Reply #110: Yeah I like him too [View All]

[abelenkpe]

I don't like that so far the health care plan put forward seems to include mandates but may not include a public option and that it won't take effect for a few more years. There is still time for this plan to be improved upon and I write practically everyday urging my reps to fight for what is best for the working class. Millions of working class families have lost their jobs this past year. Others have had their wages slashed and yet more fear layoffs this year. Think of all the families with children who have lost their health care due to job loss. That is why I would like to see Medicare opened up for all those who have lost their health care due to this economic crisis now as an emergency measure. Otherwise no matter what form reform takes it will leave millions out in the cold.

I also don't like that the bailout plan has been extended for another year. Why is it that big failed businesses can receive help after decimating our economy, squeezing their remaining customers with fees and laying off thousands of workers last year?

I also don't like that we have not closed down Guantanamo. That our troops have not come home from Iraq. That we are expanding the war in Afghanistan.

I voted for Obama. I am proud to have him in office. I like him as a person. I like his family. His election certainly is better than the alternative of having that idiot femme fatale anywhere near a position of power. But I am not happy about many policy decisions that I feel benefit big business and the military industrial complex while leaving the working class out in the cold.