Sunday, July 25, 2004

For those who are not sure of John Kerry On several issues John Kerry has positions far more reasonable than George Bush. For instance, on mideast oil, Kerry is going to accelerate development of alternative energy sources and really begin the process of weaning us from dependence on the mideast. This is an act of patriotism that can't be equaled by George Bush who for all his lip service to hydrogen based energy really only wants to drill for more oil. George Bush doesn't even want to try to provide health care for those millions who cannot get insurance. He doesn't believe in it. Kerry has stated repeatedly that health care is a right, not a privilege. The entrenched interests are powerful, but Kerry will try and some progress will be made, maybe the timing is ripe for a real breakthrough.. On jobs, Kerry has stated that he will tax companies who send jobs overseas and reward those who keep jobs here. Why shouldn't a company that achieves vast savings and increased profits by sending jobs overseas be moderately taxed on those savings both to give the government the funds to help the displaced workers and to make it slightly less attractive to send jobs overseas in the first place. George Bush will do nothing. He will support the most rapacious business practices and take their campaign contributions, until they are caught actually stealing as happened with his good friends at Enron.  Have you noticed he hasn't returned any of their campaign contributions? There is much much more. I'll save it for future articles. 7:19:16 AM    comment []