Oct 29 2007
Edwards Makes Promises He Can’t Keep
John Edwards says if he’s elected president, he’ll institute a New Deal-like suite of programs to fight poverty and stem growing wealth disparity. To do it, he said, he’ll ask many Americans to make sacrifices, like paying higher taxes.Edwards, a former Democratic senator from North Carolina, says the federal government should underwrite universal pre-kindergarten, create matching savings accounts for low-income people, mandate a minimum wage of $9.50 and provide a million new Section 8 housing vouchers for the poor. He also pledged to start a government-funded public higher education program called “College for Everyone.”
John Edwards sounds sleazier and more like Hugo Chavez with each passing day. He would never be able to deliver what he promises to begin with, not even to mention the detriment to society and the economy that his proposals would cause.
