"I live on $710.00 a month, what exactly am I supposed to cut?"

[JDPriestly]

228. I like Obama's proposal to create universal pre-school for all

children. In fact, it might be nice if part of that program permitted the hiring of a few grandmothers and grandfathers to assist trained pre-school teachers in the classroom on a part-time basis. With a little training, grandparents could be really helpful. There is a natural rapport between many very small children and young elderly people.

I also support Obama's American Care Act although I would like to see a public option and I would prefer single payer with non-profit provider companies administering the program.

In addition, I agree with Obama on raising the minimum wage. We should shift the burden for healthcare costs and food stamps to the private sector, to employers, especially big, wealthy ones like Walmart. It is two-faced for Republicans to complain about food stamps and Medicaid and then refuse to enact laws that ensure livable wages and benefits for working people.

I do not agree with Obama's stance on whistleblowers. I don't think I know what much of his foreign policy really is, but I like what I see better than what I saw with Bush. (At least so far.)

I do not like Obama's Justice Department's failure to reign in the greed of the big banks and tax cheats who put their money in foreign tax havens.

So, there are things I like about Obama's policies, and things I do not like.

As a person, I like Obama very much. He seems to have a good heart. He listens too much to economic advisers who are heartless and not in touch with ordinary people. Obama is too beholden (as have been most recent presidents) to the 1%. That aspect of his administration is disgusting.