Do conservatives realize Obamacare has been a success?
ABSOLUTELYThere is NO doubt that the ACA could have been a GREAT success but typical of the left they took their basic idea to the extreme and flew right past success to total disasterThe portions that were actually valuable were the elimination of the annual and lifetime spending limtsThe elimination of the pre-existing condition clauseThe inclusion of VERY basic care with no copayThe rest is the typical if a little is good giving them a lot more has to be even better scenarioThe issue of pre-existing condition and the over expense of people who were locked out due to life or annual max could have MUCH easier be handled by expanding Welfare programsThe issue of rating premiums without the need to assess medical health could have been handled with state and federally funded reinsurance assistance rather then redesigning the entire processThe REAL killer was the inclusion of BILLIONS of dollars in treatments at no copay that otherwise were self regulating and well established. Things like birth control being mandatorily free and colonoscopies and mammograms the sameInstead of focusing on getting VERY basic care for EVERYONE they wanted to do TWO things provide AFFORDABLE and EXPANSIVE care for everyoneEconomically that is an oxymoron. One can NOT increase coverage at the same time lower premiums. We EITHER lower premiums OR we build a more comprehensive coverage system but the two together REQUIRES by definition a high premium for SOMEONE to pay. That someone is either the individual or the employer or in some cases the Government which means ALL of usLook back at things like food stamps Social Security and even Medicare and you will see they STARTED out to be a little helping hand to get one past the rough times to get back on their feet and to then be able to handle life’s issues on their ownThen as time progressed the Gov made them into full blown entitlements with HUGE scopes that literally make the recipients invalids and no longer require anyone to do anything because the Gov will take care of them.We have millions of families who are now multi-generational have never worked and yet collect benefits paid for by the rest of the society while they continue to make more and more generational clonesThe ACA is/was an example of a nice thought taken FAR TOO FAR to the point that it decimated an entire industry and something isn’t done VERY soon the outcome is going to be seen in the life and health statistics of our country for decades to comeDr Dave
Why are conservatives lying about how much Obama spent?
There is just SO MUCH disinformation among some of your responders! The Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care (PPACA, or "Obamacare") is paid for and even REDUCES THE DEFICIT over time, according to CBO figures. In his very first week, President Obama ADDED WAR COSTS into the budget figures to end the Bush/Cheney practice of keeping those costs hidden and off the books! The first NINE MONTHS of 2009 after President Obama was sworn in were the Bush/Cheney $1.09 TRILLION budget that ended on September 30, 2009! President Obama's FIRST BUDGET (according to Bloomberg News and Reuters) was for $.09 TRILLION LESS than that last Bush/Cheney budget---he CUT SPENDING by $90 BILLION! Prior to that first budget, he CUT SPENDING by $62 BILLION from the Bush/Cheney FY budget by canceling the Bush-ordered presidential helicopter fleet, and then cut even more by canceling the Cheney-ordered pork-barrel fleet of F-22 planes @ $365 MILLION PER PLANE! These cancellations sent more than $130 BILLION back to Treasury for a DEBT PAYDOWN! As to the Bush VETO: He did not veto ONCE when GOP was in totalitarian control from 2001 through to January 2007---his first VETO was for Democrat-proposed legislations trying to undo some of the GOP's damages.
Does ObamaCare constitute regressive, flat or progressive tax?
Forced insurance is regressive.
Why do Conservatives hate the US Postal Service so much?
I almost always use USPS when sending packages, because I support my country. I try to avoid using FedEx or UPS whenever possible. Republicans on the other hand passed legislation a few years ago in order to starve & cripple the USPS, and then act surprised that the USPS is having financial problems. http://blog.aflcio.org/2011/09/14/how-republicans-crippled-the-united-states-postal-service/ The "Postal Accountability Enhancement Act ", was passed by the Republican Congress & Bush in 2006. "As Truth-Out.org’s Allison Kilkenny recently reported, by passing PAEA, Congressional Republicans mandated that within ten years the United States Postal Service would have to fully fund retirement healthcare benefits for the next 75 years. Or to put it more plainly, the Postal Service had a decade to fully fund the retirement healthcare benefits for future employees that will not even be born until 2057 at the earliest." And before any other uninformed Cons claim that the USPS is a big government program and a waste of taxpayer money - wrong. The USPS is funded by customers paying for postage. Nothing more. Historically, the USPS has been profitable. It hasn't been until the last few years, thanks to Republicans, that it has been in serious financial troubles. Republicans have also attacked Obama's proposals to save the USPS $20 billion. Why do Cons want to see the USPS go down in flames so badly? That is aligned with treason.