The GOP Begins The Race For The White House

Is this website peaching to the converted? One thing researchers have found was people gravitate to what they believe on the net. Obama’s followers will stick to pro Obama sites. The site also doesn’t define McCain so one might choose the Green Party or the Libertarian party. It doesn’t say why one would choose McCain.

Speaking of McCain, his site has some issues that are going to haunt him. The health care plan is weird. He lists 47 million uninsured and if you look it up, the number is more like 8.3 million chronically uninured (2 years or more) that make less than $50,000 a year. That 47 million includes 10 million illegal aliens and 17 million that make $50,000 or more a year. His funding would be through a $2,500-$5,000 deduction and through HSAs. The trouble with having a HSA is that one must have a high deductable insurance (close to the annual cost of the insurance)before one can put money into a HSA. Sure one might be insured, but the poor couldn’t actually use it. The deductable also has problems. One is that it’s not a true amount, a fraction of that amount is the true amount (probably less than $1,000 in most cases) which would not cover the cost of insurance for one person, let alone a family. Also one has to make taxable income to even qualify for the deduction which at least the majority of the 8.3 million don’t do. So his plan may help 17 million which probably could afford insurance anyways, not even the majority of the 47 million. He should put the number at 20 million (the number making less than $50,000 and U.S. citizens) with 11.7 getting insurance through their unemployment insurance (because these are the ones unemployed and therefore don’t have insurance from one day to 2 years) and the other 8.3 million through cut projects ($24.9 billion worth at $3,000 each (a no deductions individual plan offered by Kieser Permenente) such as the $8 billion in farm subsidies spent last year.

I don’t what sadder, that website or the fact you think it’s something to be proud of. Maybe some of the tubes got clogged.

after taking a poll at work today, a hair salon, we came to the conclusion that with the exception of 3 clients and one staff member who are pro obama the rest of us are all for mostly mccain, with 2 for ron paul. that is over 40 people, i know it not scientific, but it shows a cross section of socio-economic classes. we have a wide range of clients, doctors and lawyers, all the waqy down to laborers and a few on welfare.
i really don’t think obama has a chance, after i told everyone about obamas crew putting the potties on the police officer memorial and pulled up pics they were digusted.