Post 6

Okay, here we go.  Well, in light of the upcoming elections, this week I read a lot of articles about the candidates and their views on important issues.  I discovered a lot and I hope it will help me decide what is the most important issues to me when I can vote.  Since the economy isn't doing so hot, there was a lot of articles about that issue.  None of them told me exactly what either of the candidates will do about it, but as far as I can see, both have some good ideas regarding it.  Also, the environment was written about in quite a few articles that I read.  Both John McCain and Barack Obama want to stop the United States' dependance on foreign oil and Obama especially wants to curb global warming, which sounds like a plan to me! The tax issue is where I saw the biggest differences. McCain does not want to raise taxes for anyone, while Obama wants to raise taxes for people earning over 250,000 dollars in annual income.  Then, also they agree a little on healthcare.  They both want to increase healthcare benefits and lower the price.  But my favorite article was about the slander in all of the add campaigns.  I mean, shouldn't they be focusing on the issues, not who voted for this bill and who voted for that bill? People change and times and ideas change, so why dwindle on the past?  We should be looking to the future and trying to decide who can help the US be the best it can possibly be in the next four years, not looking for the faults in the candidates.  Everyone has faults so why should we punish anyone for them, because no one can honestly say they are perfect.