Why you should vote for Obama- Final Part of Election Series

Here is the third installment of the election series.

Economy-

It just makes sense to start here. From the first post (Part 1) of the election series, it is easy to see that Obama benefits more of the country with his tax cuts. Many people claim that he will need to raise taxes to implement his plans but in reality, he is obtaining a lot of his money from the billion-dollar sinkhole that is Iraq. His tax benefits favor the lower and middle class

Some like to claim that the “trickle down” effect is what we should go after which is why the millionaires should have tax breaks. This past week has been a very good indicator of what happens with that trickle down effect. Obama favors more regulation of the economy, which most would agree would have prevented some of the economic crisis we are currently experiencing.

It is also interesting to note this survey of economists that reported that when it comes to economic factors, most favor Obama on most issues. (Linkage)

Healthcare-

Barack Obama has stepped up his attack of John McCain on this point the last couple of days in a very valid attack. McCain’s plan is to privatize and essentially deregulate healthcare. Given the problems of the current economic crisis, John McCain is asking Americans to support a plan to do the same with their healthcare. Obama plans to move the United States of America into a universal healthcare plan, something I feel many Americans should agree with.

Rights-

I believe that my rights will be better protected under an Obama administration. He was a constitutional lawyer for 10 years and knows what is allowed and what is not. He believes in submitting Supreme Court judges that hold to the long held view that the court is to interpret the constitution to our current year and not hold it to what the founders wanted. When asked about this point on the view, John McCain stated that he believes the constitution should not be interpreted any way the founders would not have agreed with (much like current justice Scalia). Whoopie Goldberg had an excellent retort that it would lead black people back into slavery. The constitution has to live and breathe and grow as America does.

Choice making

This is where Obama succeeds heads above John McCain, even to his detriment some times. He wants to obtain the complete picture and not narrow his focus like the current administration by only listening to people that agree with him. He invites disagreement from his classroom to his rallies where he allows for open discourse. This can even be evidenced by his attending Bill O’Reilly’s interview, something John McCain and especially Sarah Palin would never do (could you imagine McCain vs. Olbermann or Palin vs. Maddow?).

Overall

As I have said from the beginning there are some very narrow issues that if you agree with John McCain on (such as abortion) and that is the only thing that determines your vote then vote for John McCain. I guarantee you however that the background and future of plans of Barack Obama benefit at least 60% of this country and probably more if really looked at. If you have a concern then comment and I will answer you and show how Obama will better protect you than John McCain. If this world poll of countries of the world is any indication, we should be overwhelmingly for Obama. The poll came out to 49% Obama to John McCain’s 12% (Linkage). I hope that we have learned our lesson and can vote accordingly this time.

::GR Out::

every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do. ~voltaire~