Philobeto, I take it you jump on band wagon's b/c they feel good. I hope you don't follow one over the cliff!! My point is that you and many American's seem to want Obama b/c he is a great cheer leader. 'fif' has made an excellent point with facts to back his/her commentary. Our country is divided and needs immediate help...not good speeches or retoric without solutions. Hillary is a seasoned politician with numerous important achievements and accomplishments under her belt. The most educated economists state her 'universal health care plan' 'could well be the difference between achieving universal health coverage...and falling far short'. New estimates by leading economists point out the 'Clinton plan is...promising to limit insurance costs as a percentage of family income...include(s) more funds for subsidies.' The major and big difference is the 'mandate'. Obama's plan doesn't carry this and would be like McCain's plan. The economists also mention 'the Obama plan would leave more people uninsured...would cover 23 million (of the 45 million uninsured), at a taxpayer cost of $102 billion per year. (Clinton's) identical plan with mandates would cover the 45 million (uninsured)..at a taxpayer cost of $124 billion. Over all, the Obama-type plan would cost $4,400 per newly insured person, the Clinton-type plan only $2,700' My hat's off to Hillary for understanding how to implement a universal plan. My vote will go to her. I've spent 37 years in the healthcare profession and know how desparite Americans are for HER leadership, not only with health care, but helping strengthen the middle class (something her husband did by getting 5 million persons out of poverty and into the middle class with his leadership); by understanding women's and other minorities issues which she has a long accomplishment list to prove this. She will unite all Americans. I question Obama's 'hate' for his 'mother's race'...that would be 'white'. (read 3/26/07 article by Steve Sailer entitled 'Obama's Identity Crisis'). I say why not give the 46 y/o candidate with limited experience 8 more years in the Senate OR VP and let him have a better resume for president then.
Posted on February 16 at 1:55 p.m.
Philobeto, I take it you jump on band wagon's b/c they feel good. I hope you don't follow one over the cliff!! My point is that you and many American's seem to want Obama b/c he is a great cheer leader. 'fif' has made an excellent point with facts to back his/her commentary. Our country is divided and needs immediate help...not good speeches or retoric without solutions. Hillary is a seasoned politician with numerous important achievements and accomplishments under her belt. The most educated economists state her 'universal health care plan' 'could well be the difference between achieving universal health coverage...and falling far short'. New estimates by leading economists point out the 'Clinton plan is...promising to limit insurance costs as a percentage of family income...include(s) more funds for subsidies.' The major and big difference is the 'mandate'. Obama's plan doesn't carry this and would be like McCain's plan.
The economists also mention 'the Obama plan would leave more people uninsured...would cover 23 million (of the 45 million uninsured), at a taxpayer cost of $102 billion per year. (Clinton's) identical plan with mandates would cover the 45 million (uninsured)..at a taxpayer cost of $124 billion. Over all, the Obama-type plan would cost $4,400 per newly insured person, the Clinton-type plan only $2,700' My hat's off to Hillary for understanding how to implement a universal plan. My vote will go to her. I've spent 37 years in the healthcare profession and know how desparite Americans are for HER leadership, not only with health care, but helping strengthen the middle class (something her husband did by getting 5 million persons out of poverty and into the middle class with his leadership); by understanding women's and other minorities issues which she has a long accomplishment list to prove this. She will unite all Americans. I question Obama's 'hate' for his 'mother's race'...that would be 'white'. (read 3/26/07 article by Steve Sailer entitled 'Obama's Identity Crisis'). I say why not give the 46 y/o candidate with limited experience 8 more years in the Senate OR VP and let him have a better resume for president then.