Glad I Don't Live In America.

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"Hypocrisy" seems to be universally in fashion, these days.

The American health system is crap, yes.

That's BS. Americans know full well that Canada is pretty much just like the US.

That's not what I said. Fact is Obamacare didn't work for a lot of people.

as i said, because one party does not help me or anybody i know, and that unhelpful [at best] party is the GOP.

But does a person saying their a democrat really mean they get more help though? It's like the democrats have special member cards that gets them more help, compared to republicans, do they? For example if you go into a hospistal, they are not going to say "oh you're democrat, will give you a really huge discount. Unless I am missing something?

The United States isn't the only country to have the whole economic inequality establishment run politics. Many other countries are like that to with countries like the UK and Russia being perfect examples of having similar establishment run politics. Despite all the shootings the United States has it is a very safe country and states like New Hampshire and Maine are the safest (look at total homicides not just gun homicides) despite having extremely lax gun laws. A lot of times in Europe they use something deadlier than a gun to carry attacks, just look at the November 2015 Paris attacks where they used bombs.

the democrats finally were able to overcome reactionary right-wing opposition to extending affordable health care to the working class for the first time ever. that was a big achievement. the GOP doesn't want pofolk to have health care PERIOD.

Depends on which beliefs; I'm still of the opinion that the American political right is more tolerant of heterodox beliefs than the political left in this country, but there are definitely exceptions, immigration hawks can be pretty "with us or against us", for example. Still nothing like the circular firing squads on the left, they can't even joke amongst themselves because they never know what seemingly insane belief will have always been orthodoxy tomorrow, with the associated retroactive cancellation for having violated the previously unknown taboo that everyone now pretends to have always believed in.

My experience with the right is that you can disagree with them on just about everything so long as you occasionally make fun of the liberals and generally vote Republican and you'll get along fine, where as with the liberals you can agree with them about literally everything and vote straight Democrat and still get called out because you used the wrong term (they changed it yesterday but claim it's always been the new thing) or they dug up something you said a few years ago that was fine at the time but is now "problematic". The funny thing with the liberals is that no one is driving the bus, even they don't know where it's going and what's going to be unacceptable tomorrow, which is partly why they've become the party of humorless scolds, they're terrified of their own people turning on them and so are trying to obey a set of rules that haven't even been written yet.

Isn't ObamaCare literally modeled on RomneyCare, which itself came from a Heritage Foundation scheme? Sound like the GOP wanted people to have healthcare, they just didn't want a Democrat to get credit for it.

Personally if I had to move to another country it would be Australia, Canada, New Zealand and maybe Argentina or Chile.

Don't come to Australia or New Zealand.
China is a serious threat to Australia's existence.
And I am not joking.
Military strategists here believe we could be in a kinetic war with China within 5 years especially if there is one between them and America.
We will be collateral damage.

I wish we could just move the the country that suits what we think is the way of life.

Life is pretty tough for overwhelmingly most people, no matter where they live.
When I am gone, I'm not coming back.

But doesn't the GOP want health care for themselves too, or they just do not care about their own health for some reason?

Thank you sir.