The author then goes on to give some examples of the types of issues that could be brought up tonight, such as tax loopholes, tax cuts, Romney's 47% comments, and Obama's "they didn't build that" remarks. What do you think will be the most pressing issue for the candidates to address? As a voter and a citizen of this country, what do you personally want to hear from the candidates?
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
The Presidential Debate
As we all know, tonight is the first of many presidential debates for the upcoming election. There was an interesting article on the Wall Street Journal website (link) about what kinds of questions the American population is going to want answered. The author mentions that no matter how good the moderator (Jim Lehrer) does, there will be some voters still left with many questions.
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It would be nice to hear some straight-up answers regarding the questions listed in the displayed link above. I don't doubt that these questions about the "47%", "Tax Evasion", and "Healthcare Over-rated importance" will be asked in some manner--but we must remember that these are politicians we are dealing with. They are experts at political spin. They can rationalize seemingly anything with a pre-planned response. It would be nice above all else to see some straight-forward responses.
ReplyDeleteMy main question from analysis in several classes, would be-- "How can Romney possibly justify a Cayman Islands account?". Yes, these are certainly legal, but is it equitable?? Clearly, the only reason one would harbor assets in a remote location such as this, would be to receive much lower tax rates on these dollar-amounts. I think that,although there will be inherent political spin we are bound to see this evening, this is a hard question to dance around in any case.
I am personally interested in hearing more about what both candidates have to say about their plan to improve foreign affaires. As mentioned in a previous post, international issues are very important to me and I believe it is very important in recognizing where the U.S. stands with the rest of the world. I am also interested in tuning into to hear about taxes. Romney has not really explain exactly what he plans to do with taxes, I want to see him explain in simple terms directly what his plan is and how it is going to affect people of all incomes. Lastly, I would like know more about Obama’s healthcare laws.
ReplyDeleteThey aren't going to talk about anything to do with foreign affairs**. The topic is "domestic policy" for tonight. Foreign concerns will be addressed at a later debate.
DeleteHaving the opportunity to post a reaction to how the debate played out I would say that yes we are left with many questions. It seems like spent nearly all of the time talking about the enormous issues, which almost is ok. The littler things are still important, but this election (even more so after the debate) seems to boil down to who America thinks has the better chance of getting our economy back on track. That is the question still to be answered and I look forward to our class discussions about it because it seems like Economics are the focal point of these debates. One thing I am looking forward to finding out, who was correct with that "$5 trillion" number Obama put on Romneys plan that he denied?
ReplyDeleteYa, noting the $5 mill... I heard Romney say that was wrong and Obama claim it again, neither however supporting or giving any kind of explanation. I do think that Romney may have fared better than people had thought, and that Obama appeared lethargic, perhaps rusty. I do think that it was a terrific debate, and learned that the President and Mitt Romney agree on several issues. I also thought the twitter feed was also extremely entertaining.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Travis, there are a lot of unanswered questions still. Personally, I thought that Romney was more put together that Obama, and I understood more of what he stood for than Obama. Romney clearly gave his points, and Obama seemed to dodge around the issues and take more stabs at what Romney was claiming instead of stating what his plans were. I thought it was bold when Romney stated that Obama needed "a new accountant". I was really interested in this debate and the intensity of it, and I am also interested in reading the articles and reactions from the rest of America.
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