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No progress for the health-insured or the uninsured
FALSE. HE PASSED THE ONLY HEALTH REFORM ACT IN THE COUNTRY'S HISTORY. IT SPECIFICALLY AIMS AT THE UNINSURED AND THE POOR (IT DOES NOTHING FOR THE ALREADY-INSURED MIDDLE CLASS WHO GET INS. THRU EMPLOYER)
No platform to help the poor
SEE ABOVE. (Subsizes health insurance for the poor...if you're middle class, you get no help. If you have lousy ins. through your employer, you get no help. You have to be poor and uninsured.)
ALSO, THE COUNTRY ALREADY HAS MEDICAID (fed gives to states, who implement their own Medicaid programs; states also have varying welfare, food stamps, etc.) THIS IS ONLY FOR THE POOR.
OBAMA CUT INCOME TAXES, SO IF YOU ARE "POOR," BUT NOT POOR ENUF TO GET OUT OF INCOME TAXES, YOU PAY LESS BECAUSE OF OBAMA.
IF YOU LOST YOUR JOB DURING THE LAST RECESSION, OBAMA AND THE DEMS PASSED EXTENSIONS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS....TWICE. OVER THE LOUD SCREAMING OBJECTIONS OF REPUBLICANS.
More of a Divider than Uniter
SUBJECTIVE OPINION. MANY DISAGREE WITH YOU.
Policy favors Individual wealth over the Commonwealth
IT'S NOT PART OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLICY TO BE AGAINST INDIVIDUAL WEALTH. YOU'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT A DIFFERENT POLITICAL PARTY, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT. WE LIVE IN A CAPITALISTIC COUNTRY, WHERE ALL THE LAWS AND RULES ARE GEARING TOWARD PEOPLE AIMING TOWARD THEIR DREAMS ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS. THE DEM. PARTY ALSO BELIEVES IN A NET TO HELP THE MOST DISADVANTAGED, WHEREAS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DOES NOT. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE DEM. PARTY IS AGAINST INDIVIDUAL WEALTH. QUITE THE CONTRARY (thank goodness...I bought a house. My "individual wealth," my "American dream" realized through many years of struggles, adversity, and hard work. It's just a little house. Nothin' fancy. But it's the sort of thing that our country wants to see happen for individuals.)
Guantanomo
I GUESS SOME CARE ABOUT THIS. BUT I DON'T THINK MOST PEOPLE CARE MUCH ABOUT THIS. He should've given this more thought before he made promises re Guantanomo.
Hires corrupt Republican career pols to key posts
I DON'T KNOW OF ANY CONVICTED CRIMINALS HE'S APPTD TO KEY POSTS. Do you have their names?
No resistance to media consolidation
THAT'S NOT THE PROVINCE OF THE PRESIDENCY, ALTHOUGH HE COULD SPEAK ABOUT IT. BUT HE'S GOT A FEW THINGS ON HIS PLATE LATELY.
Diplomacy not a priority
HIS STRENGTH HAS BEEN HIS DIPLOMACY.
No protection for Net Neutrality
YOU THINK HE CAN SIGN AN EXECUTIVE ORDER ON THIS, YOU MEAN? I don't think so. Again, this is not w/in the realm of Presidential duties.
Thinks “reform” only applies to programs for poor and middle class
WHAT PROGRAMS FOR THE POOR AND ONLY MIDDLE CLASS DID HE REFORM, TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS? I'm unaware of any.
Lobbyist Lover
BOTH PARTIES ARE GUILTY. (can you say "Ralph Nader"?)
Estate tax and capital gains tax rates preserved, accelerating consolidation of wealth
THE DEATH TAX STILL EXISTS. As I've mentioned before, capital gains taxes and deductions are the way to get wealthy people's $$$, but people in this forum consistently disagree, thinking it's the main tax % number that matters. It doesn't. CAPITAL GAINS TAX RATES ARE SET TO EXPIRE AT SOME POINT, AT WHICH THEY'LL RETURN TO A HIGHER LEVEL. But it's not only the wealthy that it helps; many retirees live on fixed income from bond funds and such, and they benefit from the lower rates; they are not necessarily wealthy, since that's all they have to live on for decades.
Won’t prosecute war crimes, bank fraud or corruption on Wall St.
WAR CRIMES BY TOP LEVEL PEOPLE ARE ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO PROVE. I don't want the govt spending millions and wasting time pursuing something that's iffy at best, while the global economy is crumbling around us. I DO CARE ABOUT THE BANK FRAUD AND INVESTMENT COMPANY CORRUPTION THAT HASN'T BEEN PROSECUTED. Considering all that they caused...and are continuing to do things NOW that caused the problems...they should be prosecuted. I GUESS THAT IS THE A.G.'S DUTY, and I'm thinking that A.G. isn't very good.
Will prosecute wistleblowers and baseball players
Anyone who breaks the law and there's a good chance they can be prosecuted successfully, should be. Even if you like the alleged criminal.
Unlimited Military budget and no-bid contracts
FALSE: THE MILITARY BUDGET IS NOT UNLIMITED.
Decreases States’ funding, leading to property tax increase and local service cuts
YES, WE ARE OUT OF MONEY, ON BOTH A FEDERAL AND STATE LEVEL. THANK YOU, GEORGE BUSH.
Won’t say NO to entitlement threats
I'LL GRANT YOU THIS ONE. I WANT TO SEE A STRONG POSITION ON THIS.
Massive handouts to Military, Banking and Insurance industries
I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY HANDOUTS TO THE BANKING INDUSTRIES, OTHER THAN MAKING BAILOUTS AND LOANS LIKE THEY DID FOR GM, TO PREVENT AN ECONOMIC COLLAPSE. That's not the same as a "handout" or "welfare." THE HEALTH REFORM ACT, OTOH, is a handout to the ins. industry, IMO.
Offshore drilling regardless of devastating environmental impact
TRUE
Dismantles Education
FALSE
Indefinitely detains suspects without Constitutional rights
Oh, that again.
Allows Banksters to create modern day sharecropping
No response necessary. Not a serious complaint with facts.
Tax Breaks for Billionaires
YES. WE KNOW WHY...SO they could move on and pass three other bills during the lame duck session. But yeah, this was a disappointment. Strategically, I understand why, though. (BTW, it wasn't just for billionaries; it was tax breaks for everyone, but proportionately more for the very wealthy.)
Supports ridiculous CEO compensation at workers’ expense
HUH?
Won’t even talk about making Elections safe and secure
HUH?
Torture. That’s right--torture
HUH?
Outsourcing over job creation
FALSE. Blame Clinton for this.
MIA when Public Employees’ rights and benefits targeted nationwide
GOOD. That was a state issue; our President can't get involved with state issues like that. He DID make a statement about it, though, as did Biden.
Won’t address unaffordable college tuition for most kids
YOU MEAN COLLEGE TUITION CHARGED BY STATES? You want the federal government to get involved in what Texas charges for its colleges? The fed govt subsidizes some tuition, I think, and has cut grants and subsidizing programs, I think. BAD.
Friends with Walmart
SO AM I. I AM NOT EVIL.
Demands “sacrifice” from Working Class Americans, not billionaires
I HAVEN'T HEARD HIM SAY HE WANTS WORKING CLASS TO SACRIFIC BUT NOT BILLIONAIRES.
Free trade, not FAIR trade
HE'S NOT A FREE TRADER.
And this just in...
Building re-election on money, not policy
I have no idea what this means. All politicans need lots of $$$ to run for office, so...you're thinking you don't want Obama to have $$$?
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