re: When was the last time national politics directly effected you?

Odumasscare cost me on healthcare and Trumps tax cuts gave me that much back

Biggest one for me was NAFTA


After it was signed, the company I was working for moved the facility to Mexico. Basically causing me to look for new employment and eventually a new profession

Income taxes increased federally.
OASDI and HI taxes increased federally.
My son forced to pay tax because he doesn't buy medical insurance policy.
I have to pay premium for maternity coverage and abortion bills where I will never ever have a claim.

Just a few.

Every minute of my life

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Seems like today's political climate is focused on issues that are more concept than actuality. Besides infrastructure when was the last time, you had an issue caused by shoddy politicians?

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This is a question that can be a little tricky, because some issues, or perhaps it's better to describe them as a cause and effect dynamic, don't always jump off the page and slap you in the face. They're more subtle, and sometimes you have to think "outside the box" a little bit.

Perfect example. I know I was one of Obama's biggest detractors, but I've honestly believed every word I've ever typed concerning him. In the area of race relations alone, that anti-American, race-baiting community agitator did incalculable damage to this country.

How many people here really believe that race relations are better now than they were pre-Obama? Think back to 2007, and then compare it to the toxic racial environment after 8 years of Obama. Obama race-baited every issue he could get his hands on. Everything from the Cambridge police situation to Trayvon Martin to Ferguson to Baltimore, and so much more. Any time it was perceived (or wrongly perceived) that a white "perpetrator" had killed a black "victim," Obama and either Holder or Lynch were Johnny on the spot, ready to exacerbate racial tensions to the max. Compare that to the way they handled REAL NON-WHITE PERPETRATORS COMMITTING REAL CRIMES in Orlando and San Bernardino, and then tell me that Obama wasn't heavily invested in making Whitey Public Enemy #1.

You honestly think Obama didn't totally destroy black/white relations in this country? Hell, we even had an epidemic of cop assassinations during Obama's last year in office. Mostly by BLM, a group that Obama publicly embraced. That toxic race relations dynamic has carried on after Obama left office, too. Look at all the "white men are bad" commercials. Look at the Jussie Smollett hoax, where Smollett got of scott-free (for now). Look at the Covington High School kids event. Look at the Somali throwing a white child off a 3rd floor balcony at the Mall of America.

Obama has blood on his hands from all of that bullshite and much, much more. So yeah, that's one example of a President who purposely created an ongoing toxic racial environment which has affected ALL OF US.

Trump tax cuts made my paycheck bigger.

ACA caused my personal insurance premiums to first jump over $200 per month and then they dropped my plan altogether and tried to force me on some lesser plan that qualified for whatever metrics they had to hit.

Obamacare/ACA messed up my world bigly.

Those who got health insurance through their employer saw increases, but those who got insurance through the individual market and didn't qualify for the subsidies(like me) got absolutely hammered.

Not me personally,but I know several guys that worked at McDuffie Coal Terminal in Mobile that lost their jobs when 0bammy decided to crack down on the coal industry.

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In the area of race relations alone, that anti-American, race-baiting community agitator did incalculable damage to this country.

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Yep. And he started that shite right at the beginning of his first term. Remember the black Harvard man whom was questioned by the cops because they saw him breaking into a house, didn’t have ID, and refused to cooperate with the police officer?

In a sane world that would’ve been something that everyone just rolled their eyes at and told him to quit his bitching. But no, Obama had to invite him to the White House along with the cop so they could have the famous “beer summit.”

Obama legitimized the ignorant racist (against whites) anti-cop mentality with that action and never stopped stoking that fire for a full eight years. He really was a total POS.