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Obama’s Budget: Playing Devil’s Advocate

March 12, 2009 - 12:00 am - by T.K. Farrow
malclave
2009-03-12 15:40:42

“[I]f the result is pre-school for those who would otherwise be sitting in front of a television”

Why is pre-school a responsibility of the federal government?

“If the potential high school dropout stays in school”

Why is retention of high school students a responsibility of the federal government?

“Maybe the fear that universal health care will lower the quality of care in the U.S. is paranoid and unfounded.”

Maybe it isn’t.

“Maybe it’s also an unfounded fear that a cap-and-trade system for pollutants will raise the cost of energy for all Americans”

“Obama himself is conscious of that fact and will not choose to implement plans in a European way, if only because serious resistance is assured.”

Maybe that “serious resistance” is manifesting, because your assumptions about Obama are incorrect?
Maybe it isn’t.