Michael, his solution is to spend more on education. We've spent billions of dollars on the public school system, especially in the inner city, and look how far it's progressed? Dropout rates continue to increase, standards are lowered so the black kids can keep up.

The Democrats always say more needs to be done about education, and there needs to be more spending. What they don't tell the people, and which is completely obvious if you just think a little, is that the Democrats have been running the education system in this country since the 1970s! If what they are doing isn't working, maybe it's time to look for other ways to deal with the problem? And don't tell me it's more money, because that certainly isn't it. Maybe school vouchers? The Democrats scream that it will be bad for the poor kids in the ghetto, but their parents are the first ones in line to sign up for vouchers! The Dems just don't want people to see this because then it goes against their bullshit, worthless argument for spending more on education because it results in higher taxes, something they love. They can have all the money in the world, but as soon as someone else as money, they want to take it away.

And don't even start with Obama's health care plan. It will result in tax increases that will end up costing you and me more in the long run. And do you honestly want to give something as invaluable as your health over to the government? There's a reason why people come to the U.S. for complicated surgeries instead of going to Canada, Cuba, Sweden, or other countries with socialized medicine; we have the best quality of care. Once you turn it over to the government, quality will decrease significantly. There will be no reason for a doctor to perform well and help his patients because he'll be making the same amount of money, whether he sees 10 patients or 50 patients a day.

One way to start decreasing the cost of health care in this country is if insurance companies would give incentives to healthy people, and charge unhealthy people more. If you eat healthy, exercise, and all of your tests come back very positive, you should receive a 10% cut in how much you pay to the insurance company. It's an incentive to be healthy, results in more money in your pocket, and will cost the insurance companies much less money in terms of care, thus lower costs for everyone.

God Damn! I was about to burn my NRA membership card till now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FROM MY COLD DEAD HANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But seriously, if David Duke had been McCain's pastor for the last 20 years, would liberals be so quick to give him a pass? Of course not. So. why are the dems giving Obama a free pass on his past associations? The reason is that frankly, people on the far left aren't bothered by Wrights comments or the actions of William Ayers. It doesn't bother them a bit, so why should it bother them at all if their candidate has close relationships with this kind of trash? It doesn't.

I was talking about his supporters giving him a free pass, not the hatas. It's mostly Fox Nuze giving him heat. If not for the fact that Wright is now basically trying to sabotage his campaign, Fox Nuze, and the help of great americans like Hannity, Boortz, Limbaugh, O'Rielly, etc, this woulda went away weeks ago.


May it never die!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Education in America sucks, becuase there aren't many smart people going into education anymore. The few talented people left, are leaving, becuase they have to put up with so much shit, for mediocre pay. The rules they have to follow are amazing. I know a teacher who got reprimanded for warning a student who threatened her with violence, that she would fight back.

[ I'd rather you find a way to pay for it yourself, not force a tax on me to pay for you to attend higher education./QUOTE] <br><br><br>well fine, I'd rather have someone else pay for a war that i don't support...you pay taxes already, its the way the money is allocated that is the problem. military spending is absurd, the Iraq war has been catastrophic for our economy, and now a huge portion of our federal budget goes towards interest. all i want is for my tax dollars to be as beneficial to the country as possible, and i feel like education and health care are two damn good ways to spend that money

When people talk about those who don't have access to healthcare, I always like to ask is question. How many people have you known who, when they get sick or injured, can not get care?

If you look at the # of people who don't have insurance, roughly 40 million, a significant portion of those are people who opt out for various reasons (young healthy, single, religious reasons, etc). In reality, the number is probably somewhere around 15 million people who need insurance, but can't afford it. Why do we need the govt to come up with a new plan, which it already can't afford, to cover 300 million people, when only 15 or so million are in need?