3 issues

• One of the many issues is Iraq, what Barack Obama thinks should happen with the Iraq issue is that he would like to remove the American soldiers within 16 months because the war in Iraq has overburdened the U.S. military and has also distracted the country against the terrorists fighting in Afghanistan. Barack says that leaving Iraq is the right thing to do for everyone's national security, and it will make us safer.
  
  John McCain has been a strong supporter of the war in Iraq. What he thinks is that the Iraqi government isn't ready to handle its security. He thinks its ok for the country to fight because allowing fighting will plunge the country back into chaos. He wants to walk away from the Iraqi people but I think fight with some other country.
  
  Another issue right now is health care. Health care is expensive and an estimated 47 million people in the U.S. don't have it. What Obama thinks about the health care situation is that small businesses would receive something called tax credits which would help them provide for coverage. Obama also proposes an affordable health plan by the administered by the government and all parents would have to obtain insurance for their children.
  
  John McCain thinks that getting a new government program is wasteful and intrusive. He thinks that giving tax credits to individuals and families to buy coverage from a private insurance company of their choice is a good idea. He would allow people to buy insurance across state lines which would encourage and greater the competition and lower rates.
  
  One more issue would be education, one the biggest questions is how to help the schools where a lot of children perform lower expectations. Barack Obama wants to spend 10 billion a year on pre-kindergarten programs because children at an early age are starting school behind already. He wants to hire thousands of new teachers. For every 10$ they get back it goes into reduced dropout rates.
  
  McCain thinks if the parents want to put their child in a private school the government should pay for it. He wants to improve the school system He believes the education is the responsibility of the sate and local governments. You need to have choice and competition to improve the school systems.

By Brittany