do us all a favor
keep it simple
Simple is as simple does. It is simple for simple sake, is often times a recipe for disaster. Recall, we elected a simple man to the White House to server us, and look what happened. Bush 43, plunged the nation into war, debt and more deficit - not to mention the acute fact that his failure to produce a domestic, helped to accelerate an imploding economy.
The "economic meltdown" has nothing to do with spending 4 trillion dollars we do not have and getting 0 in return.
Really? Because that's not what Republicans are saying out on the campaign trail right now. Republicans, are blaming Obama's domestic agenda (by way of the People who voted for him) for the economic meltdown, or have you not been paying attention? Just last night, all but Run Paul, were in accord that Obama's domestic policy was the cause for the economic crisis AND the inability to produce jobs. I watched the debates last night and took note of what was said.
You can't magically pull numbers from thin air, and then blame Obama, for your inability to get it right. It is not that you can't understand, it is that you are intentionally trying not to understand WHY the debt has increased AFTER the 2008 economic meltdown.
TARP I
TARP II
Stimulus I
I also noticed that you failed (as every single Republican presidential hopeful) to mention that the Reserve Fund was fully paid for - 100%. That means that the total cost of the final National Healthcare system, won't be anywhere near what Republicans have lied to the American People about. In fact, it could end up being less than $200 billion, all in,
over 10 years. That's relative cheap, given the benefit of having everybody covered.
Furthermore, the Lewin Group, claims that over a period of about 10 years, the accumulative savings throughout the entire healthcare system would range up to
$517 billion. Let's do the math:
$200 billion in
$517 billion out
That's a Net Positive development when all is said and done. But, Republicans don't want America to know these truths, so they keep lying about Death Panels and skyrocketing costs. None of which are true.
This is what I mean when I say people opposed to Obama's healthcare initiative, either did not take adequate time to study it, or are by nature, such hyper-partisan creatures, that no matter what evidence you put before them, they will
Just Say No To Obama for any reason, even when the reason is no reason at all.
That is the issue we have with Obama
he has locked down the fossil fuel business when we are allowing Canada and mexico to make money off of us, and create millions of jobs we could create right here
Nuclear power
what else?
The issue is that you are not taking the necessary time to properly educate yourself. I just dispelled the increased cost of Obamacare for you. Now, you want to prove that somehow, our country will maintain its footing in the global economy, by remaining the worlds largest consumer of fossil fuel based energy sources, and that drill-baby-drill, is somehow the answer to our economic problems in the 21st century and beyond.
The answer to securing our future economy, is to design a smarter economic model that encompasses BOTH:
- Clean and sustainable energy creation
- Clean and sustainable energy consumption
- Exportation of new clean energy technology to the world
If we can do those three things, then we will have the strongest economy and the strongest Middle Class that the world has ever known. If we fail to do this, then China, will eat our fossil fuel lunch.
Class dismissed.
I've got no more time for this debate today, but I'll visit the forum again some time in the near future.
Obama's approval rating will be in the single digits a year from now! 
