Republican Presidential Candidate John McCain released more information on his health care plan yesterday. It includes a $5000 tax credit (or refund for those who do not make enough to owe a tax penalty) per year to be used for Health Care. On top of that, the plan will be taking measures to incite capitalism in the health care industry.

Democrats have already begun to criticize the plan. Elizabeth Edwards, wife of one time Democratic contender John Edwards, says the plan favors those who are rich and healthy. Not sure where Mrs. Edwards is coming from with that comment. The plan calls for a $5000 tax credit regardless of income level or health. That comes out to $416.67 per month. While that is currently about half the price of insurance for a family, that number will be closer to the cost once state lines are opened and true capitalism is allowed to take place. The competition for business will bring the cost down, and service level up.

What Mrs. Edwards probably meant is that his plan favors those with discipline and determination. Those with the discipline to invest there time and energy to finding the best program to apply their credit or refund to, and those with determination to use that refund (for those not making enough to have a tax penalty) for health care costs and not for the new Cadillac with the chrome spinners on the wheels. This program definitely favors the hard worker and does not bode well for the frivolous. Imagine that, a government that lets the people choose. What a novel idea.

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The following is a copy and paste from GOP.com

4/25/2008
Bad News for Obama


While surfing the web yesterday, I noticed this piece over at Politico by Ben Adler. It underlines that when Pennsylvania voters took the polls in the aftermath of “bitter-gate” and “Bosnia-gate,” Obama ended up not doing as well has he has in previous contests with youth voters, and Senator Clinton seems to have competed relatively well for their votes. That’s something that might seem surprising to some. Obama is often portrayed as having a lock on young voters as a demographic—indeed, Senator Clinton typically only wins the youth vote in states where she swept the popular vote by a substantial margin - not those where she won by 10 points or less, like Pennsylvania. Moreover, by some accounts, Obama outspent Senator Clinton in Pennsylvania by a three-to-one margin.

But it’s not so surprising to me. Democratic media consultant Larry Ceisler is quoted in the piece as saying that he thinks Obama faring less well with youth voters “had to do with connection.” That may well be right (and I’m guessing it is). After all, as I noted earlier this year, youth voters will likely take to the polls with pocket-book issues on their minds, as shown by this recent ABC News/Facebook poll (survey question: “Which issue will ultimately determine which candidate you vote for?”)



Overwhelmingly, those young voters who participated agreed: Issues surrounding the economy will heavily affect who they cast their ballots for in the remaining primary contests and in November, and I’m betting that young voters, as such, are connecting less and less well to a guy who’s pushing for close to a trillion dollars in new spending over the course of his first term alone, angling for steep tax increases and proposing nothing that would allow them greater control over their retirement savings.

Of course, those young voters with whom Obama’s plans for the economy seem not to be resonating are not alone: This Rasmussen poll shows that Americans, in general, trust John McCain over Barack Obama with regard to the economy (and Iraq, for that matter). That is definitely not what Obama and his team want to hear right now.


Posted by James Richardson at 1:57 PM

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This, of course, comes as no surprise to me. The three most pressing issues of the election are the economy, the War in Iraq, and the Immigration issue. Obama not only has little to no experience with any of these issues in his short tenure as Senator, but he also hasn't really made it clear where he stands on them. All of his eloquent rhetoric, and debonair smile flashing aren't going to fool today's educated youth. His speeches, as well delivered as they are, do not hold any substance, and in todays information age, students are going to investigate where the candidate stands. The thing that I love most about this data is that it is an ABC news sponsored poll; the very left wing liberal media itself! Talk about your all time backfires!

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A friend and adviser to Barack Obama, Larry Lessig, is going to testify before Congress on Tuesday to advocate for "net neutrality," a position strongly supported by Google,Inc.

Google, recently allowed Larry Lessig to talk to Google employees. During his talk, Lessig showed a video of Jesus, depicted as gay and wearing a diaper singing the song "I Will Survivor" until Christ is run over by a bus. You can see for yourself here. Lessig told Google's employees, "This is a little bit touchy to some people. I don't get it, so just chill." Google and Lessig believe that intellectual property rights should be curtailed and internet providers should be forced to allow anyone and everyone to use their networks.

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