Federal Government should not be in our healthcare business or our retirement accounts

by Mike Van Fossen

Obama started out as President with a boatload of "fundamental changes" in mind, transformational changes!

He began at the top of the list with his number one desire, The Affordable Care Act.

We know that during those first two years the act that has come to be known as Obamacare was passed into law by ONLY Democrats, as they controlled both Houses and the White House.

Great start Democrats, well played!

The mantra became don't oppose President Obama because "He gets what he wants!" Really? What has he gotten since November 2010?

I think the opposition has done a remarkable job keeping President Obama constrained. We often forget the "REAL" things he and the Democrats want.

Let’s review.

Did Obama and the Democrats want a single payer healthcare system? Yes they did! The failed rollout of Obamacare brings us closer to single payer. This change in who pays for healthcare would be substantial, giving the government absolute control of 1/6th of the US economy.

Do they want to get their hands on the Trillions in 401K's and IRA's? Yes they do. These liberals want the government to require that ultimately all Americans buy government annuities instead of saving or investing on their own. The Government could then take these trillions of dollars and redistribute it through their new national retirement system.

Did Obama and the liberals want an "Urban Conservation Jobs Corps” that would rival the size and importance of the combined United States Military? Yes they did! President Obama laid out those plans in a speech including the plan to spend $1Billion on it, once Congress passed the bill.

Did Obama and the Democrats want Comprehensive Immigration Reform? Of course they did!
The Democrat Party is losing many regular Americans, certainly middle class voters, and that could quickly be off set by new Hispanic Citizens. In 2012 nearly 75% of all Hispanic votes went for Obama.

Do not think for a minute they don't have lots of plans, and they are incensed that time is slipping by with only Obamacare as an achievement. Immigration reform and the take over of the retirement accounts are just two of the biggies to come.

I think the plan to build the 100,000 plus Urban Conservation Corps has been withdrawn but hey, "IF" the Democrats could take the House of Representatives back in 2014, it too would be back in plans for those final two years.

The truth is our federal government should not be in our healthcare business, or our retirement accounts. But the only way to get the government out of these areas of our life is to elect Republican Senators. We must take control of the Senate in 2014. Then in 2016 we must elect a republican president that promises on day one, hour one to issue an executive order making Obamacare unenforceable.

Mike Van Fossen  is a contributing writer to Dyed in the Wool Republican.