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Date Posted:4/19/04


Battle Of The Year
by:Kammal Muhammad

With recent President George W. Bush, running democratic leader John Kerry and third party participant Ralph Nader, the 2004 presidential elections are probably the biggest and most important elections of the United State’s history.

What makes this election so essential is the war in Iraq and the terror that struck the American nation since September 11, 2001. Also the economy isn’t doing so well.
So what do we think about when electing a president? The two main platforms that will decide the new president are the economy and the war.

Democratic leader John Kerry makes promises to establish more jobs for our nation. Though this promise seem to be a great opportunity for America, the rate at which Kerry can establish jobs more and more people will lose work labor due to the advance in technology, and technology is drastically advancing during this generation. Therefore Kerry’s promise whether it will be fulfilled or not, will not help the job placement of our nation.

The view of implementing tax cuts to influence people to spend more money is an insufficient plan thought up by president Bush. Though cutting taxes may seem like a good idea, president bush has gravely put our economy in a huge debt. When elected in 2000, Bush sent everyone a sum of money, which was accumulated by previous president Bill Clinton. To sum things up the idea of lower taxes is a bad idea. Raising the taxes is a healthier plan though Americans will despise it.

Along with domestic issues, Americans must also make a decision over deciding our next president through foreign policies, i.e. the war in Iraq.

Senator John Kerry a decorated Vietnam veteran who claims to have more experience in national security said, "gridlocked by its own ideology and its own arrogance" talks about the bush administration being jammed with their own ethics and pride. Senator Kerry’s plan of war is to gain more allies through the united nation therefore having help through their allies to police and reconstruct Iraq.

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