Reply #93: lets take each one [View All]

[paulsbc]

repealing Bush tax cuts -> yes, specific, higher taxes, whippee.. nice way to screw the working class.

fully funding special education -> what does that mean? how much money is special education going to get, and how is it going to improve a problem that exists? what is wrong with the current outlay of money today (and what is that outlay), and how will increasing just money make things better? He outlined NONE of that.

tranmission lines -> what does "investing in transmission lines and grid upgrades" mean? before the blackouts, he didn't have anything on this issue, now he has the same answer that everyone else has, which is NOT an answer, but rather lip service. How much additional investment is needed, what is the scope of the problem, etc., etc.

development of more wind and solar power -> i about shouted at the stupid real player. WTF does this mean? solar and wind power is a non-issue and what amount of funding does he propose giving to this area and WHY. Another 0 specific answer.

expanding healthcare -> how? how much money? what type of insurance will we all have? how will he contain the main problem, which is huge medical costs? NO specifics, just "yeah, we want health coverage for everyone!". Remember Hillary Clinton's disaster in that area? I do.

Prison reform? He said very little on that, other than visiting mothers and potential criminals as babies? A very local approach that doesn't belong on the national stage. If he was really wanting prision reform, he'd talk about removing the STUPID laws the put people there that don't belong there, like drug use, three-strike laws, etc., etc.

Sorry, your "such BS" line is "pure BS". The man has very little specifics in his speech, and sounds just like a typical politician with a great grassroots following that just love anyone that is charismatic and isn't Bush.

I demand more from a candidate. Hopefully Dean will step up, or others in the party will.