Just on your point about why the dollar is stronger now than the Euro, it has nothing to do with Obama or even us as a nation. It has everything to do with the fact the U.S. Dollar is the world standard currency by which all things are measured and the fact the euro is plummeting across Europe. Greece is flat broke and simply intends to print more euros. Don't worry, spend em if you got em, we'll just print more. This mindset is causing the Euro's value to fall tremendously which is falsely making our currency appear stronger.
Most things have nothing to do with Obama, the Affordable Care Act was drawn up under the leadership of Ted Kennedy.
The strength of the Dollar has EVERYTHING to do with us as a nation. If our ducks really start falling out of the line, the US Dollar would no longer be in demand and no longer be recognized as the world standard currency. In fact, it was under pressure to lose its status a few times under the Bush administration.
We, (The US) have our share of bankrupt states, and cities. Detroit. The State of California, several times the size of Greece, bigger than the economy of Russia is under constant threat of bancrupcy. City of Stockton ....... The latest is one of biggest possesions, Puerto Rico.
Anyways, we are digressing from the original subject.
Obamacare is a bit socialistic, but it has plusses and minusses. More people are being treated properly today, because insurance companies can no longer dump the sick and take money from the healthy, so it costs more and the rates are going up. Also, in the past insurance companies were under no obligation to publically publish their rate hikes, so if this happened in the past, the OP would not even have known about it. Obamacare does not follow capitalist ways of survival of the fittest, which is sad in a way. However, no one I know here on the board are part of the wealth that belongs to less than 2% of our population, so it is a very deep debatable subject.
Anyway, I am in the camp of those who take care of their stuff. My 09 Busa is still in brand new condition, no-one will touch it or service it but me. I treat my body the same way, by being a competitive athlete, following a careful diet. Health is a choice everyone makes, I can't even remember the last time I needed medical care or medicine. So, in short I really believe in survival of the fittest and have little to no interest in health care.
