Yes, I have, Obama had 2/3 of the Senate, he could lead according to him, why didn't he fix the loopholes and raise taxes? He said the stimulus would get the nation going again, now he said raising taxes will, if this is true, why didn't he do this earlier?
If you were paying close attention for the last 11 and 1/2 years you would understand why we got into the mess and why getting out is taking too long - your comment above suggest you have not, or you've filtered what you've heard to defend your personal ideology.
But wouldn't you think somebody with a clue who had a substantial majority in the House and a super majority in the Senate would have accomplished something in the two years he had that luxury. Something more than multi-trillion dollar spending that has been deeply unpopular both here and abroad and has obviously failed to accomplish anything other than push us to the edge of bankruptcy. And other than passing a healthcare bill that nobody read that does not do what it was supposed to do, but that takes over control of 1/6th of the U.S. economy and is also becoming deeply unpopular and is likely to be overturned as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court?
And when you consider ALL that, this same clueless one dares to claim that it is the Republicans who have delcared war on women? Or anybody else?
It appears you're getting defensive. Sad, and too bad for the issues require more than a cursory look and a firm conclusion based on avarice, bigotry, ideology or blinded by willful ignorance. Don't freak out, I'm not pointing my post at you, we both know we can see the same event and draw different conclusions, see different causes and infer motives of those who don't see it our way with feigned clarity.
I supported and still support a single payer system where all American citizens are covered from conception to grave with
preventative care and I'll explain why.
Since I left my parents home I was covered by the University, the Navy and then civil service. Since 1974 I've been covered by Kaiser Permanente and we've had no complaints. I had back surgery in 1991; the cost: $5.00 (today the same surgery costs $10.00). Today, Dr. Appts. $10; Rx meads, $10 and all doctors we may see have a computerized record of medications, prior illnesses, surgerys, etc. Annual physicals are free, as are preventative innocultations, and age appropriate tests.
If a Kaiser model was established nation-wide and available to all US Citizens the costs would go down (we pay about $1,500 a year - co-pays noted above). I've watched as my dad, now 90, is ripped off by the private sector (Medicare is ripped off too). Of course the profits are great and that is why the AMA has long opposed Kaiser.
Obama and the Democrats knew the Republicans would protect their own, the special interests who benefit from the status quo; I do wish Obama had been more forceful, but he was too new to the job and didn't understand that the greedy would do anything to protect their golden goose. Country First? Hell, like most of ever thing the Republicans vocalize it's nothing but hot air.
