self-inflicted wounds. Mandates are a sideshow, and fighting over them risks turning away voters from the main event.

Take a closer look and even the candidates' positions on mandates aren't all that different. John Edwards has proposed to automatically enroll people in health insurance on their tax returns, but has said this mandate won't apply until premiums are affordable. Hillary Clinton says she favors mandates, but isn't sure there should be a penalty for noncompliance. Barack Obama favors an immediate mandate for children, but doesn't include one for adults. He says he's willing to revisit the issue after making health insurance more affordable and enrollment easier, and is also considering an automatic enrollment with an opt-out for those who don't want to be included.

As a practical matter, the difference between Sen. Clinton's and Sen. Obama's approaches come down to timing and sequencing. Mrs. Clinton wants a mandate first, believing that enrolling the younger and healthier will help reduce costs for everyone else. Mr. Obama thinks forcing people to buy health insurance before it's affordable isn't realistic. He wants to lower health costs first, and is willing to consider a mandate only if necessary.

The question that comes about though that I have never heard answered is how all of this is going to be paid for. Yeah, you can try to lower the cost of health services, but how will you do it? And if you can't lower it, then how will you make it affordable? The only feasible way would be to either raise taxes (prob won't go over well counting the amazing 410 bil deficit we currently have this year alone), to cut back from other budgets - say like.... the defense budget? But due to both Obama and (especially) Hillary trying to pander to everyone (some call this centrism...), I can't even take a guess as to what will be done.

 

[skeptik]

Clinton needs some muthafuckin' Joementum beyotch

 

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