Obama, what has he done for you??

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

I'm not into vast oversimplifications.

I just feel like my country, here at home, and perceptions abroad, is not nearly the country we were before Obama took office.

I truly believe it was his intention from the getgo to make America less.

I also believe it will take at least a generation to undo what he's done.

That's just how I feel.

I think Obama improved our standing in the world. We're not perceived as that asshole bully anymore. If that was his intention, good for him. Fewer of our young people and less of our money are are being wasted in an unwinnable (at least through violence) cause.

Originally Posted by Big Sarge

I see a recurring thread on here about health care and Obama's not responsible for the economy My, my.

In regard to the Affordable Health Care, it has created a nightmare in my area. Many jobs have become part-time to skirt the health insurance benefits. I know a lot of people who have ended up having to pay more for health insurance. Plus, my son is a Medicaid Eligibility Specialist. He sees large numbers of people who had health care from work, but are now forced to purchase their own or go on Medicaid. Many lower middle class and working class families can't afford the insurance but make too much for Medicaid.

That's not the ACA, that's a greedy, selfish business owner putting more money in his pocket at the expense of his fellow Americans. And what Bruce said - If your state had participated, they'd had more covered at lower expense.

“[Governor Phil] Bryant made it clear Mississippi would not participate, leaving 138,000 low-income residents, the majority of whom are black, with no insurance options at all. And while the politics of Obamacare became increasingly toxic, the state’s already financially strapped rural hospitals faced a new crisis from the law’s failure to take hold: They had been banking on newly insured patients to replace the federal support for hospitals serving the uninsured, which was set to taper off as people gained coverage. Now, instead of more people getting more care in Mississippi, in many cases, they would get less."

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/1...ng-states-poor

Oh and it looks like repubicans are continuing their racist behavior

Originally Posted by Big Sarge

Obama is not responsible for the economy? He's only been president for 6 years during which the Democrats controlled the Senate and for awhile the House. We have the highest national debt ever. Remember when he called Bush un-american for having a 5.4 trillion debt during his 8 years? What is the debt now? I wish all of you would truthfully ask yourselves would you have cut a Republican president this much slack??

Republicans don't want to raise taxes. Veterans need better care. Better care cost money.

Sarge, do you choose to not give better care to veterans, or do you go into debt to provide better care for veterans?