One word - Obamacare. The Obama used the house and senate majority they had to pass the most comprehensive health care bill ever. Some people thought he should have focused more on ending The Great Recession , (which he inherited from Bush), but most people were driven by Republican scare tactics- remember the “death panels - to vilify “…
One word - Obamacare. The Obama used the house and senate majority they had to pass the most comprehensive health care bill ever. Some people thought he should have focused more on ending The Great Recession , (which he inherited from Bush), but most people were driven by Republican scare tactics- remember the “death panels - to vilify “socialist medicine”. It all seems quaint today, when you listen to R tactics to enforce their abortion bans.
It was easy to scare Americans against something they couldn’t imagine. Rs talked about people losing their employer-based healthcare for some bad version of Medicaid. And seniors thought Medicare would be replaced, again with a program whose details were so murky and untested. Republicans to this day are still scaring voters to vote for them. Today, Gym Jordan dragged out 2nd Amendment rights over gun legislation instead of answering questions about the budget.
Abortion still drives their debate. Meanwhile, ObamaCare has no effect in our politics and discourse. Now, were this framed a "successful more for democracy to guide our health care, for greater liberty and jsutice for all" then, we would have this vital notion that democracy MUST continue to make rreal economic change with our energy future, and our foreign policy and our education and so on and so on
Yes it was the basis for their libertarian, anti-democracy rant. And, we did not have any adequate defense of ... democracy.
Democracy may be seen, in this worldview, as the nexus for greater economic liberty and justice - IF WE WERE to say this! Instaed, ObamaCare became another special interest, a silo, and NOT connectedto other progressive initatives
I think that’s the difference between Biden and some of the recent Democrat POTUS-s that came before him. Joe Biden wants to unwind all of the Republican policies that have hurt the middle class with a multi-pronged approach that includes work opportunities, corporate incentives, and infrastructure projects, all to bring up middle class productivity and bring America back from that hollowed out shell of a country.
Biden is the elder our times so desperately needs. No one younger than this Great Generation soul has Joe Biden's worldview and moral compass; Bernie comes close!
Though I understand how important Obamacare is in the steps to a more equitable health care system, Obama could have spent his first 2 years shoring up the depressed economy that would have been more sustainable for the middle class. He didn’t because he saw this once-in-history opportunity to get a healthcare bill through.
Today, the health insurers have healed from the Obamacare gash they took, and now it feels like little has changed. I have a friend whose life was saved by Obamacare, because he got action on a chronic “pre-existing”condition he had that was ruining his digestive tract and his lungs. I am sure had he not gotten the surgeries he needed to repair these problems, he wouldn’t be alive today.
Spot on for me, about this once-in-a-lifetime w health care and ObamaCare - which is my saving grace. And I'm proud to be a beneficiary of a fed program for practical costs of health care.
But now!
Biden has so altered the terrain that EVEN labor unions, representing hourly and trades people, are highly regarded. THIS is built upon the earth shaking effort Obama took, and found success, in using the power of the federal government to stand for "liberty and justice for all" regarding health care. Now, Biden is using our democracy (fed govt.) in many fields.
Because, as he has stated, this capitalist economy does NOT benefit for the vast majority of people. Safeguards are need to subdue the greed impulse of the human condition
Imagine, if the crazy man (DT) during the pandemic had used the power of the feds to secure life saving supplies! No kidding, hundreds of thousands of lives may have been saved. ....
His mishandling of the pandemic was almost as criminal as his actual crimes. And for all those people who say they can’t find any good help, well they can thank Trump for the losses in our workforce.
As important as Obamacare was, it was a tactical mistake to give the Republicans such a divisive issue to run on in a redistricting year. I remember thinking that as the 2010 campaign devolved into a cesspool of lies and exaggerations - "death panels", mocking the claim that you could keep your doctor. Universal healthcare has been a great benefit, but we're still paying the political cost.
One word - Obamacare. The Obama used the house and senate majority they had to pass the most comprehensive health care bill ever. Some people thought he should have focused more on ending The Great Recession , (which he inherited from Bush), but most people were driven by Republican scare tactics- remember the “death panels - to vilify “socialist medicine”. It all seems quaint today, when you listen to R tactics to enforce their abortion bans.
It was easy to scare Americans against something they couldn’t imagine. Rs talked about people losing their employer-based healthcare for some bad version of Medicaid. And seniors thought Medicare would be replaced, again with a program whose details were so murky and untested. Republicans to this day are still scaring voters to vote for them. Today, Gym Jordan dragged out 2nd Amendment rights over gun legislation instead of answering questions about the budget.
Abortion still drives their debate. Meanwhile, ObamaCare has no effect in our politics and discourse. Now, were this framed a "successful more for democracy to guide our health care, for greater liberty and jsutice for all" then, we would have this vital notion that democracy MUST continue to make rreal economic change with our energy future, and our foreign policy and our education and so on and so on
But in 2010 Obamacare was the basis of The Tea Party and the 2010 Red Wave that was the nexus of Operation REDMAP.
Yes it was the basis for their libertarian, anti-democracy rant. And, we did not have any adequate defense of ... democracy.
Democracy may be seen, in this worldview, as the nexus for greater economic liberty and justice - IF WE WERE to say this! Instaed, ObamaCare became another special interest, a silo, and NOT connectedto other progressive initatives
I think that’s the difference between Biden and some of the recent Democrat POTUS-s that came before him. Joe Biden wants to unwind all of the Republican policies that have hurt the middle class with a multi-pronged approach that includes work opportunities, corporate incentives, and infrastructure projects, all to bring up middle class productivity and bring America back from that hollowed out shell of a country.
I thoroughly agree with you JaneDough56!
Biden is the elder our times so desperately needs. No one younger than this Great Generation soul has Joe Biden's worldview and moral compass; Bernie comes close!
Though I understand how important Obamacare is in the steps to a more equitable health care system, Obama could have spent his first 2 years shoring up the depressed economy that would have been more sustainable for the middle class. He didn’t because he saw this once-in-history opportunity to get a healthcare bill through.
Today, the health insurers have healed from the Obamacare gash they took, and now it feels like little has changed. I have a friend whose life was saved by Obamacare, because he got action on a chronic “pre-existing”condition he had that was ruining his digestive tract and his lungs. I am sure had he not gotten the surgeries he needed to repair these problems, he wouldn’t be alive today.
Spot on for me, about this once-in-a-lifetime w health care and ObamaCare - which is my saving grace. And I'm proud to be a beneficiary of a fed program for practical costs of health care.
But now!
Biden has so altered the terrain that EVEN labor unions, representing hourly and trades people, are highly regarded. THIS is built upon the earth shaking effort Obama took, and found success, in using the power of the federal government to stand for "liberty and justice for all" regarding health care. Now, Biden is using our democracy (fed govt.) in many fields.
Because, as he has stated, this capitalist economy does NOT benefit for the vast majority of people. Safeguards are need to subdue the greed impulse of the human condition
Imagine, if the crazy man (DT) during the pandemic had used the power of the feds to secure life saving supplies! No kidding, hundreds of thousands of lives may have been saved. ....
His mishandling of the pandemic was almost as criminal as his actual crimes. And for all those people who say they can’t find any good help, well they can thank Trump for the losses in our workforce.
Agreed! 💯💯💯
As important as Obamacare was, it was a tactical mistake to give the Republicans such a divisive issue to run on in a redistricting year. I remember thinking that as the 2010 campaign devolved into a cesspool of lies and exaggerations - "death panels", mocking the claim that you could keep your doctor. Universal healthcare has been a great benefit, but we're still paying the political cost.