This was the shared post:
Point One: When Bush negotiated the first law that covered perscription meds, there was nothing but criticism from the left. But Obama pushes through, without debate, the monsterous heath care bill, he gets praise from the left. It's not that we don't want affordable health care, but lets debate it...not pass it and then find out what's in it.
Point Two: He did not end the war in Iraq or even Afganistan. The pullout in Iraq was negotiated by the Bush administration and began before Obama came into office. He had nothing to do with the pullout. By the way, we still have many thousands of soldiers in Iraq. As for Afganistan, the plan was always to get out of there. The question is whether we sit by and let another government there to flourish that is favorable to those who attacked us on 9/11.
Point Three: Preventive Care For Women is an interesting topic with respect to Obama. He calls abortion Preventive Care. Really? He is lumping the ending of a life alongside mammograms and pap smears. They are not the same. Pregnancy is not a disease to be cured. What is interesting is that shortly after the government passed a law to take control of the medical industry, two separate government panels issued new guideline for preventative care. One said that regular mammograms should not be done on women until they are in their 50's. The reason was that there are an unusually high number of false positives on women in their 40's. I wonder how many true positives were detected with women being tested in their 40's. The same type of guideline change pertains to pap smears. Why the sudden change? Cost. Now that the federal government will need to pay for these tests, the guideline changed so fewer tests are done over the lifetime of American women, saving the government trillions of dollars over the next 10 years. What a way to reduce preventative healthcare costs.
Point Four: This is interesting. Is there really equal pay? The major reason for this inequity has more to do with women taking time off from their careers to have children. My experience shows me that two people with the same experience should have the same pay, and where there is a difference, there should be something done about it. But lets not let race, sex, ethnic background or anything other than experience determine pay rate.The Clinton era "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy probably should be revoked. But lets at least debate the issue, not have it rammed down our throats like most of Obama's initiatives are.
Point Five: Where in the constitution does it give the right for the government to "invest" in green jobs? This make no sense. If the technology made it feasible and affordable, the market would have been there already. Instead, we the taxpayers are pushing for a program that will forever cost us money to support. Again, this was done with no real debate in congress.
Point Six: It is my belief, and those of many conservatives, that Reagan made a huge mistake getting the federal government into education. Again, where in the constitution does the federal government get their authority to involve themselves in local issues like education? No wonder education costs have gone through the roof over the last number of decades. Unfunded mandates.
Point Seven: I don't know about anybody else, but I have never worked for a poor person. The most successful business owners that I know are responsible for most of the jobs in our area. You cannot tax your way out of a recession. It has never worked before and it won't work now. Don't raise taxes because your boss drives a better car than you. Everyone should pay the same tax rate accross the board.
Finally, Point Eight: This is not the worst economy since the depression. Since the 70's yes. But that was supposed to improve when Obama and the Dems passed the stimulus package. But the unemployment kept climbing and has stayed above 9 percent since. When does this recession stop being the Bush recession and become the Obama recession?
That's the Facebook posting in its entirety. I didn't post the responses, including mine to others, but this give you the gist of the argument.
The problem that I have with this whole thing is that the same arguments for President Obama are the same arguments against. It is a matter basic philosophy. Is it imperative that the federal government solve our problems or should it get out of the way?
The Obama Administration has been the most arrogant Presidency in recent memory. Even Bush Sr. and Reagan tried to work things out with the Democrats in congress. Obama didn't. In fact, when the Republicans mentioned that they opposed the Healthcare bill, Obama told the Republican leadership to "...shut up and sit down. You had your chance and now it's our turn." No Debate. No attempt at keeping his promise being someone who unites, not divides. I can go on but this discussion will come in a future blog post. Right now it is interesting to note the clear difference between blind Obama faithful and reality. But you know what they say, "REALITY BITES" back.
I just re-read my post and I have to add another comment. If you look to the right of my blog, you will notice what I do. My business is involved in recycling, a definite green job kind of business. And I will admit that this business was, at least in part, created by the Obama administration. But not because of some stimulus package or government grant. In tough economic times, the prices of raw materials like gold, silver, copper and other metals tends to rise. It is this rise in metal prices that makes recycling them much more profitable. Imagine that - Obama's recession resulted in me getting into the recycling business. Should I thank him? Maybe next year when someone else is President.
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