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Originally Posted by TheDoc
I like that he did healthcare first... it's the largest economic issue our Country has.
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That's certainly what they kept saying on the news at the time. "Health Care" "costs" "our country" etc., etc.
But common sense told me that it's the MEDICAL and Pharmaceutical COSTS that are the problem. We suddenly are a country that says everybody NEEDS insurance. When I was growing up that wasn't the case. Only well off people or union workers up north had health insurance. The rest of us just went to the doctor and paid for it in cash, it wasn't very expensive.
But I don't want to go into how fucked up that whole "health care" debacle is. To me (and many people) it amounts to forcing the American people to pay big insurance companies.
I felt he should have forced Congress to out itself and show that it allows the medical and pharmaceutical companies to price gouge us. But as history showed...it didn't work out that way.
Anyway...I don't think anyone in this country other than pundits and media were saying that health care was a priority at all.
Most companies were pointing out that it was costing them money to provide it for employees. And now that ObamaCare is passed...they are screaming that it's going to cost them a fortune.
Perhaps I'm wrong. But it LOOKS like Obama fucked that one up to me. He should have really took the lead like he appeared he would in the campaign and dragged half of Congress up on charges for the criminal enterprise that IS medicine and insurance companies gouging Americans OR he should have went all the way with universal health care paid for by our taxes.
He had the popularity and both houses of Congress.
Call me crazy...but that half-ass "health care" / insurance company bailout that passed is very indicative of the perception that he is weak and not a great leader.
And the fact I can even entertain that thought shows that he has a big problem.
If he had any balls...(and none of them ever do)...he would stop with the politics as usual and just DO what he feels is right in his heart and announce that he does not intend to run again anyway.
That's what ALL these career politicians should do. One and done.