Hipocrisy?

The presidential race has heated up lately, with the finishing of the DNC and the flurry of press reports about the republican veep Sarah Palin. This has also brought up a flurry of attacks between the two parties. Accusing each other of things like Biden's comments when he was running for the democratic nominee. All in all, these issues are trivial compared to what the race should be focusing on, the policies.

American politics has divided itself into two major parties, with a few others like green and independents(and oxymoron in itself.) There are the liberals, and there are the conservatives. Now I'd like to discuss some important issues that have becomes the center of this race.

The first will be the all important issue of free healthcare for all the citizens. This issue has befuddled me for awhile. How could the self proclaimed richest country in the world not afford health care for its citizens when places like Canada could. Obama promises to bring this to the citizens. The main critiques of this policy claim where the money will come from for this luxury. Hypocrisy rears its giant head here. It may be safe to say that the most conservatives, not all(stereotyping is bad,) support the war. This great war on terrorism. Oh wait, mission has been accomplished. But wait a second, how come we still have troops in Iraq, people dieing left and right? Oh now we're liberating a nation. Spreading democracy. But I'll dive into this issue of the war another time. What really causes hypocrisy to rear its head is the hundreds of billions(with a b) that has been funneled into the this "liberation." It should be safe to say that this could cover the cost of healthcare, and maybe a couple other things this government is failing to pay for. Maybe the debt we are in could be a little less, let's say.... GIANT.

Conservatives leap and yell when it comes to tax raises. But in the end, what's the point of a government when they can't do anything? Most conservatives tend to have, a deep pocket. And cutting into their income and savings could seem like a perfect reason to be angry. Let's say we don't tax the poor, we can tax the poor people right? Where will we get money to fix bridges so we don't have another accident like recently. How will the government pay for all the things we take for granted.

I may be a little biased, with my liberal ideals, but if you read carefully, everything I said has been backed and reasoned to a point where I find it hard to argue. Feel free to send me your arguments so I can rebuddle, because I believe that although things are sometimes so blatantly right, people tend to always find counter arguments.

~Leonard