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Dear Young Obama Voter,
Congratulations. You have truly changed America. Those of you under 30 voted 66 percent to 32 percent for Barack Obama, an unprecedented margin. Your elders 30 and over voted for him, too, but only by a 50 percent to 49 percent margin. You converted a 2000-like margin to a solid majority and added significant numbers to the Democratic majorities in Congress.
You voted, as your candidate and our president said, for Hope and Change. But I ask you to consider whether the policies that the president has proposed and in some cases pushed through...
Young Voters Should Take Another Look at Obama
"TJ wanted the county (wards) to provide tax revenue for elementary schooling. Not necessarily the *federal* government. Most conservatives I know are not against this idea, they want it left up to the states to decide."
I agree that the states should have their sphere of influence, but it seems to me that health care is a national concern that is covered under the "Inter-state Commerce Clause" of the Constitution. States like California that have tried to provide universal coverage have found themselves unable to tackle the problem on their own.
D Fayette writes,
"Before we place the additional demand on a nearly bankrupt national budget, explain to me why the President's wealthy supporter's just don't do on...