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Love Him Or Hate Him, He Did These Things
Nov 1, 2012 10:16:00 #
Every now and again, I read claims President Obama doesn't have a record to run on. They're wrong. Here's a taste of why:
(Just a couple of) the Obama Administration's accomplishments:
1. The first bill President Obama signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, to help women fight back when they don't get equal pay for equal work.
2. His Recovery Act supported millions of jobs and helped to stave off a second Great Depression.
3. He pushed for and won middle-class tax cuts that benefitted every American worker, and saved the typical family $3,600 in taxes over the last four years.
4. President Obama rescued the auto industry, and now GM and Chrysler are healthier than they've ever been. The American auto industry has added nearly a quarter of a million jobs since June 2009 -- and they most likely wouldn't exist right now without President Obama's leadership.
5. He doubled funding for Pell Grants, helping to make college more affordable for nearly 10 million families.
6. His student loan reform ended billions in subsidies to banks serving as middlemen and reinvested those savings directly into students.
7. The President established the American Opportunity Tax Credit, worth up to $10,000 over four years of college.
8. His Race to the Top Initiative helped spur nearly every state to raise academic standards.
9. His tax cuts, social-welfare programs, and economic policies lifted nearly 7 million Americans above the federal poverty line in 2010.
10. President Obama has signed 18 tax cuts for small businesses since taking office.
11. We've seen 5.2 million new private-sector jobs over the last 31 months.
12. The unemployment rate is at the lowest level since President Obama took office.
13. Health care reform -- passed after decades of failed attempts by every previous President -- provides affordable health coverage to every American and will lower premiums by an average of $2,000 per family by 2019.
14. Obamacare expanded access to lifesaving preventive care such as cancer screenings and immunizations with no out-of-pocket costs for 54 million Americans.
15. Obamacare ends insurance discrimination against the 129 million Americans with pre-existing conditions.
16. Because of Obamacare, over 3 million more young adults have health insurance today than would if the new law hadn't passed.
17. The parents of over 17 million children with pre-existing conditions no longer have to worry that their children will be denied coverage.
18. President Obama has ordered the overhaul of federal government regulations to make them smarter, practical, and more efficient. Just a fraction of these commonsense initiatives will help save businesses $10 billion in the next five years alone.
19. His historic investments in clean energy have helped more than double the amount of electricity we obtain from wind and solar sources and helped increase biofuel production to its highest level in history.
20. President Obama is doubling fuel efficiency standards, which will save drivers more than $8,000 at the gas pump, not to mention lessen the impact of automobiles on our environment.
21. President Obama has taken unprecedented action to address climate change, reaching historic international agreements to curb carbon emissions, and taking action here at home to reduce carbon pollution from our vehicles and promote clean energy production.
22. He has taken historic action to protect our environment -- signing one of the largest expansions of protected wilderness in a generation and putting in place standards to reduce toxic air pollution that will save thousands of lives.
23. President Obama fought for and won landmark Wall Street reform that reins in the abuses that led to the financial crisis and ends the era of taxpayer bailouts and "too big to fail."
24. Wall Street reform created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the nation's first federal agency focused solely on consumer financial protection -- and the Bureau is already protecting families from unfair and abusive financial practices from Wall Street banks and shadowy corners of the financial industry.
25. As part of President Obama's commitment to transparency, the White House has posted its visitor records online for the first time ever.
26. President Obama's all-of-the-above approach to energy has helped cut the United States' dependence on foreign oil to its lowest level in 20 years.
27. President Obama responsibly ended the war in Iraq.
28. He announced a plan to end the war in Afghanistan and transition security responsibility to the Afghan people.
29. President Obama sent the largest security assistance package to Israel in history and funded the Iron Dome system, which is protecting Israeli homes and schools from rocket attacks.
30. President Obama rallied the international community to implement the toughest sanctions on Iran in history.
31. Through the President's historic increases in Veterans Affairs funding, he has expanded and improved healthcare and job training access for our returning veterans.
32. President Obama negotiated the New START Treaty with Russia to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in both countries. At the same time, he also secured commitments from dozens of other countries to lock down nuclear materials.
33. His administration naturalized 11,146 military service members as U.S. citizens in 2010; more than in any year since 1955.
34. President Obama set a bold new plan for the future of NASA space exploration, using the skill and ability of the private sector for short trips to the International Space Station, while building a new vehicle for exploration of distant space, and doing everything in his power to support the economy on Florida's Space Coast.
35. President Obama recognizes that tourism is one of America's largest economic engines; he's worked to encourage international visitors to come here, maintaining our security while keeping millions of Americans in good, paying jobs.
36. He has affirmed his personal support of marriage equality, directed the Justice Department to stop defending DOMA in federal courts, and took the practical and compassionate step of extending hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners.
37. He fought for and won the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, allowing gay and lesbian members of the military to serve openly for the first time in history.
38. When Congress failed to fix our broken immigration system, his administration did everything in its power to improve it, streamlining the legal immigration process and announcing a policy that lifts the shadow of deportation from hard working young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
39. Oh, and he gave the order to send troops in after Osama Bin Laden -- and has decimated al-Qaeda's senior leadership.
(Just a couple of) the Obama Administration's accomplishments:
1. The first bill President Obama signed was the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, to help women fight back when they don't get equal pay for equal work.
2. His Recovery Act supported millions of jobs and helped to stave off a second Great Depression.
3. He pushed for and won middle-class tax cuts that benefitted every American worker, and saved the typical family $3,600 in taxes over the last four years.
4. President Obama rescued the auto industry, and now GM and Chrysler are healthier than they've ever been. The American auto industry has added nearly a quarter of a million jobs since June 2009 -- and they most likely wouldn't exist right now without President Obama's leadership.
5. He doubled funding for Pell Grants, helping to make college more affordable for nearly 10 million families.
6. His student loan reform ended billions in subsidies to banks serving as middlemen and reinvested those savings directly into students.
7. The President established the American Opportunity Tax Credit, worth up to $10,000 over four years of college.
8. His Race to the Top Initiative helped spur nearly every state to raise academic standards.
9. His tax cuts, social-welfare programs, and economic policies lifted nearly 7 million Americans above the federal poverty line in 2010.
10. President Obama has signed 18 tax cuts for small businesses since taking office.
11. We've seen 5.2 million new private-sector jobs over the last 31 months.
12. The unemployment rate is at the lowest level since President Obama took office.
13. Health care reform -- passed after decades of failed attempts by every previous President -- provides affordable health coverage to every American and will lower premiums by an average of $2,000 per family by 2019.
14. Obamacare expanded access to lifesaving preventive care such as cancer screenings and immunizations with no out-of-pocket costs for 54 million Americans.
15. Obamacare ends insurance discrimination against the 129 million Americans with pre-existing conditions.
16. Because of Obamacare, over 3 million more young adults have health insurance today than would if the new law hadn't passed.
17. The parents of over 17 million children with pre-existing conditions no longer have to worry that their children will be denied coverage.
18. President Obama has ordered the overhaul of federal government regulations to make them smarter, practical, and more efficient. Just a fraction of these commonsense initiatives will help save businesses $10 billion in the next five years alone.
19. His historic investments in clean energy have helped more than double the amount of electricity we obtain from wind and solar sources and helped increase biofuel production to its highest level in history.
20. President Obama is doubling fuel efficiency standards, which will save drivers more than $8,000 at the gas pump, not to mention lessen the impact of automobiles on our environment.
21. President Obama has taken unprecedented action to address climate change, reaching historic international agreements to curb carbon emissions, and taking action here at home to reduce carbon pollution from our vehicles and promote clean energy production.
22. He has taken historic action to protect our environment -- signing one of the largest expansions of protected wilderness in a generation and putting in place standards to reduce toxic air pollution that will save thousands of lives.
23. President Obama fought for and won landmark Wall Street reform that reins in the abuses that led to the financial crisis and ends the era of taxpayer bailouts and "too big to fail."
24. Wall Street reform created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, the nation's first federal agency focused solely on consumer financial protection -- and the Bureau is already protecting families from unfair and abusive financial practices from Wall Street banks and shadowy corners of the financial industry.
25. As part of President Obama's commitment to transparency, the White House has posted its visitor records online for the first time ever.
26. President Obama's all-of-the-above approach to energy has helped cut the United States' dependence on foreign oil to its lowest level in 20 years.
27. President Obama responsibly ended the war in Iraq.
28. He announced a plan to end the war in Afghanistan and transition security responsibility to the Afghan people.
29. President Obama sent the largest security assistance package to Israel in history and funded the Iron Dome system, which is protecting Israeli homes and schools from rocket attacks.
30. President Obama rallied the international community to implement the toughest sanctions on Iran in history.
31. Through the President's historic increases in Veterans Affairs funding, he has expanded and improved healthcare and job training access for our returning veterans.
32. President Obama negotiated the New START Treaty with Russia to reduce the number of nuclear weapons in both countries. At the same time, he also secured commitments from dozens of other countries to lock down nuclear materials.
33. His administration naturalized 11,146 military service members as U.S. citizens in 2010; more than in any year since 1955.
34. President Obama set a bold new plan for the future of NASA space exploration, using the skill and ability of the private sector for short trips to the International Space Station, while building a new vehicle for exploration of distant space, and doing everything in his power to support the economy on Florida's Space Coast.
35. President Obama recognizes that tourism is one of America's largest economic engines; he's worked to encourage international visitors to come here, maintaining our security while keeping millions of Americans in good, paying jobs.
36. He has affirmed his personal support of marriage equality, directed the Justice Department to stop defending DOMA in federal courts, and took the practical and compassionate step of extending hospital visitation rights to same-sex partners.
37. He fought for and won the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, allowing gay and lesbian members of the military to serve openly for the first time in history.
38. When Congress failed to fix our broken immigration system, his administration did everything in its power to improve it, streamlining the legal immigration process and announcing a policy that lifts the shadow of deportation from hard working young immigrants brought to the U.S. as children.
39. Oh, and he gave the order to send troops in after Osama Bin Laden -- and has decimated al-Qaeda's senior leadership.
Nov 1, 2012 11:18:34 #
Nov 1, 2012 14:34:10 #
Whew! Put your shovel down, Repoman, you must be tired after digging up all this nothing.
The Auto Industry Bailout:
GM would have been better served by going through normal bankruptcy procedures, as originally intended, which would have allowed financial reorganization AND renegotiating union contract which were, in fact, driving them to bankruptcy. Naturally, Obama could not allow this to happen. So his plan elevates the UAW even further than before, and strengthens its death-grip thereby insuring GM's eventual demise. Meanwhile GM is expanding its' production in China, FOR the Chinese market.
Oh, and el-Qaeda is up and running, and stronger than ever.
Thanks, Obama...U da Man!
The Auto Industry Bailout:
GM would have been better served by going through normal bankruptcy procedures, as originally intended, which would have allowed financial reorganization AND renegotiating union contract which were, in fact, driving them to bankruptcy. Naturally, Obama could not allow this to happen. So his plan elevates the UAW even further than before, and strengthens its death-grip thereby insuring GM's eventual demise. Meanwhile GM is expanding its' production in China, FOR the Chinese market.
Oh, and el-Qaeda is up and running, and stronger than ever.
Thanks, Obama...U da Man!
Nov 1, 2012 14:36:08 #
But you forgot putting us 17 TRILLION dollars in debt.
I can do that in my house also
1. Buy a 60 inch television for each room
2. Buy a new car for everyone in the family
3. Max out my credit cards for trips and luxury items.
Opps I forgot - Who the hell is going to pay for all that ?
Sarge69 :shock: :shock:
I can do that in my house also
1. Buy a 60 inch television for each room
2. Buy a new car for everyone in the family
3. Max out my credit cards for trips and luxury items.
Opps I forgot - Who the hell is going to pay for all that ?
Sarge69 :shock: :shock:
Nov 1, 2012 14:41:14 #
Nov 1, 2012 14:49:15 #
I taught one of my granddaughters to announce under certain conditions that she had Obama diapers.
If I had looked sufficiently carefully at her Obama diapers, I think that I may have found that list.
If I had looked sufficiently carefully at her Obama diapers, I think that I may have found that list.
Nov 1, 2012 15:36:28 #
Remoman wrote:
Every now and again, I read claims President Obama... (show quote)
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Nov 1, 2012 15:59:32 #
Remoman,
That post was totally unfair to right wing conservatives. It is full of facts that they can't dispute so they'll have to resort to calling it socialism, even though 7 out of 10 conservatives can't define socialism.
When that doesn't work, they'll simply have to insult you.
Please in the future eliminate all facts from your postings so that the conservatives and you will be on equal ground.
That post was totally unfair to right wing conservatives. It is full of facts that they can't dispute so they'll have to resort to calling it socialism, even though 7 out of 10 conservatives can't define socialism.
When that doesn't work, they'll simply have to insult you.
Please in the future eliminate all facts from your postings so that the conservatives and you will be on equal ground.
Nov 1, 2012 16:21:54 #
Kit Lens wrote:
Remoman,
That post was totally unfair to right wing conservatives. It is full of facts that they can't dispute so they'll have to resort to calling it socialism, even though 7 out of 10 conservatives can't define socialism.
When that doesn't work, they'll simply have to insult you.
Please in the future eliminate all facts from your postings so that the conservatives and you will be on equal ground.
That post was totally unfair to right wing conservatives. It is full of facts that they can't dispute so they'll have to resort to calling it socialism, even though 7 out of 10 conservatives can't define socialism.
When that doesn't work, they'll simply have to insult you.
Please in the future eliminate all facts from your postings so that the conservatives and you will be on equal ground.
Just heard a CNN report that smoke has been seen coming out of conservatives ears.
Nov 1, 2012 16:47:06 #
Rush Limbaugh's blood pressure hit a new Guinness Book of World Records high because Governor Christie complemented the President for the response to the disaster here on the east coast. Then to make matters worse Mayor Bloomberg who's a Republican endorsed President Obama siting his positions on Climate Change.
Meanwhile Governor Romney scoffed at the President's views on Climate Change and joked that he thought he would lower the ocean. Doesn't seem funny now, does it Governor?
Meanwhile, "You doing a heck av a job" Brownie criticized the President for acting too quickly. Brownie said he'd come to New York but he needs to handle that Katrina thing first.
Meanwhile Governor Romney scoffed at the President's views on Climate Change and joked that he thought he would lower the ocean. Doesn't seem funny now, does it Governor?
Meanwhile, "You doing a heck av a job" Brownie criticized the President for acting too quickly. Brownie said he'd come to New York but he needs to handle that Katrina thing first.
Nov 1, 2012 17:13:30 #
Funny how most of these"facts" are just opinions....The Auto "bailout" was done the way it was to protect the several Thousand GM workers as opposed to the several Million investors who held GM stock. Anyone, and that includes many State & local Unions, 401K plans took a hit because of the way the bailout was structured, favoring the UAW . In a normal bankruptcy, the investors are protected class, not the employees....I'd be leery of investing in GM stock because of the way it was handled...We hear about how good GM is doing, but if you look at their stock prices, it's a different story. The Feds still own a bunch of GM stock but won't sell it until the prices goes up enough for them to recoup what they put out...As for transparency, what a joke, ACA hammered out behind closed doors with only Democrats in attendance, Benghazi, et al......This list is pitiful, just like the Democratic Party...
Kit Lens wrote:
Remoman,
That post was totally unfair to right wing conservatives. It is full of facts that they can't dispute so they'll have to resort to calling it socialism, even though 7 out of 10 conservatives can't define socialism.
When that doesn't work, they'll simply have to insult you.
Please in the future eliminate all facts from your postings so that the conservatives and you will be on equal ground.
That post was totally unfair to right wing conservatives. It is full of facts that they can't dispute so they'll have to resort to calling it socialism, even though 7 out of 10 conservatives can't define socialism.
When that doesn't work, they'll simply have to insult you.
Please in the future eliminate all facts from your postings so that the conservatives and you will be on equal ground.
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Nov 1, 2012 17:20:39 #
Remoman,I see you left out his most important accomplishment of all. How could you?
President Obama left four Americans behind! President Obama left four Americans behind! If your going to make a list, don't forget the important ones!
President Obama left four Americans behind! President Obama left four Americans behind! If your going to make a list, don't forget the important ones!
Nov 1, 2012 17:20:47 #
Kit Lens wrote:
Rush Limbaugh's blood pressure hit a new Guinness ... (show quote)
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Nov 1, 2012 17:22:44 #
One thing he's done right & you're making him out to be a Saint....Laughable....Bloomberg isn't a Republican, he's just a Democrat in disuse. Look at his recent policy initiatives & it shows that to be the case...As for Brownie, I haven't read his comments, but Mayor Nagin was just as complicit if not more so with Katrina, not calling for a mandatory evacuation & then bitching when help didn't come as fast as he hoped...Plus the idiots who stay behind when told to evacuate in any circumstance like these deserves no sympathy, help, but not sympathy..
Kit Lens wrote:
Rush Limbaugh's blood pressure hit a new Guinness ... (show quote)
Nov 1, 2012 17:23:21 #
Wizz wrote:
Remoman,I see you left out his most important accomplishment of all. How could you?
President Obama left four Americans behind! President Obama left four Americans behind! If your going to make a list, don't forget the important ones!
President Obama left four Americans behind! President Obama left four Americans behind! If your going to make a list, don't forget the important ones!
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