I think that bradx's point is that Obama's "high spending rate" displayed by his previous term was the result of him fixing the mistakes made by the previous administration.
I personally think it's a tad excessive and recession is not the perfect time to work with social reform and that he should focus on how to improve the financial situation of the country rather than on projects like Obamacare which by proxy are all about giving the nation a service which has zero chances of a "financial return". I'd know - Poland has free healthcare and guess what? It's a bottomless pit, mainly because no matter how much you spend on healthcare, people will always be sick. Even if every single citizen is insured, the treasury still has to chip in and in the grand scheme of things, it merely improves the morale, not the situation.
Now, don't get me wrong - free healthcare is *great*, every citizen should be taken care of by the country, the citizen's well-being is one of the administration's duties, it's simply not the best time to introduce such a system. Social reform should be introduced in times of prosperity, not crisis.
I personally think it's a tad excessive and recession is not the perfect time to work with social reform and that he should focus on how to improve the financial situation of the country rather than on projects like Obamacare which by proxy are all about giving the nation a service which has zero chances of a "financial return". I'd know - Poland has free healthcare and guess what? It's a bottomless pit, mainly because no matter how much you spend on healthcare, people will always be sick. Even if every single citizen is insured, the treasury still has to chip in and in the grand scheme of things, it merely improves the morale, not the situation.
Now, don't get me wrong - free healthcare is *great*, every citizen should be taken care of by the country, the citizen's well-being is one of the administration's duties, it's simply not the best time to introduce such a system. Social reform should be introduced in times of prosperity, not crisis.