07-23-2004, 02:15 AM
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Originally posted by Scipio
I think the "Why Bush?" thread deserves a counterpart. I'd like to share my views, I'm sure some others would as well, and hopefully we can avoid tangential arguments while we do it.
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1. I reject the premise that Bush is better qualified to "keep America safe." John Kerry is a decorated veteran. He's been shot at. He's put his life on the line. He's tougher than George Bush will ever be, and I trust him to protect the security of the United States.
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Even though a nuclear power plant in his state was repeatedly sited as being the most insecure reactor in the country, and knowing this he didn't do anything about it? Just 'cause someone is a verteran doesn't mean they know how to protect a nation (no dissrispect intended to veterans). In fact I don't think Keri has the slightest clue what he's doing (See a few lines up).
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2. He will pursue a smarter tax cut strategy. One of the strongest economies ever seen in this country emerged after Clinton raised taxes on high levels of income and gave tax cuts to the families that make up the middle and working class. The last few years have shown two things: tax cuts for the wealthy only help out people who don't need help, and those wealthy people don't pass the benefits along.
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Yeah, we also saw one of the strongest economies in history with Regan's trickle down stuff. In fact the last time I checked the economy begain to colapse in 2000, you'll have to check for me but I don't think Bush had been sworn in yet, and what about the economy now? Low intrest rates; the market is coming back; hell its even starting to creat jobs. Who do you give credit for that? Clinton?
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http://taxes.yahoo.com/rates.html
Surely a marginal rate of 37% (instead of 35%) on income earned over $311,000 a year isn't going to put any millionaires in the poor house, or remove the incentive to work harder and make more money.
3. Kerry will not just set standards for education and do nothing to make achievement happen; he'll make public education a priority, and make the system better for children.
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Yeah right, that sounds real nice in campaign speaches, but every president claims it as a priority, but just like it always has it'll go strait to the backburner when and if he gets in.
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4. He'll work to make health care available to more Americans. This is good for business, as it frees them from the burden of insuring their employees. It's repugnant that drug company interests have convinced our elected officials that it's ok for them to charge greatly higher prices to people in the US than they do to people in other countries. It's repugnant that they've blocked to government from using its purchasing power to get lower prices for medicines, effectively wasting taxpayer money.
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Sounds like socialism to me. Didn't we have this big cold war with some country called the USSR for 5 some odd decades because they were socialists? Basicly we just have different ideas on the role of Federal government on this one. I don't think the federal governemnet should hold ppls hands or give out charity. That kind of thing is the job of well charity.
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5. Kerry won't cause more abortions to happen, or take people's guns away, or bring gay pride parades to every town in America. He won't allow America to be attacked, or destroy private enterprise.
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You are right he probably won't do any of those things. However, I think his states power plant speaks for itself as to weather or not he will allow us to be attacked. Fact is we will get attacked there are to many terrorists to stop them all. Its the fire cruse missles into empty huts in the middle of the dessert kind of response alla Clinton that worries me.
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