Smeagol
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So, uh, any blame at all for those who actually brought all this on?
I think the ACA came from a good place; the President was simply trying to improve the lives of the American people. Not the best solution but I think his heart was in the right place. I cannot say the same for the GOP response. To the GOP its been all about scoring political points, damaging his legacy and being a robust political opposition. I do not think the GOP is interested in improving the lives of the American people when it comes to healthcare reform. The way I see it, they did everything in their power to stop him from being elected including support for other democrats once the GOP primary had been settled in 2008. Nothing they tried in terms of demonization would stick; not a US citizen, deep seeded hatred for white people, middle name association with terror, White House Czars over cabinet members subverts the constitution, BFFs with Bill Ayers, BFFs with Ludacris, mentored by Jeremiah Wright, communist, Maxist, socialist, Muslim, only "half black," guilt by association with both people and simply being from Chicago, nothing. Even the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips of the Maersk Alabama was described as "all he did was kill a few black teenagers" and that didn't work.
Then along comes healthcare reform and despite its lofty motives, something actually started negatively impacting the Obama politicallyly. A couple of dozen states take the administration to the Supreme Court over the individual mandate provision, despite the fact that idea ORIGINATED with republicans, was mostly opposed by people who had health insurance while decrying its unfairness that they should be forced to buy something they don't want.
I personally don't like Obamacare in its present form. I don't like employer-based and as a consequence employer-controlled healthcare. Although I support "healthcare," I don't like "health insurance" as all this does is create several middle men who all get their cut of our medical costs while destroying many of the market forces that would lower costs and improve quality. I'm simply being honest about how I see the GOP response to the present ACA law.
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