Well first of a on #1... then you must be a big fan of skyrocketing deficits that always eventually kill economies... because that's what we always seem to have under Republicans. It's really not "cut back" as they try to smoke & mirrors people... it's just spend a lot more in other areas. Putting off debt on the children in this country might seem good in the very short run to you & I but it's BAD economics. Trickle Down or as Bush's Dad said "VOODOO ECONOMICS" just plain does not work.
#2 Healthcare is at a tipping point in this country. Low & middle class hard working Americans just plain find themselves not being able to afford coverage for them & their families. What we have now is a monopoly system of huge Insurance Companies and Heathcare providers in a money tug of war that's killing Americans. We can do better and being afraid to look at a problem seriously and from different angles doesn't make it go away.
#3 Trying to engage people... even people we are not in agreement with is ALWAYS SMART. We don't have to agree or give in on anything! But the door to allow any positive opening that could maybe even surprisingly occur should be left open. I mean Come ON... Israel BOMBED Syria and they're talking.
#4 On Unemployment Insurance God Bless You but I can absolutely positively guarantee you one thing. If you lose your job & cannot not find another decent one immediately... you'll be first in line.
#5 Again we most certainly can stay "stuck on stupid" and continue to believe oil is the ever lasting cheap fuel of the future. It's not true but we can believe that if we want. I see no reason to subsidize oil companies making multi-BILLION dollar profits. If the oil companies were to get ANY government money it should be forced to spend 100% of it on alternative energy sources and not oil.
However I'm not against some increase in drilling sites... but that won't solve the problem... it's a band-aid approach. And some places have very good reason to be off limits. The end doesn't always justify the means... sometimes when we want something we forget that... but it is a truth.
The fact is our current administration is just plain bad and we need a major change in direction. John McSame is the same. I see Senator Obama as someone truly intelligent & caring that will do some very smart and helpful things to get America back on track! America desperately needs that right now.
