Why Is America Allowing Obama To Lead Us Into Socialism?

To see how we got where we are today, just read up on Johnson's Great Society.  Oh, the Left will argue the merits of the 85 failed or failing expensive programs the Great Society brought about and the unbridled freedom of speech craze but inside we know that giving our hard earned dollars away to supposed poor, and bolstering those that have no motivation and drive, can only lead to destruction and Obama is hell bent on destroying America.  Where's his challenge to the illegal immigration?  Where's does he stand on repairing the economy?  He's writing checks our great grandkids can't pay for.  Check out his history, is attitude toward his oath of office, his compliance within the confines of the Constitution, his lack of qualifications, his arogance, and the fact that his campaign promises were as hollow as a chocolate Easter Bunny.  He especially blew of any notion of the transparency in government that he preached.  The media is paying no attention to his past drug history (and if it was a Republican there would be detailed information to the point of slander of the cocaine, pot, and alcohol abuse).  His party is attacking "the people" because they don't want things like the National Health Care program.  He, like Bill Clinton, insists that he's going to implement the socialist health care whether we like it or not because he thinks it's a good idea.  Whether that's what he thinks, or what he's been told to think, is hard to say.  There are a lot of backroom deals being cut in his Chicago style government.  Look at Cash for Clunkers, who's idea was that?  It bumped the normal car sales by a couple of percent by people who will follow this Pied Piper off a cliff.  They think that they're getting something for nothing.  And, it only helped out a half million people, what about the three hundred million?  Why did the taxpayer have to fund such a notion, because it's teasing people with candy.  He has them thinking that there's more candy in the bag and they're lapping it up.  There's fascism in the bag with a totalitarian government sock in the nose later. 

Here we go with the selfish self centered hate speeches.  What is wrong with "socializm"?  Go back to the school books and learn what true socializm really is!  Health care isn't what you think.  I was a single mom, worked 60 hours a week, had no health, dental, or eye care.  Lost my home and equity.  Please, stop with the idea that people that need medical are lazy.  My kids and I went without all care for many years and no raises and no vacation from this job.  I ended up in the hospital to the tune of $60,000 and was told I was going to die.  Why? Couldn't even afford a doctor or presciptions.  My money went for my kids to eat and have a roof.  This crap has to stop as you all sit high and might above it all without true knowledge of what it is like.  It won't cover illegals for crying out loud. Not that I have any hatred for illegals, cause I don't.  Americans are the most productive in the world yet can't afford medical and that just isn't right.  You people need to look into your soul (hoping you have one) and start caring about others.  Being ugly and selfish is horrible and not Christian or any other religion.  All of this manure was spread for social security and medicare.. If you feel so strong about socializm, DON'T  collect either of them.

Well first Obama is not a socialist he is a Democrat. Second why is America allowing him to lead us? The answer is quit simple. Because the majority of voters preferred the Democratic platform over the Republican one in the 2008 elections. This means that the majority of American voters agree with Obama and the Democrats and conversely disagree with Republicans.

Third, there are many, many countries around the world who have currently various degrees of socialistic programs within their governments and they are far from being failed nations. Quite the opposite actually. 

The Health Care bull crap that the obama socialist are trying to make every American swallow has nothing to do with health care but everything to do with the increased speading of commie/socalism - first the banks, then the auto industry now the medical fields.  The Socialist for years have had control of our schools from kindergarden to colleges-indoctrinating, not educating.  Wakeup all you buttheads - obama (notice I do not have any respect even to capatilize his name) is not eve a true US citizen.

America has the best doctors, the best hospitals, and the best medicine in the world right now, so why take a chance on messing it up?

How about because America's health care system is ranked 37th in the world?  47th in life expectancy.  41st in infant mortality.  America pays twice as much per citizen for health care, and we are sicker and die younger than   most of the industrialized countries.

And just what is so urgent that we do it quickly without any thought of the future unforeseen consequences.?

Truman wanted it.  Now, how long has that been?

Healthcare in America can and should be improved but lets not throw out the baby in the bath water. There needs to be some reform but not a complete rewrite of the system by turning it over to government control.

Why do you misstate what's happening?  When, where, what and how is there a "complete" takeover by the government?  A "complete rewrite"?  This is fabrication.  The question is why are there so many lies abounding?  Personally, I blame Obama for failing to get out his message or ideas----although beginning next week there'll be a tidal wave of that.  Maybe it won't be too late.  The lies of complete takeover, death panels killing grandma will be yesterday's news, perhaps, when the real proposals are presented.

1.  no preexisting conditions denials

2.  no jacking up premiums to drive out the sick

3.  no losing your insurance if you lose a job

4.  no being dropped if your illness is deemed too costly

5.  a public option

All of this goes to how a person is insured.  There is NOTHING dealing with the medical community, period, that has anything to make it "government run and controlled."

You never hear any law makes say much about Tort Reform and that is what is driving up the cost.

I hear about this all of the time.  I don't know if it'll be in the proposal or something separate.  It seems to me that it is a separate issue, not directly dealing with getting people access to health insurance.

Our life expectancy is what it is because of our choice of life style with illegal drugs, still smoking, crime, and auto accidents. The same can be said about infant mortality except you can add abortion as part of that.

Factor in the people who have NO primary care.  Factor in the people who end up at the ER or at the end of their disease because there was no prior detection.  An uninsured woman, for example, would not be getting a standard yearly mamogram.....for years.  What are her chances of early detection?  None of this kind of thing occurs in other industrialized countries.

Yes Truman wanted a better healthcare system but America does not trust the government after seeing what they have done with the Post Office,

What, exactly, are the complaints against the Post Office?  Except that a person is supposed to bad mouth it, I don't know of any major complaints I would have.  I can't recall a letter lost.  6 days a week I get mail, don't you, don't others?  Millions of pieces of mail going through hundreds of hands, and arriving in your mailbox.

 Amtrack,

Same question, what are the major complaints of an Amtrack..?

 Social Security, and Medicare.

For its size and longevity, SS is a godsend for millions of Americans.  Ask anyone who is getting Social Security, how they feel about it.  Same for Medicare.  Most people on Medicare, lover their government run health insurance.  Paperwork?  None to hardly none.  Peace of mind?  You bet.  Without Medicare, as many as 40% of the elderly would be without insurance.  What private insurance company do you think would be insuring people who are 65 and older, 75 and older, 80 to 90 year olds?  Think.  Without Medicare, 40% plus of these people would be cared for by?????  And guess what, many of the detractors on this site are on Medicare, and they love it.  Also, many of the detractors on this site will, perhaps, gain an old age of 82.  Who would insure them?  Every industrialized country in the world has a universal health care sytem, where upwards of 90% of the populations rate it good to very good.  Ask Steven Hawking of Great Britain.

 They do not trust the promises made when they look at what was said at the first about Social Security and Medicare as well as the income tax and then look at what it has become today.

You have supplied no specifics, no details, but rather assertions.  Flesh it out in a BIG picture.  Overall, what do people think about Medicare, Social Security?  Anything can be improved, that's a given, but it takes political will.  It will also take political will to reform the current health care system of insuring people have access to health care.  Note, it is ACCESS to health care, nothing to to with reforming, changing, or controlling the medical communities.

Isd'm a single mother with a management position. With what they take out of my check for health care I can barely make ends meet. My son needs to go to the dentist..I don't have the money to take him, he needs a physical, I can't afford it, I have a swollen knee from an injury at work and I can't afford to have it checked out. So my answer is what we had didn't work for everyone so I am in agreement with Obama. Maybe Socialism will work nothing else has. America is in a bad way and we didn't get in that bind this year it started 8 years ago.

hnllg:     Maybe Socialism will work nothing else has. 

It's not socialism.  It's a social program, one of many that America has.