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Obama should focus on his job, not fabrications
The Gazette Opinion Staff
Feb. 8, 2014 1:10 pm
Pretty much every time President Obama talks, the facts are fabricated. Recently, he stated that Obamacare has signed up more than 2 million people but won't tell Americans more than 5 million have lost their coverage because of Obamacare.
Most startling is only 11 percent (Wall Street Journal) of the 2 million were uninsured previously. The basis for Obamacare was to insure those who were not insured previously and was to be a cost-saving program.
Most Americans have been affected in a negative way through cancellations or premium increases. To respond to less than 10 percent of the population - 30 million uninsured - 100 percent of us are paying a heavy price by cancellations and increased costs.
Tack on Internal Revenue Service targeting groups that don't jump on the Obama lovefest that main street media promotes, spying on billions of people every day, sending our troops into harm's way without the belief it will work and, worst of all, the Benghazi cover up where all Americans know that the word “video” needed to be used rather than terrorist attack because it was too close to his re-election. Four Americans lost their lives for this cover-up.
It's time our president starts taking responsibility for numerous issues facing our country and stop bamboozling Americans into thinking it's everybody else's fault - i.e., Congress and Fox TV.
He's five years into his job. Man-up and do what all previous presidents have done, bring people together, Republicans/Democrats. That's your job.
Jim Schmitz
Marion
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