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  Andrew S.

  7 months ago

  I feel your pain Ethan. I really liked Ron Paul and I voted for him in the primaries. I, too voted Chuck Baldwin in the election and it makes me sad how many uneducated voters there are. Even the good candidates that ran in the primaries as Democrats got very little play by the media. I suppose this is the wake up call the country needs to finally realize the con of the two-party system, but it's unfortunate that race-relations will only get worse under Obama. If you check out the recent libertyconspiracy podcasts on iTunes you'll hear his new term "racialism" - which is essentially blaming all opposition of being racist. No rational argument will be allowed this presidency - it's agree or be labeled a racist.
  
  I agree that Obama wasn't a peace candidate, yet many people on my campus had peace symbols on Obama stickers and were totally conned by that too. What a shame.
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  AliciaO

  7 months ago

  Peace, eh?
  Exactly Ethan, he doesn't necessarily disagree with the war itself inasmuch as its strategy (i.e. he thinks we need more troops in Afghanistan.) I guess adding troops to Afghanistan is peaceful, as long as you engage in "diplomatic talks" at the same time. And yes, those of you who will comment on this, I spent a great deal of time researching the platforms of all candidates, so don't twist the story.
  
  The person I would want to be president is someone who could stand up and say that we have been lied to; that person would make moves on punishment for Bush and Co.
  
  For a laugh, type in "Obama peace" into a Flickr.com search...
  You get stuff like...http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennifer_tracy/3004589662/
  
  He may have done drugs earlier in life, but Obama is certainly no hippie, lol.
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  Andrew S.

  7 months ago

  Haha - diplomatic relations with troops. That's a good one Alicia!
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  Shamar

  5 months ago

  Well, this is something unpredictable Ethan. Nobody knows what might happen on the other day. So, we just need to wait and see. Comparing Obama to Bush? I don't think that they are the same in principles. The new President of the United States unveiled his economic stimulus plan he calls the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan. Democratic leaders have proclaimed their opposition, stating that the tax cuts outlined in the plan will not encourage spending. The stimulus checks that were sent out last year during the Bush Administration made little difference, and many argue that this plan will be just the same. Nonetheless, President Obama is determined to restore some good in the economy by also putting restrictions on some business tax breaks. Read this article to find out more about this political conflict on the payday loan blog at PersonalMoneyStore.com.
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  Ethan

  5 months ago

  Restricting business tax breaks is exactly the wrong policy if your stated goal is to promote economic growth. The whole idea of economic stimulus is to keep people working, right? But the thing the politicians, and Obama included, do not want to admit, is that it is business that keeps people employed and not politicians. If we hope to achieve any success at all from economic stimulus packages the one thing that could and should be done is to limit the burdens placed on businesses by government policies and taxes. It is the only way to encourage businesses to grow and keep people employed while keeping people free. Of course, this is under the presumption that economic growth is something to be desired for it's own sake, an idea that I do not agree with. Economic growth is only a good thing when it is a direct effect of the growth of real wealth, otherwise inflation is to be expected, but I will gladly side with anyone that wants to limit government interference into private business and private life rather than to increase it. What we need to do is restrict business taxes not business tax breaks.
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