At Ask Me Help Desk you can ask questions in any topic and have them
answered for free by our experts. To ask questions or participate in
answering them you must register for a free account. By registering you
will be able to:
Get free answers from experts in any of our 300+
topics.
It appears every Democrat is imbedded with Party special interest groups, and Edwards is in with the trial lawyers and labor unions. My problem with Edwards and Democrats is that every solution starts with more government. But most of the problems the candidates talk about have resulted from government. The nicest thing I can say about Edwards is he seems to have a sunny disposition. But I don't want someone grinning in my face while sticking a knife in my back.
I have few good things to say about Edwards . He will succeed only if he can convince the majority of Americans that they too are victims. His populist rhetoric may have worked in the Depression era but today it is nothing if not divisive. He rightly argues that it is no sin to be wealthy as he is , but there is a disconnect between his reality, and that of the people he claims to represent.
His own hypocrisies are apparent and manifest themselves when he rails against Walmart as he sends his staffers there to cut in line to purchase PlayStation III . He says things about the exploiting by the greedy rich at the same time he was employed at a Hedge Fund. He blast special interest groups ;supports campaign funding control ,while working closely with them at the same time .Edwards Campaign May Have Expected Union Group Plan - New York Times
His own donors of course represent a who's who of " corporate greed ". He is joined at the hip with special interest money. He made his own personal fortune by being a slip and fall lawyer .
Pros? We'd have another president with a southern accent, a great smile and good hair. Cons? We'd have another president whose greatest accomplishment would be having a southern accent, a great smile and good hair.
He is ambitious, he will:
"create a Working Society and end poverty in America within 30 years"
"raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2012"
"cut taxes on low income workers"
"create 1 million Stepping Stone jobs"
"strengthen workers' rights"
"create 1 million new housing vouchers over five years to help low-income families"
"create a universal system of Great Promise early childhood education centers"
"invest more in teacher pay and professional development"
"radically overall No Child Left Behind"
"create Second Chance schools to help high school dropouts"
"pay the public college tuition of everyone willing to take a part time job"
"subsidize bank accounts for the 28 million Americans without them"
"create new Work Bonds to help low-income workers build up savings accounts"
"protect families against abusive financial products"
Create a Working Society and end poverty in America within 30 years,
raise the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2012,
cut taxes on low income workers,
create 1 million Stepping Stone jobs,
strengthen workers' rights,
create 1 million new housing vouchers over five years to help low-income families,
create a universal system of Great Promise early childhood education centers,
invest more in teacher pay and professional development,
radically overhall No Child Left Behind,
create Second Chance schools to help high school dropouts,
pay the public college tuition of everyone willing to take a part time job,
subsidize bank accounts for the 28 million Americans without them,
create new Work Bonds to help low-income workers build up savings accounts,
protect families against abusive financial products.
Well, I get my hair cut at the same salon he and his family go to (really!). Therefore, he gets my vote (not really)!
As far as all the things he says he's going to do, remember at this point that's a list of things he (any candidate, really) WANTS to do. Wanting to do them and actually getting them done are two very, very different things. Accomplishing that list in four years is going to take more than great hair and a charming accent. The smile might help, though.
Sort of reminds me of high school elections - my class president promised all sorts of stuff, and never managed to do a damn thing. He had great hair and a nice smile too. No accent, maybe that was his fatal flaw....
Pro- Edwards claims to make college more affordable for everyone. I assume in the end this means more grants and loans. I figure if a loan is slow paid or defaults at least it went toward educational purposes. I can think of worse wasted adventures, like welfare abuse.
Neutral- Edwards says the obvious trendy view of needing to gear America toward energy independence.
Con- While most candidates suggest health reform in some measure, Edwards is no different. He claims he will give us a truly Universal Health care system. So good that it will eventually become mandatory that every working family have insurance. I only suggest that his Utopian view and approach will be costly. We already have a system in place that requires expensive educated skilled surgeons, general physicians, nurses, using modern technology with overhead costs that someone has to pay for. He seems to think the slack will be picked up by businesses, but for some corporations that will go over like a led balloon.
BABRAM writes: "We already have a system in place that requires expensive educated skilled surgeons, general physicians, nurses, using modern technology with overhead costs that someone has to pay for." Legal, doctor shortages by agreement of the US government and the AMA; if it weren't for immigrant doctors, we would really be in a huge mess.
Linear Mode
