At that time, the law was the result of a Congress where the Democrats had a 79 seat margin in the House and 58 seats in the Senate. That margin was in place for Obama for two solid years.
Most of Obamacare's problems were caused by Democrats (and one independent) who had to be dragged on board.
The first draft out of the Senate was 2,076 pages. It left the Senate at 2,409.
Then there's the Stimulus Bill, Dodd-Frank, the GM takeover, nationalizing the student loan industry, and the payroll tax holiday. All of these qualify nicely as "middle-out" ideas.
I'm well-aware that the mantra for 2014 is going to be "we could have done it if not for those meddling Republicans." I'm watching Detroit being blamed on Republicans right now. But it's important not to start believing your own bullshit.
Got anything of substance to say on economic inequality? Yes, I do. Go back and read it.
Current Events » in reply to "every Democratic policy over the past five years"
Obamacare was signed into law on March of 2010.
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- Okay, I would like to start a thread and I would really like it to stay on topic, if at all possible.
- "Middle-out" Economics.
- Simple, Right to Work Laws
- You might have better luck on Current Events
- Unions, collective bargaining, and the right to strike.
- Yeah, I think we all owe a debt to unions.
- I don't think that is realistic anymore, ER.