Posted by admin | Posted in Green Energy | Posted on 05-09-2010
Tags: energy, environment, green, solar, sustainability
Can a Dem tell me the difference between Clinton and Obama on the following?
- universal health insurance plan
- Iraq withdrawal plan
- environmental incentives
- alternative energy incentives
- Social Security reimbursement
- monetary policy
I’m so used to a March primary, that I never had to do this much research between two contenders. I used to just vote to support a possible VP selection by the time the primaries got to NY. If the most liberal Dem was still hanging on by March, that’s where my vote would go.
Now I have to ACTUALLY choose between the two least liberal Dems who ran. Which one?? My husband’s ALL about Clinton. (Doesn’t care for Obama’s unadvanced age.) I’m still up in the air.
Thanks to all who take this question seriously.
Edit to Mahadog: I didn’t forget Edwards. He just dropped out. That’s why I have to choose between Clinton or Obama now. After losing Kucinich, I was going to vote for Edwards.
OBAMA
universal health insurance plan:
Would create a national health insurance program for individuals who do not have employer-provided health care and who do not qualify for other existing federal programs. Allows individuals to choose between the new public insurance program or from among private insurance plans that meet certain coverage standards. Requires employers who do not provide health coverage for employees to pay into the national health insurance program. Does not mandate individual coverage for all Americans, but requires coverage for all children. Allows individuals below age 25 to be covered through their parents’ plans. Cost estimated between $50 billion and $65 billion, to be paid for by eliminating Bush tax cuts for those earning over $250,000.
Iraq withdrawal plan:
Opposed use of military force in Iraq. Voted for war spending bill that would have withdrawn most U.S. troops by March 2008. Supports phased redeployment of U.S. troops. Opposed Bush’s plan to send additional troops to Iraq. Had once called for troop withdrawal to begin by the end of 2006.
taxes:
Opposed extending 2003 Bush tax cut law through 2010. Supports eliminating marriage penalty and extending child tax credit. Supports scaling back capital gains and dividends tax cuts and re-examining tax benefits for the top one percent of earners.
social security:
Opposes Bush plan allowing workers to divert some Social Security payroll taxes into private retirement accounts.
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CLINTON
universal health care:
Mandates individual health insurance coverage for all Americans. Offers federal subsidies for those who cannot afford it. Allows individuals to choose from among several private plans also offered to members of Congress, as well as a new public insurance plan modeled after Medicare. Requires insurance companies to offer coverage to anyone who applies, and bars insurance companies from charging higher premiums to those with pre-existing conditions. Requires large businesses to provide or help pay for employee coverage. Expands Medicaid and federal children’s health care programs. Offers tax credits to limit health care premiums to a certain percentage a family’s income. Cost estimated at $110 billion annually, to be paid for by eliminating the Bush tax cuts for those earning over $250,000, as well as by reducing waste and inefficiencies in the current system. Also limits the amount employers can exclude from taxes for health care benefits for those making over $250,000.
iraq:
Voted for use of military force in Iraq, but now says she would have voted differently “if we knew then what we know now.” Supports de-authorizing the war. Voted for war spending bill that would have withdrawn most U.S. troops by March 2008. Opposed Bush plan to increase the number of American troops in Iraq. Supports a phased redeployment and a cap on the number of American troops in Iraq.
taxes:
Opposed 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts. Opposed extending tax cuts through 2010.
social security:
Opposes Bush plan allowing workers to divert some Social Security payroll taxes into private retirement accounts.
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