1. Immigration from Mexico
2. Wealth distribute
3. Terrorism
4. Job growth
5. Minimum wage
6. Political influence of money
7. Health care
8. Gun control
9. Abortion
10. Wall St. & Banking
11. Student debt & Free JC

d

1.  Obamacare
   1. Too expensive
      • Healthcare costs down
   2. Gov meddling
      • Just Medicare — which is popular
      • Choose your own plan
      • Huge drop in uninsured
2. Debt / Deficit
   1. Obama caused a huge debt
      • Debt is still mostly Republican
      • Bush grew it by $1T in 100 days, shortly before Obama
   2. Obama caused huge deficits
      • Bush recession caused spike and now it’s down
3. Stimulus
   1. Didn’t work
      • The Fox New economist says it did
      • Most economists say it did
      • Wall Street agrees — Stock market turned around in 3 weeks
        • Every time there’s positive stimulus news the market goes up and every time negative the market goes down.
4.  Obama
   1. Has ballooned gov.
   2. Hasn’t got much done (left & right)
   3. Too bipartisan (a left criticism)
5. Taxation
   1. Myth: 47% of the population pays no taxes
   2. Cutting taxes always increases revenues by boosting growth
      • Revenues fell dramatically after the Bush tax cuts
      • The record of tax cuts boosting growth is spotty
6. Entitlements
   1. Myth: We can’t afford to keep spending this much on entitlements
   2. Poverty amelioration makes poverty worse by creating dependency
      • Countries and states with thicker safety nets tend to have less poverty