>According to your view that is. But in the real world, it is not black and white.
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>Did it occur to you that if we were indeed "better off" at this time, adopting Obama's plans would lead us right back to where we are today? (or something very similar to it)?

No. Adopting Medicare and Medicaid and military medical care (active duty and retiree - they are not the same systems) all those years ago did not independently lead us to this historical deficit and reliance on foreign loans.