"There's no reason we cannot make sure every American has health care."
And how to pay for that healthcare? First, Obama points out what should be obvious: in a system administered by the government, costs will be lowered. The government already pays for a huge amount of healthcare for federal and state employees anyway. Medicare and Medicaid are already two of the biggest items in the budget, bypassing welfare spending 20 times over. It's been estimated that the switch could end up saving 100 billion dollars or more and could save tens of thousands of lives.
Second, Obama says he'll repeal Bush's tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy. Remember all that scare about Pelosi raising taxes? In a comprimise deal in January, Pelosi slightly raised taxes on people making more than 1.4 million dollars per year. Do they really need the money? More importantly, hasn't Bush been raising taxes in a round about way by allowing private healthcare to price gouge us? I'm sure even if we all needed to chip in for this healthcare it can't be as much as the incredible risings costs we've had to endure.
Obama also had good rhetoric on the Iraq war.
"If we organize, we can bring an end to a war that never should have been authorized," Obama said, raising his voice over cheers. He added, "I'm proud that in 2002 I stood up, when it wasn't popular to be against this war."
Isn't this nice? No ifs, ands, or buts. This is exactly what Obama should say in the next debate. And its great that Obama got a standing ovation for this in New Jersey, which is supposed to be "Clinton territory." I'm convinced that a lot of Hillary's support is soft and will fade as the campaign begins to truly kick into full swing.
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Withdrawl is nice, but what happens to sectarian violence when the police are gone? Sounds like a recipe for Genocide.
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