I shed a tear as I realized the death of my country has come to pass

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On November 6th my country effectively died. With the election for a second term of Obama it brought about a change for my country that was any thing but good for the country. All of my life I have been taught that hard work will pave the road for the things that you want. Not any more according to Obama you do not have to work and you can sit on your butt all day long while others work to support you. I do not feel that its right or fair for me to have to work harder to support those that are just riding on my coat tails. This type of government is not what makes America a great place this type of government will be the down fall of America. I understand that every one needs healthcare but why should I have to be the one that pays for it. If they need medical then they need to get up and get a job and work for what they want the same as me. I am tired of my country being a hand out to all that want it with nothing in return. I have worked for the same company Qdoba Mexican Grill for the past 3 years. I have bent over backwards to learn the job and to promote my self with in the company. I started out as a prep cook and now I am a manager I have worked hard to get where I am in the company. I have not missed one day in 3 years I am always there and I come in early at every call even covering shifts on my days off. You would think that with a track record like that I would have nothing to worry about however that is not correct. Now that Obama has been reelected things are about to change and to be honest this is not the type of change that my country needs. With the re-election of Obama that means that his obamacare will be going into effect. Basically tying the hands of the employer and forcing them to provide medical coverage to all employees that work over 30 hours a week or 120 hours a month. How can that be bad right every one gets benefits and every one gets quality medical care regardless of the situation well let me tell you my story and you will see how its not good for every one its only good for those that want every thing for free but are not willing to give anything in return. As I said before I have been with the same company for 3 years and work over 40 hours every week. According to Obamacare I would be one of the employees that would be getting benefits. However my employer has had his hands tied and is being forced to do something that will cost the company more than the owner is willing to spend. So the day of the election he had a meeting with all his upper management to discuss how they would deal with obamacare if Obama was to be reelected. This is what they came up with and the sad thing is that I bet there are other business owners that have had the same type of meeting trying to find a way to make it work but realizing that it will never work so this is their solution to this problem. Effective 12/31/12 all employees are to be cut down in hours to below 30 hours a week and to not exceed 120 hours in a month so during the months that have 5 weeks you can basically take a week off of work as you will exceed the 120 hours in that month if you work during that 5th week. So this is what it will look like for me when its all said and done. I will work my 30 hours a week that my employer has available for me and I will not get insurance benefits which means that I will have to provide them for my self and my family however since my hours have been cut by 40+ hours in a month I will not be able to afford the premiums that are required for insurance, so the federal government is going to fine me because I can not afford to get insurance for me and my family, now the IRS is the ones that will be responsible for collecting the fines and you know how they are they always get what’s owed to them. So I will get garnished at my part time job and will be in a worse way with even less money as I won’t ever be able to afford the insurance premiums this will be a cycle constant and forever going. Can’t pay premiums, fine, cant pay fine, pay gets garnished, still can’t pay premiums, etc etc. So with a repeating cycle of never getting ahead always falling behind I will have no choice but to get on food stamps and welfare just to provide food and housing for my family. What it really means? Is that the lazy people continue to get to sit on their butts getting a hand out while the middle class me becomes the poor and the rich get richer. With policy’s like this it’s no wonder that our country is in such debt. This is not the American dream and it sure as heck is not my dream either.