Sunday, October 19, 2008

I would probably vote for John

Senator John McCain seemed really on fire. He seemed aggressive and outspoken towards Obama, which is really out of character for him. From 19:05-19:11 John McCain said to Obama after he compared McCain to President Bush that, "Senator Obama, I’m not President Bush, if you wanted to run against President Bush, you should’ve run four years ago." Senator Obama seems like he is a muck-raker/sabotager.

Education: Well, I agree with McCain about the school systems, that we shouldn't just throw money at them and expect them to change. Obama said that paying more teachers, and raising salaries as a reward and for their support would do the trick. I would disagree with him because money is not improving the teacher's teaching methods. I agree with McCain that we shouldn't throw money at a problem because it does not make the problem go away. I just wastes the tax-payers money. Even Obama said so himself, that the 'No Child Left Behind Program' didn't improve anything and wasted loads of money. America may be lacking behind in education compared to other countries, and that is why America needs reform in its education system. Funding and reforming at the same time can get very sticky since it is not completely defined. Funding early programs for children does not help in most cases. Because the children maintain the same level that they already are in, if not lower, so why have early funding programs?

Economy: I agree with Senator John McCain that we should become independent when it comes to resources. I believe it is wise to create (nuclear) power plants to create our own source of energy. Not only will our interdependency create more energy and more money but more jobs as well. The main point/reason is to become energy independent: resulting to wind, tide, solar, gas, nuclear, and off-shore drilling. Our country owes trillions of dollars, why are we sending tons of money to countries that don't even like America? Why should we support them when they only spit in our face? Throwing money at them isn't making them like us more any more than they already do.

Home Loans: The home market has evidently been dragged down by unwise decisions of banks. Deciding to loan thousands/millions of dollars to people who would never be able to pay-off those debts, was very foolish of the banks. John believes that the Home Ownership Loan Corp. should pay off the debts of the people. Clinton actually proposed this earlier and that it would increase the values of the homes and bring wealth back into that part of the market. Which it did, and the homing market increased.

I believe McCain won, he was on top of his game. He was assertive in himself and delivered his answers and ending speech beautifully.

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