Here in Florida we’re getting a lot of political ads. One of the key topics in both the Senate race between Connie Mack and Bill Nelson and in the presidential race is Medicare. How would you evaluate the plans that each presidential candidate has for Medicare? Should senior citizens be concerned?
More information on the roundtable.
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Political Roundtable – Question #6
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Energion Political Roundtable Answers – 5
The question is:
Do you approve or disapprove of President Obama’s and Governor Romney’s responses to the violence in Egypt and Libya and now in other countries in the middle east?
And here are the answers:
Arthur Sido
Joel Watts
Bob Cornwall
Elgin Hushbeck, Jr.
Allan R. Bevere (coming soon)
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Energion Political Roundtable Question 5
I’ve been avoiding my favorite issues because everyone else is just concerned about the economy, but this time I get to go with an issue that’s hot!
Do you approve or disapprove of President Obama’s and Governor Romney’s responses to the violence in Egypt and Libya and now in other countries in the middle east?
There are so many related policy issues I could think of, but I’m not going to suggest any. I’m sure you’ll all think of many more than can possibly even be mentioned in 1000 words. -
Energion Political Roundtable – Question 4 Answers
With four of five answers in it’s past time I get this post up, so here are the responses:
Link back to the question.
Link to the main rountable post.
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The Great Energion Political Rountable – Question 4
I’m your moderator, Henry Neufeld, owner of Energion Publications. It’s worthwhile noting that I’m not a neutral party; I just play one on the internet for this roundtable!
I was thinking of moving away from the economy, but considering that others seem to have different priorities than I do I’m going to stick with it for the moment. I struggled with a way to create this question so that a ~1,000 word answer would be reasonable.
What are the most critical elements of an economic plan for the United States, and how should they be balanced? For example, consider deficit reduction, managing the size of government, creating jobs, maintaining social services, maintaining military strength, supporting current overseas military operations, reducing spending, and increasing taxes. Which candidate has a plan closest to what you prefer?
If anyone has time, consider mentioning your candidates for Senate and the House. How do they stack up on this issue?
My expectation is that you will trim this question according to your priorities, as I realize I’ve left enough options to generate a book, but any more limited question might put the entire topic into territory that one or another of you regard as irrelevant. So trim what you prefer.
I want to encourage people to send me questions. I will see them if they are posted as comments on this post, or e-mailed to pubs@energion.com using subject “Roundtable.”
I have also added a general landing page for the roundtable: The Great Energion Political Roundtable. This post will contain links to all the question and answer posts so you can track back through what people have said.
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The Great Energion Political Roundtable
Now that we have things moving with the roundtable, we need a central location where people can find links to everything involved. So this is that post.
1. What is the roundtable?
It’s a blog discussing between four Energion authors and one of our blog reviewers regarding politics, leading up to the U. S. presidential election, November 6, 2012. Each week, I will post a question here on Energion.net. The participants will write their responses and publish them between Monday and Wednesday. They can then interact as they wish.
Everyone is welcome to participate through comments, tweets, or your own blog posts. If you post answers to the questions on your blog, please track back, or provide a link in the comments. I will keep up with linking the main participants, but I won’t be able to keep up with everyone who may post on the roundtable.
2. Who are the participants?- Bob Cornwall
Bob Cornwall is author of Energion titles Faith in the Public Square, Ultimate Allegiance: The Subversive Nature of the Lord’s Prayer, and Ephesians: A Participatory Study Guide - Elgin Hushbeck, Jr.
Elgin Hushbeck, Jr. is author of Energion titles Preserving Democracy, Christianity and Secularism, and Evidence for the Bible - Allan R. Bevere
Allan Bevere is author of Energion titles The Politics of Witness and The Character of Our Discontent, and co-editor of the Areopagus Critical Christian Issues Series - Arthur Sido
Arthur Sido is a prolific blogger and a participant in our blogger review program. - Joel Watts
Joel Watts is co-editor of the forthcoming Energion title From Fear to Faith: Essays on Crisis, Transition and Conversion, which is not yet in our catalog.
The participants are balanced between left and right politically and all participants are Christians. It includes Democrats, Republicans, and Independents. It should provide us with a variety of responses to read, examine, and discuss.
Here are links to the questions and answers. This section will be expanded as the roundtable continues.
Question 1 / Question 1 Answers
Question 2 / Question 2 Answers
Question 3 / Question 3 Answers
Question 4 / Question 4 Answers
Question 5 / Question 5 Answers
Question 6 / Question 6 Answers
Question 7 / Question 7 Answers
Question 8 / Question 8 Answers
Moderator:
Finally, I am the one who frames the questions and keeps up with the various answers. I’m Henry Neufeld, owner/editor of Energion Publications. - Bob Cornwall
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Question 3 Answers
The answers to Question #3 are starting to roll in. As I get the links, I will add them to this post.
Arthur Sido – Eliminate the Capital Gains Tax
Bob Cornwall – Is the Capital Gains Tax Fair and Just? — Energion Political Roundable
Joel Watts – Energion Roundtable Capital Gains Tax
Elgin Hushbeck, Jr. Roundtable Question 3: Capital Gains Taxes -
The Great Energion Political Debate Becomes a Roundtable
We will be continuing this week with The Great Energion Political DebateRoundtable. Participants in the roundtable are:
Bob CornwallElgin Hushbeck, Jr.Allan R. BevereArthur SidoJoel Watts
I had some trouble creating our next question. It’s on taxes, but I wanted to ask something about taxation that would get our participants’ more general take on the topic, but yet be narrow enough to permit an answer in ~1000 words. Here’s what I came up with:
Should the capital gains tax be changed (raised, lowered, eliminated)? In very general terms, how would this relate to your general view of tax policy?
Remember that you can comment here or on the individual blogs, though I recommend the latter.
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The Great Energion Political Debate – Answers to Question 2
As I thought likely, one thing that will separate our participants is the choice of which issues are of most importance.
Elgin Hushbeck’s answer: The Big Three
Bob Cornwall’s answer: 3 issues: Income disparity; Immigration; Health Care. Hard choices.
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The Great Energion Political Debate – Question 2
I’m going to continue with a question that will allow both authors to introduce themselves and their overall views. Next week, I’ll be getting very specific. Please feel free to send me questions you think should be asked. You can comment on this post or email pubs@energion.com.
Here’s the question:
What are the three most important issues a voter should consider this year in choosing a candidate to vote for at the federal level (President, Senate, House of Representatives)? Why are these issues critical?
I will suggest that the authors feel free to make some adjustments. For example, can one successfully draw a boundary after just three issues? How are the issues ranked among themselves? But each author has only about 1,000 words in which to respond, so I don’t want to overload the question.
Remember to check out our authors, Bob Cornwall and Elgin Hushbeck and their books, Faith in the Public Square and Preserving Democracy.
