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When I opened my AARP Bulletin May addition (pg3), I noticed a chart titled "How things change"
(1) Unemployment was 4.5% in 2007 in 2008 it is 5.1%.
(2) A barrel of oil was $64 in 2007 and in 2008 it is more than $115.
(3) People's confidence in a secure retirement was at 41%, today it is at 29%.
This very short list did not include the war in Iraq, rising health care costs, social security, Medicaid, and the cost of higher education. Do we really want to make this election about Jeremiah Wright, Reverend Hagee, elitism, or the gas tax holiday? The social issues will not die because they have a venue on hate radio, Hannity & Colmes and Hard Ball with Chris Matthews. Almost forgot, Keith Olbermann will do his part. I can imagine tonight,Keith will show an old vid clip of Bill O'Reilly's having a tirade, when he was on "Inside Edition."
Can we afford a major health care program? Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) said this issue would...
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