Aulleas123 said:
I can't wait for government mandated car insurance, food services, or dating services. I think that we'll definitely be a lot better with the government telling me who to date and what car insurance I should buy.
No, all states do not require car insurance but they do require financial responsibility to operate a vehicle on the roadway. While not all states require drivers to buy Liability insurance to show financial responsibility, 49 states (plus the District of Columbia) do. New Hampshire is the only state that does not have compulsory auto insurance liability laws, as of June 2010.
So a Federally mandated auto insurance bill wouldn't change much.
The FDA is a government funded food service that protects consumers from eating potentially hazardous food. Their standards are a big reason why (while it's not recommended by any means) you can - if you so choose - eat raw bacon without getting intestinal parasites. American food is some of the safest in the world because of the FDA, and it is also the sole reason why the United States has avoided things like the Thalidomide debacle:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide
Because the FDA doesn't regulate supplements, it's not uncommon for the producers of supplements (whether vitamins or herbal) to not follow any sort of standard procedure, which can result in stuff like this:
Protein Powder having too much heavy metals (Consumer Reports):
Supplements containing wildly variable amounts of vitamins.
Supplements based on "Herbal Remedies" which can be very dangerous: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/prevention/alternative/herbals_theheart.aspx
As for dating services?
I think you're on your own.
To me, it comes down to a very basic question: is health care a right or a privilege? I, for one, believe that it's more of a privilege and so I generally disagree with Obamacare.
This is pretty much the core of the issue. Some people have different ideas of what healthcare is or should be.
Luckily, we live in a Democracy where people can vote to elect people who will hopefully act or not-act on certain issues.
This contradicts what Obama said numerous times during his campaign. Both Obamacare's survival and it's rewording are going to hit his campaign hard in the next few months.
Obama never said he wouldn't raise taxes. Even if he did, every other President who has made similar claims also broke their promises.
Obama did say, once, that Obamacare wasn't a tax - but hasn't explicitly said it wasn't since.