Why I'm an independant.

I'm a registered independant. This means that I have no loyalties to any parties. For the most part, my personal views are constitutionalist. Our government is too big, and in everyones life. It's like the government is assuming the roll of mother and father in many Americans lives. If you stubb your toe, rather than use common sense solution of simply mumbling about the pain, and moving on; Americans today call on the government to remove what they stubbed their toe on. When Katrina happened, rather than accept what help was given and find a way to move on, they expect the government to deal with their problems. Note, the previous charactarization doesn't depict all victems of Katrina. Many were asked to leave their homes to find lives in other parts of the country. The same thing happened with the families of the 911 victims. They complain that the government didn't do enough or give enough. First of all, the government didn't cause Katrina, nor did we cause 911. Yet, the government (and by extension, the tax payers) was asked to pay for it.

Now to keep power, the politicians promise to make the government give you more. Obama just happens to be a convenient target. At this point, I have no love for Bill Clinton's third term, or anyone in the GOP.

Obama: "Obama supports guaranteeing workers seven paid sick days per year." (source: http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/ObamaBlueprintForChange.pdf, Page 42, last line)
Isn't that nice? Obama will give me a paid sick week off. Problem is, who pays for those days? The government (and by extension, the tax payers) through higher taxes? Or the Employer through higher business expenses?

Obama: "The Nurse-Family Partnership provides home visits by trained registered nurses to low-income expectant mothers and their families." (source: http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/ObamaBlueprintForChange.pdf, Page 42)Wow, low cost health care at my home. What if I don't need it? Logic would dictate that I simply wouldn't get the benefit. But I would still pay for it through my taxes. Who would do it? trained registered nurses? But how experienced would they be? The logical answer is to contract the work out to companies who would provide the service. Which means that they would pay a lot for a $10.00 per hour newly graduated nurse.

Obama: "Obama will double funding for the main federal support for afterschool programs, the 21st Century Learning Centers program, to serve one million more children." (source: http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/ObamaBlueprintForChange.pdf, Page 36) There should be absolutely no need for a government program of this nature. Mothers should be with their kids at home. The funny thing about that is that I have friends in the child care industry, who are telling me that not only do parents leave their kids with them durring the school day, they want to drop them off on weekends, and while they're on vacation as well.

Obama: "Obama believes the government needs to take steps to better enforce the Equal Pay Act, fight job discrimination, and improve child care options and family medical leave to give women equal footing in the workplace." (source: http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/ObamaBlueprintForChange.pdf, Page 36) Obviously, this guy doesn't understand businesses. You pay your workers whatever they'll settle for. If they negotiate for more, they might get more. If you choose not to negotiate, the employer shouldn't need to pay you the difference just out of the sheer kindness of their hearts. If the work you do doesn't pay the bills, do something about it yourself. Go to school while working at the craptacular job, then get a better job. AND NEGOTIATE FOR BETTER PAY.

Obama: "Obama will make safeguarding women’s rights under Roe v. Wade a priority. He opposes any constitutional amendment to overturn that decision." (source: http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/ObamaBlueprintForChange.pdf, Page 36) Sorry, Obama. I'm a believer in the "you do the crime, you do the time". If a teen gets pregnant while having consentual sex, I'm in favor of removing her right to an abortion, completely. If she didn't want a baby, she shouldn't have sex. It's as simple as that. The excuses don't matter. The "pro-choice" people think I'm not pro choice. I simply believe that the choice should be made before sex. If you do make an error in judgement, Give the baby a fighting chance with an intact home with a father and mother by adoption. It's not pushing your problems onto others. For some reason, some couples simply can't have children. You happen to have one that you don't want. I say it's a match made in heaven.

There are positive aspects to Obama, but since I'm a conservative, I put in what's wrong with his plans, and why I don't plan on voting for him.