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Originally Posted by element1286

I'm not big on blaming people for past decisions. Iraq war, energy independence, housing crisis, etc. There were mistakes made in the past by all presidents, Bush made some very big ones.

But lets look ahead, McCain and Obama both have no plans to fix any of the major problems presented to the United States today. Obama talks a big game about how he is going to provide universal Health-Care, but it is never going to pass there is just no money. Obama likes to talk about pulling out of Iraq within X amount of days after he is in office, but is that really the right policy? He doesn't have very much information about the war. Obama likes to talk about cutting taxes for the middle income and raising them for the higher income, but how about getting spending under control and lower taxes for everyone. He likes to talk about producing more fuel efficient cars, and trying to find a new energy source.
But what about the prices now?

McCain wants to stay in Iraq until the job is done. Is this the right policy? McCain has no solution to the energy crisis, he wants to drill in the continental shelf, but why not ANWAR? McCain supports cap-and-trade, this is the worst idea know to man (Obama also supports it). Neither candidate says anything about the reduced value of the dollar.

Overall, mistakes have been made in the past that led to these issues by many previous presidents. But the worst part about it is, neither candidate has any clue how to fix them. They are just doing the usual pandering to special interest groups, and ignoring the common good of most of the country.

Good post.