Why Barack Obama Should be President

I want Barack Obama to win the 2008 Presidential Elections. He and his Vice Presidential pick Joe Biden seem to have more knowledge about important issues rather than focusing on nonsense to make the other candidate look bad. Barack stated that for every $1.00 obtained by a man, on average, the woman makes a mere 77 cents. He plans to provide a litmus test that will stop positions from being filled based on gender or race. He along with Biden also pass a Fair Pay act which will give woman equal pay. Racial profiling which not only affects African Americans is a major issue that Obama and Biden wish to focus on. For example, anyone who appears to be Middle Eastern is more susceptible to go through a randomized search at an airport for no reason. Obama and Biden plans to ban racial profiling by federal law enforcement agencies. McCain and Palin don’t seem to really address Civil Rights issues.

On the economical aspect of the Obama/Biden campaign, they plan to cut taxes for approximately 95% of workers and provide them with a$500 tax cut or $1,000 for couples that are working. Another convenient idea is that they plan to simplify taxes. In order to do this, Obama plans to terminate the need for senior citizens to file tax forms. They will also make it possible to file taxes in under 5 minutes without the help of an accountant. This plan will help people that have an income that is less than $250,000. Those that are over that income will not see an increase in tax rates though. I do admire McCain for planning to provide $5,000 for health insurance to every American family.

A major aspect of Obama campaign is the fact that the No Child Left Behind plan didn’t work as affectively as it was supposed to. First off, Obama will fund the NCLB to get the proper materials to help every child. He also wants to change from having teacher’s record progress rather than teaching strictly to pass tests. He also plans to reward teachers with a higher pay if their methods of teaching prove to be effective. For high school students entering college, Obama plans to simplify the FAFSA application process. Although McCain plans to do the same thing, he doesn’t clearly state how he plans to do this. Obama will eliminate the current financial aid application and replace it with a method of simply checking a box on their tax information and income. He will also eliminate the need for separate applications.

In my opinion, the energy and environment issue should be the most addressed by both candidates. Obama and Biden plans to invest around $150 billion over the course of the next ten years to set up efforts to study and create cleaner sources of energy for the future. An interesting fact for people that are into vehicles is that by 2015, Obama plans to have 1 million plug in Hybrid cars on the road that get around 150 mpg. Within 10 years, Obama and Biden plan to terminate our need for Middle Eastern and Venezuelan oil within 10 years by increasing fuel economy standards and developing a $7,000 tax credit if you purchase advanced hybrid cars. He also will provide $1,000 for an emergency energy rebate to American families. They also would like to set up clean coal technology. McCain’s plan to increase funding for off shore drilling and expanding oil exploration will do nothing to help the future of America. This idea seems selfish since it will only help for a short period of time. Also, increasing oil exploration won’t help decrease harmful emissions in America. I cannot believe that McCain actually wants to construct 45 Nuclear power plants by 2030. Little do people know; nuclear waste is planned to be stored in Yucca Mountain in Nevada. Nuclear power plants can also be catastrophic potential terrorist targets. Obviously people in Nevada will not agree to have nuclear waste stored in their vicinity so where else would the waste go?

Barack plans to terminate American military in the Middle East in exactly 16 months with a series of brigade whereas McCain plans to keep our troops in Iraq in order to help fix their government. Barack plans to slowly take our troop out of Iraq. McCain wants to keep them in there and basically continue the work of George Bush which doesn’t seem to be working right now. Obama plans to plot out 2 brigades every month which will get all of our troops out by 2010. The war issue doesn’t seem as important right now due to the economy prices that the United States has been facing lately. In my opinion, the way that Obama was attacked for his statement that our troops are just killing innocent people wasn’t that bad. There are many videos and evidence that our troops do partake in these actions. That is one example of how McCain bases his success on picking at Obama’s statements.

On the immigration aspect of the campaign, Obama plans to secure borders to decrease the amount of undocumented aliens getting into the country. As a matter of fact, the amount of undocumented immigrants increased 40% since the year 2000. He also plans to do something that will benefit illegal immigrants that prove to be useful to America. Obama and Biden plan to set up a system that enables these illegal immigrants to get a chance to become citizens if they pay a fine, learn English, and are able to carry on a stable lift. McCain doesn’t seem to care about any other nation but the United States. He plans to only secure the border and put money into keeping all illegal immigrants out. Not saying that it is okay to let illegal immigrants in but if they prove to be doing well in the United States, they should be given a second chance under certain circumstances. McCain plans to create an electronic employment machine that will keep better records of workers. He also plans to immediately prosecute illegal workers.

For technology, Barack plans to increase internet accessibility. He also wants to protect children from inappropriate media without violating the First Amendment. He and Biden also plan to increase and exercise our privacy rights. What this means is that our personal information will be protected from being circulated through the media without our consent. Both Obama and McCain offer increase in weapon technology which can be the difference between winning or losing a war. Obama understands that America is falling behind in the age of technology and plans to modernize our technology such as the use of Wifi being more accessible.

Overall, Obama is fit to be president unlike John McCain. One of the main reasons why I am against McCain is because if he becomes president and he dies, Palin will take charge. Palin doesn’t seem to have any knowledge of world issues and wouldn’t make a good president. On the other hand, if Barack Obama dies, Joe Biden is more than able to run the United States. You can tell that he has a vast knowledge of specific details such as our foreign policies. Palin seems to only know indistinct problems and has a hard time getting in depth.

BarackObamaforPresident2008!