I like the idea when I was in Russia I could go see a doctor for free.
Did you actually see any doctor aside from a general practitioner (ухо, горло, нос) in Russia? Seems that you just like the idea, in reality the healthcare in Russia is pretty much non existant.
Yeah I was sick when I was a kid so I had to stay in hospital every year, and that was free.
Of course I also visited clinics that are paid, and met one of the most nicest doctors.
I guess when I phrased free I over exaggerated, Obama system wants to make insurance affordable or actual doctors. Paying $500 just to visit a doctor is way to much, or a decent insurance that is about $250/month. I mean if you have a full-time job with benefits than yes, it's very cheap. I used to have work with benefits, but when you don't.
I don't see any proof that he supports any of that. I hear him saying he does, but one of his central campaign promises was that he would shut down Guantanamo Bay. Still running strong. He said he'd bring all the troops home. Still plenty over there, and no plan to change that drastically. As has been pointed out, "free" healthcare, isn't.
The collapse may have been inevitable, but what he did was the equivalent of sitting down in the pilot's chair of a falling airplane, and shoving the stick as far forward as it can go. Nearly everything he did hurt the economy.
I do not understand what do you mean by "red" state?
Coming from Russia, I can see how that would be confusing. Some political pundit a few years back marked states on a map in red and blue to show their support for one of the two candidates. Red for Republicans, blue for Democrats. It stuck, so now we call states which consistently vote Republican (like Texas) "red" states, and states which consistently vote Democrat (Like California) "blue" states.
Voting Democrat in a red state is effectively a wasted vote, so I was curious as to why you would do such a thing.
I thought WA was always a blue state. Did I miss out on the news
I know that he said things, but some things things takes time. I am pretty sure if any of us would have become a president we would have to go through congress/ or other places like that before we make a change.
Green energy is a big investment I agree, and it will pay off itself in a decade or so. But it is good for us, for environment. Same reason electric cars gaining popularity.
