Barack Obama is irrational.

Oh, and just watch the straw man burn... "I'm not saying other options are irrational, I'm saying that Barack Obama is irrational when he says Washington is broken and is the problem. His solution is to expand Washington like we've never seen. How does his position make any sense?" No. He's saying that Washington has problems. He's suggesting ways to fix these problems. There are multiple ways to fix these problems, and Obama's plan is one. It's not irrational. In fact, it's very rationally founded. "Since when was it the government's responsibility to provide health care for its people? It is no where in the Constitution. Health care is not a right. And don't even get me started on the expenses of national healthcare for 300,000,000 people." I never said it was in the Constitution. I never said it was a responsibility. I never said that it was a right. And Obama's plan is to get every American on one system, as you are claiming. He's trying to fix it so that those who need health care but can't afford it can get it. Whether it's in the Constitution or not, the government is there because of the social contract. Therefore, it provides for it's citizens. Obama is trying to suggest a way to make the government provide for the citizenry better, whether it is required to or not. This is not irrational. "a) global warming is a crock of sh**. b) carbon dioxide is not a pollutant. Even if you believe in global warming hysteria, the percentage of pollution caused from CO2 (businesses) is minimal. Putting the environment as a priority of the economy is mentally insane. Obama wants to tax carbon emissions from the corporate and business sector which would seriously cripple and hurt our economy. It would be a complete disaster. This is the liberal agenda...ideology over common sense." 1.) I never said anything about global warming. I was talking about pollution. Whether global warming is real or fake, we should protect the environment. Whether global warming is real or fake, I like being able to breathe. 2.) On the whole CO2 thing... Evidence? "Hmm, do you know why companies are outsourcing? MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE IDIOT CONGRESSMAN (ALMOST ENTIRELY LIBERALS AND A FEW FAKE REPUBLICANS) WHO TAX THE HELL OUT OF THE PRIVATE SECTOR. How do liberals not get it? Do you see what's happening in California? Companies are moving out of CA like wildfire because the legislature in the golden state is taxing the hell of them. Companies are moving to Nevada and Arizona, and California's economy is beginning to suffer." Okay, so let's stop taxing companies. Then our government will be even more broken, because it won't be able to pay for anything. Good idea. And I guarantee you they'd still outsource with or without taxes. "Where in the Constitution does it talk about wealth redistribution? This is a tactic right out of the Marxist playbook. Why are liberals so fond of socialism? Have they not learned from history?" This isn't Marxism. Taxing to pay for government programs isn't Marxist. And guess waht? The government has the right, BY THE CONSTITUTUION, to tax. "Ya thats a brilliant idea. Let's raise taxes (at a rate we've never seen in our lives) during a time in our country where our economy is in a recession and our consumer confidence level is at a 26 year low. THIS IS COMPLETELY IRRATIONAL. How does raising taxes during an economic crisis make any sense whatsoever?" Can you actually tell me the rate of taxing he's proposing to increase? Can you tell me where? Because so far you've just ranted about how much you hate taxes. Now, look at the resolution and my opponent's original case. He's claiming that Barack is irrational because the government has problems and he's proposing to expand the government in certain areas. What my opponent fails to recognize is these expanisons are made to address these governmental problems. They're made to correct innefficiencies. This has worked in the past. Replacing the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution. The Square Deal. The New Deal. And, as a matter of fact, these solutions are rationally founded. There is no reason why a government can't correct itself, which is what my opponent is implying. It's irrelevant as to whether you agree with Obama or not. It's irrelevant as to whether you think he's plans will work or not. What matters is that these solutions are RATIONALLY FOUNDED.