Witnessing the Fundamental Transformation Pt. 1

"We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America." 
 Barack Obama, 5 days before Election Day 2008

The progressive agenda, incrementally moving forward for the past hundred years, and now led by Barack Obama, the most far left president in this nation's history, is now quickly coming to fruition.   Since Obama's reign we have watched the federal government takeover of our health care system, education, and student loans. We watch still as our country is deliberately being divided in so many ways - by class, by race, by gender, by political party. We watch as our freedoms are diminishing - religious expression, speech, privacy. We watch as our economy has been suffering and continues to suffer with insurmountable debt and high unemployment. We watch as our standing in the world is weaker and smaller. The one promise this president is keeping is his fundamental transformation of America.

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM - The Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, as a government-centric law, is a major move towards a single payer system, or socialized medicine.  Obama and the left could call it what they want, but the control over the country's health care system is nothing less than that; once the government controls health care, it controls everything. It is a system which is controlling businesses and how they manage employees via mandates, insurance coverage, workers' hours, number of employees, etc. It is controlling individuals and their families via premiums, doctor choices, hospital choices, and rationing of care. It comprises 1/6 of the country's economy and is raising the debt even further than the unsustainable figure it is at now.  No small item is the collection of private health information which will also be shared with the IRS.  "Socialized medicine is the keystone to the arch of the socialist state"....Vladimir Lenin.

EDUCATION - Common Core, originally offered to states in exchange for needed financial assistance, is the nationalizing of education standards for K-12 students. It is a government-led curriculum which is now viewed by critics as lowering expectations for academic excellence and not at all rigorous (despite claims of raising the bar). Maybe because the purpose is not to create excellence, but to manage education. And, while the curriculum is defined by the federal government, rather than the state and  the local school boards, the data mining on every student will be ongoing. For along with the new standards, comes frequent academic assessments. Personal information gathering about each student and their families will also be done, as well as physiological testing, taking into account behavior, attitudes, persistence, etc. via the use of technological devices such as scans and sensors.  Eventually, the government will have very personal information on every student in the country. It appears now that Common Core will be reaching private schools and home schoolers as well; again, taking away the choice from parents as to how best to educate their own children. 
Joy Pullman, Education Research Fellow at the Heartland Institute stated, “The real goal is social engineering,” Pullmann said, echoing widespread concerns among Common Core critics across the political spectrum. “I don't like to use explosive sorts of things like that, but this is very obvious — the goal is to create a workforce that responds to the needs of the 21st century, as determined by the central planners.”  http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/16647-expert-explores-link-between-federal-data-mining-and-common-core
http://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/education/item/16192-common-core-a-scheme-to-rewrite-education
"Government-controlled schooling is essential to achieving the goals of socialism"...Karl Marx, Communist Manifesto

IMMIGRATION - The President has been talking lately about tackling immigration reform. Already, the Obama administration has chosen not to enforce certain immigration laws already on the books, by directing that ICE not take custody of illegal immigrants arrested by local police, except for the most violent criminals.  The president has also unilaterally implemented portions of the amnesty Dream Act, which Congress had rejected 18 months prior to that. Despite the prohibition against the employment of illegal immigrants, Obama decided that as many as 2 million illegals can stay indefinitely and be given authorization to work here. As he begins to push for comprehensive immigration reform, the impact will be transformational if passed. First of all, legalizing millions of new residents will create pressure on the economy, as government entitlements and social services will be stretched even more. Illegal immigrants tend to be on the low end of the skill spectrum. Having to absorb millions more into the system threatens to weaken this economy further. This could lead to even higher taxes for individuals and businesses. And, we can expect more competition for available jobs for the citizens who are already struggling to find work.

Politically, the GOP stance on low taxes and small government will not attract too many of the millions of new dependents. It is expected there will be 4 million additional voters by 2024 and 17 million by 2036.  If this new voting bloc needs or desires more government services, then the Democrat Party will always have that advantage; the last election was determined by about 4 million votes. Enough said.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2013/07/immigration_race_and_social_conflict.html
http://townhall.com/columnists/iramehlman/2013/01/03/believe-president-obama-on-immigration-he-will-not-enforce-most-laws-even-after-an-amnesty-n1477877/page/full

Yes, Barack Obama is fundamentally transforming the United States of America. In Part 2 we will explore more ways in which he is fulfilling this promise.