tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805346514757168853.post7543710247731349100..comments2023-03-24T12:38:48.616-04:00Comments on Publius' Napkin has moved: Two more points for ObamaPubliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330245120362834979noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805346514757168853.post-60269482964877630092008-05-02T16:40:00.000-04:002008-05-02T16:40:00.000-04:00Hah.I see you weren't won over by his FOX news app...Hah.<BR/><BR/>I see you weren't won over by his FOX news appearance. I haven't heard many more (smart) compliments given to the Republicans from a Democrat (save Lieberman) in quite a while...<BR/><BR/>Saying the Repubs were right "on issues of regulation, I think that back in the ‘60s and ‘70s, a lot of the way we regulated industry was top down command and control. We’re going to tell businesses exactly how to do things.<BR/><BR/>And I think that the Republican party and people who thought about the margins (ph) came with the notion that you know what, if you simply set some guidelines, some rules and incentives for businesses, let them figure out how they’re going to for example reduce pollution. And a cap and trade system, for example, is a smarter way of doing it, controlling pollution, than dictating every single rule that a company has to abide by, which creates a lot of bureaucracy and red tape and oftentimes is less efficient.<BR/><BR/>I think that on issues of education, I have been very clear about the fact, and sometimes I have gotten in trouble with the teachers union on this, that we should be experimenting with charter schools. We should be experimenting with different ways of compensating teachers. That –<BR/><BR/>WALLACE: You mean merit pay?<BR/><BR/>OBAMA: Well, merit pay, the way it has been designed I think that is based on just single standardized I think is a big mistake, because the way we measure performance may be skewed by whether or not the kids are coming in the school already three years or four years behind.<BR/><BR/>But I think that having assessment tools and then saying, you know what, teachers who are on career paths to become better teachers, developing themselves professionally, that we should pay excellence more. I think that’s a good idea. So –"<BR/><BR/>I don't think Obama is a Marxist. I think he has the Democrat party ideals of equity and will spend tax dollars (as we do now) on assistance groups. I am considered about the government waste of something like health care reform, but the above comments demonstrate at least a knowledge of how the market works and how the government gets in its way.<BR/><BR/>Sure, he shaped his talk to his FOX audience, and he doesn't talk that way in Ohio, but I don't necessarily blame him for that -- it's politics. I think the question is where exactly he stands, and I am inclined to say he has liberal goals but a DLC stance on how to get it done. I think he would work the Republicans to make public assistance the least obnoxious as possible to individuals and business.Publiushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330245120362834979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2805346514757168853.post-23001528108302119872008-05-02T16:29:00.000-04:002008-05-02T16:29:00.000-04:00UGH... seriously...Just because Obama says we shou...UGH... seriously...<BR/><BR/>Just because Obama says we should limit government programs to those that cannot be done privately or individually, doesn't mean that's how he's going to operate. He's a Marxist, and he's going to take money from people to give to other people because rich people are bad. He's also going to take money from companies because they're evil, too. He's going to give everyone healthcare no matter how wasteful the program because we can't make smart decisions on our own. We need Obama to make them for us. This is probably due to the fact that us simple folk like guns, religion, and are totally bitter about life.<BR/><BR/>Give me back my tax money and I'll spend it the way I want.ZRand007https://www.blogger.com/profile/00154748055357974639noreply@blogger.com