Horrendous national debt, terrorism, and unemployment: these are only a few of the problems facing the United States, and you can thank President Barack Obama for being the primary cause of them. If there was one historical event I could change, I would change the outcome of the 2008 election. I often wonder if Barack Obama was elected over John McCain simply because he would be the first African American president or if voters truly favored the ideas he brought forth. Before the 2008 election, while the campaigns were ongoing, the idea of Obama going into office was frowned upon by most Republicans because it was questionable whether or not he was born on American soil. Some people despised him because they think the American President should
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The only thing I favored about his entire campaign was his support of gay rights, because that would directly affect my life as a lesbian; if gay marriage becomes legal nation-wide, I will be able to marry my girlfriend and our marriage will be legally recognized in any state we choose to reside. The Affordable Healthcare Act, Obamacare, is President Obama’s attempt to reform the health care system by providing more Americans with affordable health insurance; on July 15, 2009, he stated, “If you like your doctor or health care provider, you can keep them. If you like your health care plan, you can keep that too.” We later found out that his statement was completely bullshit because when you were trying to set up your new insurance plan under the new system, you were being forced to change your doctor, health care provider, and plan. For some average families, the cost of their insurance did decrease; however, my father is a business owner and according to the government, we have too much income; therefore, the new healthcare system actually increased our cost of insurance by thousands of dollars so that the cost will decrease for the low-income families. Obama is an advocate of taking money from the wealthy families and spreading the wealth around to the less fortunate
The only thing I favored about his entire campaign was his support of gay rights, because that would directly affect my life as a lesbian; if gay marriage becomes legal nation-wide, I will be able to marry my girlfriend and our marriage will be legally recognized in any state we choose to reside. The Affordable Healthcare Act, Obamacare, is President Obama’s attempt to reform the health care system by providing more Americans with affordable health insurance; on July 15, 2009, he stated, “If you like your doctor or health care provider, you can keep them. If you like your health care plan, you can keep that too.” We later found out that his statement was completely bullshit because when you were trying to set up your new insurance plan under the new system, you were being forced to change your doctor, health care provider, and plan. For some average families, the cost of their insurance did decrease; however, my father is a business owner and according to the government, we have too much income; therefore, the new healthcare system actually increased our cost of insurance by thousands of dollars so that the cost will decrease for the low-income families. Obama is an advocate of taking money from the wealthy families and spreading the wealth around to the less fortunate