Most of the questions during last night’s presidential debate dealt with the economy. One of the issues that I find a major part of the economy is health care. Personally, I think that we should have universal health care. But that’s just me.
Anyway, the plan laid out by Barack Obama offers the closest thing to universal health care that we are going to get. Contrary to popular belief, Obama does not propose that the government completely take over health care. He does propose that ordinary Americans have access to *gasp* the plan that our elected representatives have access to — …read more

As part of a news conference that addressed everything from the War on Terror to ANWR drilling, President Bush took some time out to focus on the economy. He took aim at rising oil prices, as well as mentioned some of the measures (including interest rate cuts that are likely to continue tomorrow) that his administration is taking to alleviate problems in the economy. He also briefly mentioned food prices inflation.
But he, as expected, refused to say whether or not we’re in a recession. But he did acknowledge this: “It’s a tough time for our economy.”

And he made sure to …read more