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To: Bearcatbob who wrote (252777)	1/1/2008 4:01:06 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

I have to admit I haven't paid intense attention to the dems individually, because I decided a while back to vote a straight dem ticket. Why? Because I don't want more of the same governance Republicans. My assumptions are that all the candidates will stop the Bush tax cuts and also raise taxes on the top brackets because that's what they've said they'll do. That's OK with me and I'm willing to trust that it will be done judiciously with all attempts made to not gut the economy. I'll also vote under the assumption that they mean what they say about 'pay-go' and any new spending programs won't add to the debt, i.e. they will be paid for. So basically my assumptions are that dems will show greater fiscal responsibility than republicans. But I'm not wild about any dem candidate. The major candidates want a system of universal health coverage but don't have the testicular fortitude to promote the only one that makes sense financially which is a single-payer one. I'm afraid they're going to try to cobble together something using the private market and we'll end up with something as disfunctional as the prescription drug program. I've lost confidence that the structure of our political system serves us as well as I once thought it did. Maybe it's systemically flawed....so adversarial...it breeds inefficiencies and deceit at all levels.