bossman said:
i think it will be good long-term, but like any huge bureaucratic endeavor like this, it is not without its hiccups. here is a list for the Obama haters:
http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/02/15/a-long-list-of-president-obamas-accomplishments-with-citations/
I agree with you 100% lets take a look at some other federal programs that have been such a success
1) Prohibition: For 14 years, the United States was officially “dry.” Problem was, it wasn’t. The black market flourished, as did crime, the mafia and rampant violence. Enacted in 1919, in 1933, it was finally repealed – ending one of the greatest “big government” experiments ever.
2) No Child Left Behind: Under President George W. Bush’s education program, federal spending for schools more than doubled – problem was, student test scores didn’t budge. Not one bit. We still lag behind much of the industrialized world. (It didn’t used to be that way though, before the feds poured all the money – and rules – into local schools, we were at the top of the list.)
3) Medicare: When it was started in 1965, it was estimated Medicare would cost $9 billion per year by 1990 – it cost $67 billion. Now? $390 billion. And are we that much healthier than we were 50 years ago?
4) Medicaid: Same deal. It was estimated to cost $100 million, now it costs $211 billion.
5) Immigration reform: The number of illegal aliens entering this country has more than tripled since Reagan was president. Whether we should increase or decrease the flow of immigration, it’s clear the feds have no idea what they’re doing.
6) The War on Drugs: Since Nixon, we have spent over $1 billion and incarcerated millions of Americans over relatively minor drug charges. This is one of the most spectacular failures of our government.
7) Farm subsidies. Paying farmers not to grow crops? Why that plan can’t possibly fail!
8) Ethanol: Over the last 30 years, the feds have given almost $45 billion to support the ethanol industry. Problem? It’s inefficient, more polluting and raises the price of corn. Genius.
9) “Green Jobs:” When he was elected, President Obama launched an all-out campaign to kickstart the Green Economy. They launched a new training program, hoping to find 125,000 green jobs. When it was all said and done, about 8,000 got jobs and we paid $62,000 to get them those jobs.
10) Banning DDT. The malaria-killing chemical (which saved 500 million lives in Africa) was banned in 1970 because it was believed to kill birds. Since then, countless millions have died horrible deaths because Western powers refuse to admit they were wrong.
11) The War on Terror: Started under President Bush, we have spent over a trillion dollars attempting to secure our borders and defeat terrorism. Not to mention thousands of lives and a soiled reputation.
12) The Assault Weapons Ban: Since the ban expired in 2006, the number of deaths from guns (assault weapons or not) has declined precipitously. Enough said.
13) When it was started in 1935, Social Security was a tax of only one percent of income. Now it is over six percent and climbing. In the next 75 years, as America ages, Social Security will go broke.
14) Obamacare: When he proposed the Affordable Care Act, President Obama assured Americans the plan would cost less than $1 trillion. The latest projection is the program will cost three times that.
