Art. JR
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Fisrt,
The president nor any other elected offical has any power to change gas prices unless both the federal and the state governments decided to lower the taxes on gas. The president does not have that power. However, what Newt was addressing was that people who do not have a good understanding or just what the president can or can not do relate gas prices with him because political pundents and news agencies make it look like he does. So those individuals will see it as a good thing for the Pres. and the Repulicans. (In other words the dummy-crates own propaganda could bite them in the but in plain and simple English)
As far as Socialized Medicaine goes, go to Canada and see how well it works for them. It takes about 6 moths to get an appointment just to see a family doctor there. The Wealthy in Canada choose to either come to the United States for medical help or belonge to private hospitals run for profit in Canada.
Also, have you ever wondered why there are so many foriegn doctors int he United States? It is because the can come here and practice and make as much money as the dare too! (That is call a Free Market which this country was founded upon and is the reason we have made more medical advances in our 200 year history than the rest of the world could in all of history).
Now our forefathers had this funny idea that you was respondsible for your own actions. So if you choose not to get a good edcucation, not to save your money or plan ahead, well the consequenses of those actions are yours. Not your fellow Americans to bail you out because you chose not to do anything for yourself. (Oh and by the way a person who legally imigrates to America has a 4 times better chance to become a millionaire than you do not because of government handouts because they see OPURTUNITY TO SUCCEED and are willing to work for it),
No American is without health insurance either, becasue people refuse to take responsibility for thier own self inflicted wounds, there is medicare and medicade. Also no hospital is allowed to refuse any person due to their lack or insurance or ability to pay. (Which is a double edged sword which drives up the hospital cost and thus your insurance bill cause the hospital is then forces to charge the honest person more).
If you take away a persons incentive to do well and stiffle their drive it hurts the whole country. Just look at all the countries that have socialized medicine and similair programs. None of their ecomomies are doing half of what ours are and none of them are producing new medicines or medical proceedures the way we are. However if you don't mide living in a country with 1% economic growth, 45% taxes I am sure France, Germany and several other counties with your views would love to have you.
PS even with 911, and two wars and high gas prices (still lower than your socialist friends pay) our economy is setting all times highs for growth. The only thing at record lows is unemployment.
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