Obama goes after McCain for wanting to run health care like the financial markets

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From Krugman's lips...

Obama moves swiftly to incorporate two new bits into his attacks on McCain, according to the prepared remarks for a speech in Daytona Beach, Florida, today:

"There’s only one candidate who’s called himself “fundamentally a deregulator” when deregulation is part of the problem. My opponent actually wrote in the current issue of a health care magazine — the current issue, quote, “Opening up the health insurance market to more vigorous nationwide competition, as we have done over the last decade in banking, would provide more choices of innovative products less burdened by the worst excesses of state-based regulation.” So let me get this straight — he wants to run health care like they’ve been running Wall Street. Well, senator, I know some folks on Main Street who aren’t going to think that’s a good idea. "

"There’s only one candidate whose campaign is being run by seven of Washington’s most powerful lobbyists. And folks, it isn’t me. I don’t take a dime from Washington lobbyists and special interests. They do not run my campaign. They will not run my White House. And they will not drown out the voices of the American people when I’m president of the United States. So when John McCain says that lobbyists 'won’t even get past the front gate' at his White House, my question is — who’s going to stop them? Those seven lobbyists? His campaign manager? The economic adviser, who got a $40 million golden parachute when she was fired as a CEO? Or maybe the 26 advisers and fundraisers who lobbied for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac? I mean, give me a break. The same day my opponent attacked me for being associated with a Fannie Mae guy I’ve talked to for maybe five minutes in my entire life — the same day he did that — the head of the lobbying shop at Fannie Mae turned around and said wait a minute — 'when I see photographs of Senator McCain’s staff, it looks to me like the team of lobbyists who used to report to me.' Folks, you can’t make this stuff up."

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0908/From_Krugmans_lips_.html

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1. YES!!!!!

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2. Great way to frame this issue!

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3. He also went after him for wanting to privatize Social Security.

John McCain voted nineteen times against raising the minimum wage – I’ll raise it.

He voted against Head Start, against hiring new teachers, against Pell Grants. I’ll invest in early childhood education, and recruit an army of new teachers to our schools, and provide a $4,000 tuition tax credit to help make college affordable for any middle class student who’s willing to serve their community or their country. You invest in America, America invests in you, and together, we’ll move this country forward.

He wants to give tax breaks to oil companies and companies that ship jobs overseas – I want to give a tax break to 95% of all working families and create jobs here at home by investing in renewable energy. And don’t be fooled by the tired old attacks my opponent is launching. He doesn’t want you to know this, but under my plan, tax rates will actually be lower than they were under Ronald Reagan. If you make less than $250,000 a year, you will not see your taxes increase one single dime. Not one dime. In fact, I offer three times the tax relief for middle-class families as Senator McCain does – because in an economy like this, the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle-class.

And I’ll protect Social Security, while John McCain wants to privatize it. Without Social Security half of elderly women would be living in poverty – half. But if my opponent had his way, the millions of Floridians who rely on it would’ve had their Social Security tied up in the stock market this week. Millions would’ve watched as the market tumbled and their nest egg disappeared before their eyes. Millions of families would’ve been scrambling to figure out how to give their mothers and fathers, their grandmothers and grandfathers, the secure retirement that every American deserves. So I know Senator McCain is talking about a "casino culture" on Wall Street – but the fact is, he’s the one who wants to gamble with your life savings.

So let’s be clear, when I’m President, we’re not going to gamble with Social Security. We’re not going to gamble with your ability to retire with dignity after a lifetime of hard work. We’re going to strengthen and protect Social Security so it’s a safety net our families can count on — today, tomorrow and always.


http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/20/105719/977/509/604624