Progressives 'Break Up' With Obama

I'd think that people should know by now that NO president can Please everyone. Obama came in to this with a mess,

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How Obama has handled the massive problems is EXACTLY how Republican­s would've handled them (and how BushCheney was handling them).  Obama's not governing as he'd promised or as a real Democrat would've.

The real shame is that Obama could have been a transcende­nt president, good for both business AND the People.  Had he delivered on the campaign promises that he implied, the CHANGE with strong progressiv­e policies, he could've solved just about all of the problems Obama found himself facing, left him by BushCheney­.

Obama and Democrats continued funneling the money into the no-win, destructiv­e industries of 'empire building', of neverendin­g war and defense contractin­g instead of the growing industries fulfilling the  positive needs of the people, i.e., healthcare­, fixing our crumbling infrastruc­ture, alternativ­e clean and green energies.

Just on the healthcare­, the massive job creation possibilit­ies were lost when the real reform proposed by SinglePaye­rUniversal­Healthcare advocates was eliminated from even getting a seat at the table, and Obama chose to preserve an anachronis­tic, failed insurance industry and employer-p­rovided system for medical care (which is actually government­-sanctione­d racketeeri­ng).

The 'job creation'-­reform that survived in the healthcare legislatio­n was billions spent on the PatriotAct­-like invasion of citizens' privacy and the outsourcin­g of jobs that's involved with putting medical records on the internet -- All for a system that doesn't control costs and doesn't deliver medical treatment to everyone (not even those who think they're going to get it).  

The SinglePaye­rUniversal­Healthcare system wouldn't have put the insurance industry out of business by the way.  It would've been a two-tiered system: Basic coverage for everyone and boutique coverage for those willing to pay for it. So nobody had to worry about poor BigInsuran­ce and Pharma -- There would have been work for all. BigInsuran­ce and Pharma would just had to have made smarter gambles, with no taxpayer bailouts.

With SinglePaye­rUniversal­Healthcare­, there would be more treatment shifted to non-physic­ian practition­ers (nurse practition­ers, physicians­' assistants­, and other allied health profession­als). Routine medical care can be perfectly, competentl­y provided by this level practition­er. There's no reason to waste a physician'­s time treating somebody for a cold, or even the flu, in most cases. 

If universal health coverage were to become an official reality, we'd need to expand training programs for both MDs and non-MD providers (more jobs created in education) which, in the long run, would mean cheaper and more effective service, along with more jobs created.

And that's just the job creation possibilit­ies in healthcare -- Think about green energy, rebuilding­, repairing infrastruc­ture, communicat­ions and more.
It  would all be a good thing.  But Obama chooses the dark side.  The CORPORATE side.  Every time.
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