Letters: Disagree with judgment on Obama

A recent letter praised President Barack Obama's work with Iran and questioned why his popularity is at an all-time low ["Obama's success in Iran laudable," Dec. 3]. How about the economy, unemployment, Benghazi, The Associated Press and IRS scandals, Syria and Obamacare?

He said people could keep their health insurance when he knew all along that it was a lie. He knew that his own party would never have supported the health care reform without that assurance, and now, the American people no longer trust him.

The president talks about helping the middle class an uncountable number of times, yet five years into his presidency, we are worse off than ever. The middle class is now going to subsidize those who cannot afford health insurance, and at a big price.

John Gelormino, Hicksville
 

The letter writer is very good at making broad generalizations that require more serious scrutiny. He gives President Barack Obama credit for ending the war in Afghanistan, even as we negotiate to keep more troops there. The president is also given credit for killing Osama bin Laden, although the vast majority of the planning and groundwork was done before Obama took office.

As for achieving national healthcare reform, this was done with an ill-planned website, it has barely gotten off the ground, and the actual viability of the program's structure is in serious doubt. The full ramifications of the deal to deter Iran from getting a nuclear weapon,, which keeps much of Iran's nuclear structure intact, are being debated.

Most disturbing is the writer's assertion that "the real problem . . . may be the increasing outdatedness of our two-party congressional form of governance." I suppose he'd prefer a one-party system that runs its will roughshod over the rest of the population? Or a president who is never questioned or opposed?

What some call obstructionism is the crux of the balance of powers the Founding Fathers created.

Frank Aimetti, Hicksville