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Obama Says Use Of Military On Domestic Soil ‘Puts The Liberties Of All Americans At Risk’
(www.huffingtonpost.co.uk)
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To be fair, he didn’t actually prosecute Assange and he extended medical benefits to a lot of people who didn’t have it before. When you look at the mess that is US legislature, I’m surprised that he achieved any medical reforms.
Obama was handed a Democratic supermajority, but the dems dropped the idea of a public option right away.
The Dems couldn't hurt their real constituents: the insurance companies. Obamacare was a huge boon to the health insurance industry and their shareholders.
I remember the details quite vividly, as the medical bankruptcy that destroyed my life was started pre-ACA, but finalized post-ACA.
Eh.... To be fair, he did have a period early on when Dems had a supermajority, and he did nothing with it.