Barack Obama

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Well, its about time for my 2 sense...

First off, in my school, if this was a term paper, and you guys had this many un-cited facts, they laugh at you.

Now with that little bit aside, I have a pretty bi-partisan view point. I believe in protection of the 2nd amendment, government regulation (within reason) and less loosely administered welfare (not to get in to other big issues). The real reason America's economy has fallen by the wayside is not government. Its all about trade and energy.

First of all, if you look at trade, in April of 09' we imported 28.8 billion dollars more worth of goods in to this country than out of it (BEA Overview of the U.S. Economy). That means we are taking our wealth and sending it to China and the middle east. The worst part is, WE DON'T HAVE TO! We have oil in Alaska we can't drill because of environmentalist! We have factories, but all of our corporations would rather outsource then work here because its so expensive. Our automakers don't understand how to make inexpensive, quality, attractive cars (or don't want to) and our farmlands are being destroyed for suburban development! We import so much food! WHY!

So back to the point. Where Obama has it right, and wrong. Energy, We need to get the fuck off foreign oil, on to ours and eventually off it completely! Health care, he has good intentions, but I don't see it ending up well. I like the destruction of earmarks for insurance companies, but to make the plan work, its going to raise the deficit. Iraq and Afghanistan, Its about time we finish up our job in Iraq and get on to eradicating the Al-Qaeda (who we backed in the cold war, if you know your history).

That's all I got for now.