And there is much content with which I agree. I am at times ashamed to admit that I am a Republican (a fact that was not true until recently), but I remain a fiscal conservative - even while I am quite liberal when it comes to social issues.

As a professional logistician, I have been pushing for increased infrastructure spending for years. Not only is our infrastructure beginning to crumble, it is out of date and no longer able to cope with our current level of transportation. If we wish to remain competitive with the rest of the world, we need to address this problem. Transportation costs currently represent about 50% of the total cost of nearly all merchandise. This will only get worse unless we improve our system.

Our health care system does need work - but simply taking coverage away from millions is not the answer. Short of a viable solution, we must stagger along with the status quo. Like many, I am not happy it's increased costs due to the current system. No one is really opposed to universal health care - but the question as always is how we pay for it. This remains the sticking point with many people.

As to the issue of insurance fraud, it is an unfortunate fact that there are people who will steal from any system, people who feel that it is owed to them for some obscure reason. As a person who has three doctor's in the family (one a surgeon), I have heard horror stories about the costs of malpractice insurance for decades. The fact is, that as long as we allow lawyers to get rich off of chasing ambulances this issue will never go away, and will continue to drive up health care costs. And unless we find a better way to validate insurance claims, false and inflated claims will never go away.

Oh, and by the way, I didn't vote for him either.

But that was 1898.