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Reader offers Sen. McCain, Obama's political stances
Issue date: 10/31/08 Section: Editorial/Opinion
10/31/08 - To the Cigar,
We hope to inform students of each candidate's stance on the top four issues they voted most important in our survey "What Turns You On...In Politics." This information is from an unbiased point of view to inform URI students.
Sen. Barack Obama has a plan to fix the budget and economy crisis by first protecting consumers with a Credit Card Bill of Rights and reforming mortgage rules to prevent foreclosure and bankruptcy.
Obama's plan to get out of Iraq would put $12 billion a month back into the American economy. Obama wants to change the stimulus plan to include the unemployed and seniors, and he voted against limited credit to 30 percent because 30 percent is still too high.
Obama plans to move minorities into home ownership and global marketplace.
Sen. John McCain believes one of the most important steps to protecting the economy is to bail out Bear Stearns. He also believes it is important to impose financial discipline to revive the economy. McCain wants to reform insurance to cover violent weather patterns. McCain said that Republicans have forgotten how to control spending, so he will stop out-of-control spending by using veto power.
Obama wants to bring GOP and democrats together to make healthcare affordable. He will also tackle insurance companies on reimbursement and drive them to lower costs. Obama thinks it is important to make medical insurance more affordable to young people and thinks that making terminally ill people consider money is wrong.
Barack Obama wants young adults under the age of 25 to be able to stay on their parents' health insurance and then no one would be turned away by insurance companies based on prior illness or conditions as well. He believes it is important to spread the teaching of abstinence and the distribution of condoms to lower the spread of AIDS. Another thing Obama wants to do is preserve Medicaid and SCHIP during economic downturn.
We hope to inform students of each candidate's stance on the top four issues they voted most important in our survey "What Turns You On...In Politics." This information is from an unbiased point of view to inform URI students.
Sen. Barack Obama has a plan to fix the budget and economy crisis by first protecting consumers with a Credit Card Bill of Rights and reforming mortgage rules to prevent foreclosure and bankruptcy.
Obama's plan to get out of Iraq would put $12 billion a month back into the American economy. Obama wants to change the stimulus plan to include the unemployed and seniors, and he voted against limited credit to 30 percent because 30 percent is still too high.
Obama plans to move minorities into home ownership and global marketplace.
Sen. John McCain believes one of the most important steps to protecting the economy is to bail out Bear Stearns. He also believes it is important to impose financial discipline to revive the economy. McCain wants to reform insurance to cover violent weather patterns. McCain said that Republicans have forgotten how to control spending, so he will stop out-of-control spending by using veto power.
Obama wants to bring GOP and democrats together to make healthcare affordable. He will also tackle insurance companies on reimbursement and drive them to lower costs. Obama thinks it is important to make medical insurance more affordable to young people and thinks that making terminally ill people consider money is wrong.
Barack Obama wants young adults under the age of 25 to be able to stay on their parents' health insurance and then no one would be turned away by insurance companies based on prior illness or conditions as well. He believes it is important to spread the teaching of abstinence and the distribution of condoms to lower the spread of AIDS. Another thing Obama wants to do is preserve Medicaid and SCHIP during economic downturn.
