Support for Obama

I've read some reasons why some young people support Obama- Let's look at some of those here-

Health-care- Eliminated no coverage for preexisting conditions; made coverage more affordable for small businesses; raises age kids can be on parents policies; removed lifetime caps.

This one is so huge it could consume volumes, but lets consider the items listed. Why have preexisting condition clauses existed in the first place? It's simple economics- the plans get more expensive for everyone if they have to take all preexisting conditions. This does not mean there are not some ways to deal with gaps, but it does not need to take a whole national health-care to do it. The comment that it has made it more affordable for small businesses is just silly. We are talking about businesses that cannot afford to offer health-care in the first place, so how does forcing them to do so make it more affordable? What it does is causes them to go out of business or lay people off. This does not even start to take on the fact that many businesses will drop coverage all together because for many it will be more affordable to pay the fine for not offering coverage than it will be to offer coverage and those will have to be covered by the government. Now, why is it a positive thing for kids (no that's adults) to be on parents policies until they are 26??? That's just silly. What's so magic about 26? Why not 30? Why not 40? This again will cause insurance prices to go up. How is it right, or a good thing, that the government walks in to my employer and tells them that they have to keep my children on their insurance plans until they are 26? At what point should a kid (adult) earn their own way and provide for themselves? Finally the removal of lifetime caps- like preexisting conditions, this can be dealt with in other ways rather than all this national health-care. Again just removing these caps by decree will just make everyone else's rates go up. We have not even touched on the subject of what national health-care does to liberty or the fact that we can't afford it...

Ended war in Iraq and drawing war in Afghanistan to a close like he said he would.

Really? We are going to give him great credit for this? He didn't withdraw as soon as he said he would when he ran for office. Why? Because there was actually some objectives that needed to be achieved, and when done, war is supposed to end... Don't give me the tired phrase of him ending worthless wars. Did we do everything right in executing these wars? Probably not, but we did topple the Taliban which was harboring and colluding with Al Qaeda, finally got Osama, killed many terrorists outside of our country, got rid of Saddam who was funding Hamas, and fought Al Qaeda terrorists in Iraq rather than in the US.

Thinks women should have access to free preventative health-care

Why do women, or anyone else for that matter, deserve "free" health-care of any kind? Nothing is free, so if some segment of the population is being given "free" health-care someone else is paying for it. I can't find any way of justifying that as being right. No matter how good it may make you feel, why should I have to pay for someone else's health-care. Honestly, do some actually believe that there are things that can given "free" without first taking away from others?

Believes in equality for all people-

This one is so false it is laughable! How is it equality for ~47% of people to pay zero taxes and everyone else is expected to cover all the expenses of the nation? OK, that's probably not what this comment was about, but really do people actually think that conservatives do not believe in equality for all people? The difference is what is meant by equality. Conservatives believe in the equality of the Constitution that all men are created equal and should be treated equally under the law (no special treatment for some groups), and that everyone should be free in their pursuit of happiness. Obama believes that everyone should be equal in the distribution of things- no that's not quite right- He believes that a few elites, who get to have more because they are above the masses, will benevolently take (by force) the product of other peoples labor and distribute it "equally" as those most noble elites decide best how to care for the masses. My wife tells me that this statement may be referring to Obama changing his stance on gay marriage, so just a couple comments on that. I have friends that believe that supporting gay marriage is more enlightened, shows that you are not bigoted, and demonstrates your strong stance on equal rights. I don't agree with those thoughts. Aside from my religious beliefs, the definition of marriage is a union between man and woman. That definition predates our constitution, our country, and all other countries. To try and redefine the meaning of marriage is to make marriage have no meaning at all (maybe that's the end goal...).

Signed the fair pay act-

Who was not getting fair pay, who determines what is fair pay, and who's pay is now different as a result of this legislation? Just saying it doesn't seem to stand out as noteworthy...

Promoting and investing in clean energy jobs-

Do I really even need to say anything more than Solyndra? First, no matter how many times you hear the words "investing" from the president, the government does not invest. Government only spends spends spends. The debacle with with the solar company is a perfect example of why the government should never be in the "investing" business for clean energy jobs or anything else. When the government picks winners and losers politics enters into it and money is wasted. If this is left to the free market real investment dollars will be focused toward those technologies that are economically viable. When the government subsidizes someone's pet technology we end up with bankrupt companies, 100's of millions of wasted taxpayer dollars, and windmills dotting the landscape. What's wrong with windmills? Just like several decades ago when the government subsides dry up the windmills will go away. If we were serious about wanting to increase the use of clean energy we would be focusing on building more nuclear power plants (maybe I'll address that in another blog).

Supports education by giving flexibility to no child left behind and by making college aid more available

For the flexibility with "no child left behind." If it's not a good policy why not just end it altogether? Making college aid more available? That comment doesn't make any sense. He eliminated most options for college aid. Now you can only get it though the government, but you used to be able to get it through lots of other lenders as well.

He thinks millionaires and billionaires should pay their fair share of taxes like the rest of us-

Like the rest of us?? I would wager that the person that wrote this statement doesn't pay a penny of taxes, so what could they possibly be getting at? Do today's brilliant thinkers ever stop to look at reality? Just to be clear- the top 1% of wage earners in the US pay 38% of taxes and the top 5% pay 59% of taxes, so under what justification can you assert that they are not paying their fair share? Look it up for yourself... What's more insidious about this is that the liberal elites are teaching a hatred of anyone who has more by making you think that the millionaires and billionaires only got that way by somehow taking advantage of everyone else. It really is the whole reason for the existence of the occupy crowd- the gimme gimme crowd.

Despite inheriting the worst economy since the great depression he added 2.6 million private sector jobs

Why do people constantly look for ways to give failed policies a pass? The economy was not at the worst since the great depression when he "inherited" it, but it was certainly going down quickly. What did Obama do? He made it worse with all his failed government spending. There is, in recent history, a direct economic comparison. When Regan took office we were in the midst of a severe economic recession, and in some ways it was worse than what Obama faced- Regan had high unemployment, but also had to deal with double digit inflation and interest rates that were about 20%. Regan and Obama enacted policies that were poler opposites of each other and the Regan recovery was rapid and lead to one of the longest times of economic growth in the US. Obama's failed policies have lead to a very anemic recovery and the prospects are not good for future growth either. Do we really believe we can avoid the economic realities that are facing Greece? Obama's latest budget proposal will take us quickly there to join them in the ranks of defaulting countries. You think this recession was bad, just wait for what is to come if we don't change direction soon...