Why Hasn’t Obama Given Me Insurance Yet?

November 30, 2009 by Doug Mitchell · 2 Comments
Filed under: News, Red Alert Dossier

I had a chat recently with a small business owner about the use of interactive marketing in her business. I mentioned ORS and our involvement in conservative politics and technology. Two amazing things came from the conversation. Both things blew me away.

When I mentioned that I founded Operation Red State and that we’re helping conservative candidates drive to victory…the business owner was stunned. “Wow I totally thought you were a liberal Democrat.” “Why’s that?” I queried…having never remotely come close to talking politics. “You’re just young and hip and…” She was really shocked. First I’m not that young at 37 and my gray hair most often puts me into the “early 40’s” set when people take random guesses. I know why she assumed this. It’s my use of technology. She equates knowledge and leverage of modern tools with Democrats. She has few reasons to think otherwise…but this is part of our problem and mission at ORS. We’ve met candidates around the nation. Few are under 45 and most see technology as a “thing to do because we have to” not a critical part of the campaign on equal footing as messaging and traditional communications. The business owner went on to explain that she’s an Independent and that led to my next shocking moment.
She explained to me how she was having a chat with her younger twenty something relative. The relative explained how she was putting off purchasing insurance through her employer because Obama said he would provide it. Let that sink in. The relative explained that she didn’t understand why she didn’t have a free insurance plan yet since Obama said he would do that for her. She was dismayed and asked, “Do you think this will happen soon?” Wow. Double Wow. I won’t make blanket generalizations about folks in their early 20’s but this is one key driver of why our President is in office. He drove the youth vote. Think back to your 20’s. Did you buy into what politicians said back then with far less critical analysis than you do today? (On both Red and Blue sides). While I was shocked…I wasn’t surprised that this young person was waiting for her Obamacare policy to kick in at our expense. Or…rather at her expense when she figures out that “single zero” new workforce entrants pay through the nose ring for services that others use. Ah the transition from liberal to conservative. I remember those paychecks getting tagged with a total of 46% factoring in all taxes at that age. Want to show kids how important it is to be a conservative? Pay them enough to be put into the “rich” category right out of school.

Wanted: Young and inexperienced go getter willing to earn $15,000/month gross to demonstrate how fast one can transition from liberal to conservative.