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Essay / Essay on Barack Obama - 1476
Barack Obama does not have what it takes to consider himself a real president. Although he has had some successes, President Barack Obama's mistakes outweigh his successes. Obama proved himself to be like every other president the United States has ever had: worthless. President Barack Obama is an unfit president because of his health care plan, his endorsement of NSA surveillance of ordinary American citizens, his failure to pass many beneficial proposals, his lies to Americans, and his its hypocrite. President Barack Obama has proven himself to be an unfit president. in several ways. One of those ways is his health plan, Obamacare. On October 1, 2013, the President announced the creation of the HealthCare.gov website, a health care site intended to make insurance easy and affordable for every citizen of the United States. Because of this health plan, the government was shut down. Republicans disagreed with the plan and refused to approve it, saying it was an unnecessary expense. The government was paralyzed for a total of sixteen days. The Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, so Obamacare was already off to a negative start given that it only took effect in 2013. Besides the late start of the plan, the website also contributed to the failure of a health care plan. Constant error messages appeared as soon as the website was started, so users did not have much success signing up for the program. It was also reported that Obama promised: "If you love your health plan, you can keep it." » was false. Program participants said they had to cancel their doctor of choice and find a new doctor covered by the Obamacare health plan. There...... middle of paper ...... president of the United States, who said it was wrong to get involved with lobbyists (A Pattern Of Concerns | Not Fit To Be Commander in Chief 1 ). In conclusion, Barack Obama did not have what it took to get the country back into the shape it needed. It's understandable that he came to power in a country that had already been messed up by previous presidents, but he offered nothing but empty promises to fix it. President Obama has failed the United States in many ways: Obamacare, allowing the NSA to spy on normal citizens, failing to pass beneficial proposals, lying to America repeatedly, and being hypocritical. His main failure as president would be to lie to the citizens of the country. In one of his famous speeches, Barack Obama declared that it was “time for a change.” This probably isn't the change he expected..