My IQ is Lower

I feel like my IQ has gone down. Did I partake in the lead tainted water of Flint, Michigan? Participate in too many football games and suffer from CTE? Perhaps early onset Alzheimer's? Okay, drop the early since that implies I'm young. None of the above. I watched the Republican presidential debate last night. 

Why is universal health care such a problem? Shouldn't every American have health care? Republicans keep talking about repealing every word of the Affordable Care Act. Ok, millions lose health care coverage. The replacement is never mentioned. If it is it does not address issues like pre-existing conditions. 

ISIS? They seem to want us too think ISIS is the worst thing ever. They are going to destroy us. Only the Republicans can save us because they understand the threat and know how to defeat it. Really? Mr. Rubio claimed ISIS was an "unprecedented" threat to our way of life. Perhaps he has forgotten about the very real war we fought against Nazi Germany and Japan? Perhaps he does not recall how close we came to nuclear war with the Cuban missile crisis? Russia and the United States still possess enough nuclear weapons to kill almost everyone on Earth and make the survivors wish they hadn't survived. 

Military spending, how much is enough? We have a smaller army, Air Force and navy than in the past. We spend over 600 billion dollars each year on our military. We spend more than the next 10 countries combined. They want to spend more. They want to do so without raising taxes or increasing the decifict. How does that work? You eliminate all the social programs? Defund Planned Parenthood? Last I checked Planned Parenthood gets about 500 million dollars for medical testing, contraceptive services, STD prevention and other health care services which do not include abortion. Take that money and eliminate those services will in the long run cost more. 

The Republicans need to stop trying to scare us with ISIS. Figure out how to provide safe, affordable health care for every American. After all it was originally something they backed. Remember that military spending isn't the only answer. We can be safe and spend much less money. If you wonder about how much we are wasting take some time to read about the F-35 fighter or the cost of a new aircraft carrier. Listen to what is being said and learn about what isn't and should be.