Well, I don't think it's as bad as you say. People may not believe in O and all of his policies, but some of them aren't as fearful as people think. Example: universal healthcare won't make you poorer, it will make you richer in a number of ways, including economic. Yes there will be bludgers who only ever see opportunity to take advantage, but the benefits outweigh the downsides IMHO. And you *can* afford it.
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
