11 reasons to vote Democrat in November

[zzzz]

I don't vote party lines but select the candidates which most fits my views. But I guess that is so passé anymore.

 

[code1211]

Here's what I'm gonna remember in November
High gas prices

Of which they'd be higher if Obama hadn't released some of our strategic oil reserves.
Of which future gas prices would be higher if Democrats and Obama had not increased fuel standards.

High energy prices

And if you are in a GOP state that deregulated energy utilities you'd have 30% higher costs then if you were in a Liberal state. And of which due to Obama/democrat energy efficiency programs consumers will save hundreds of billions of dollars a year


Of which Global warming alone in 2009 destroyed millions of acres of crops causing food prices to increase by tens of billions of dollars


Of which thanks to ObamaCare if you are 65+ your prescription costs will fall by 50%. And of which if you are 65 below your costs will be less due to a 2 year patent decrease

High insurance prices

Of which would be 20-40% higher if it was not for Obamacare, and of which if you do not get health care from your employer you health costs will be lowered to only around 9% of your total income

democrat 16 trillion dollar debt

Of which 10% is due to Obama policies, and of which will be reduced by Obamacare (which the GOP wants to eliminate), would of been reduced by The import-export bank (of which the GOP killed), wiull be reduced because of Military cuts to F-22 planes and other equipment the military does not want (of which the GOP refuses to cut) would also be reduce by two anti-off shoring bills that the GOP voted against and reduced by the Food saftey bill that the GOP wants to eliminate, and Dodd-Frank that makes bailout banks pay for their bailouts (GOP wants to eliminate this) and will be reduced by increased fines enacted by Obama, reduce by removing wasteful bank subsides for student loans, would be further reduced by eliminating corporate welfare which the GOP opposes, would be reduce by making millionaires pay at least the same taxes as middle class Americans (GOP opposes this as well), would of been reduced by IRS funding cracking down on rich tax cheats (GOP removed this funding).


So if you really cared about the things you cited you'd vote Democrat, that is unless you're a dumbass

Is this naturally occurring or does it require drugs?

 

[Robert_Stephens]

(No wonder the rw's never try to post a link to Republican "accomplishments"!
There aren't any!)




You left out the most important one. They have made available the unemployment compensation to the people that used to fill the 3,800,000 jobs that have disappeared over the last 4 years.

Perfect. Indeed!

Robert

 

[WillowTree]

Here's what I'm gonna remember in November
High gas prices

Of which they'd be higher if Obama hadn't released some of our strategic oil reserves.
Of which future gas prices would be higher if Democrats and Obama had not increased fuel standards.

High energy prices

And if you are in a GOP state that deregulated energy utilities you'd have 30% higher costs then if you were in a Liberal state. And of which due to Obama/democrat energy efficiency programs consumers will save hundreds of billions of dollars a year


Of which Global warming alone in 2009 destroyed millions of acres of crops causing food prices to increase by tens of billions of dollars


Of which thanks to ObamaCare if you are 65+ your prescription costs will fall by 50%. And of which if you are 65 below your costs will be less due to a 2 year patent decrease

High insurance prices

Of which would be 20-40% higher if it was not for Obamacare, and of which if you do not get health care from your employer you health costs will be lowered to only around 9% of your total income

democrat 16 trillion dollar debt

Of which 10% is due to Obama policies, and of which will be reduced by Obamacare (which the GOP wants to eliminate), would of been reduced by The import-export bank (of which the GOP killed), wiull be reduced because of Military cuts to F-22 planes and other equipment the military does not want (of which the GOP refuses to cut) would also be reduce by two anti-off shoring bills that the GOP voted against and reduced by the Food saftey bill that the GOP wants to eliminate, and Dodd-Frank that makes bailout banks pay for their bailouts (GOP wants to eliminate this) and will be reduced by increased fines enacted by Obama, reduce by removing wasteful bank subsides for student loans, would be further reduced by eliminating corporate welfare which the GOP opposes, would be reduce by making millionaires pay at least the same taxes as middle class Americans (GOP opposes this as well), would of been reduced by IRS funding cracking down on rich tax cheats (GOP removed this funding).


So if you really cared about the things you cited you'd vote Democrat, that is unless you're a dumbass

I will never be so dumb as to vote democrat,, but you go right ahead. we're a hellavua lot worse off since you dimocrats took power and that ain't no bull

shit.

 

[starcraftzzz]

All true. =$4,300,000,000,000 and counting, all borrowed and that IS FUCKING DEBT YOU CRAZY ASSHOLE.

First off new Debt under budget passed by Obama is only around 3.3trillion dollars. SO either you can do basic math or you are to stupid to realize that the 2009 fiscal year budget was passed by Bush. Second a vast majority of the new debt is due to the financial crises, the Bush wars and other Bush policies.
3rd the biggest increase in Debt from Obama was from the stimulus package which created 4 million jobs and over 10 years will save the economy 3-5times more then it cost.

Then, he "cuts" NASA later to find it is one of the most productive agencies, spinoffs and effect industries totalling more $billions and $billions in new tax revenue for Gov coffers in taxes.

Actually NASA spending has increased under Obama
Budget of NASA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

^Obama made it so companies that work with the government have to disclose political contributions Why?

To increase transparency.

This fucking asshole is a Social-communist and is driving us to ruin. And you, so you know lefty puke, $20,000,000,000,000 is the mathematical cutoff!! I'll explain that later.

Yes I do realize that you blame Obama for shit he didn't do and have no real reason to dislike him except for empty rhetoric about how hes a social communist. But given that you are a Republican I realize your brain can't think far enough to have reasons to dislike a president

I am outraged!

Robert

Hopefully you are outraged about your massive stupidity.

 

[Robert_Stephens]

First off new Debt under budget passed by Obama is only around 3.3trillion dollars. SO either you can do basic math or you are to stupid to realize that the 2009 fiscal year budget was passed by Bush. Second a vast majority of the new debt is due to the financial crises, the Bush wars and other Bush policies.

You liberal brainless fuck, that is FUCKING COUNTING!!!!!!!!!!!IT IS NOW 4.+++ trillion.

Jesus, liberals are totally insane as well as totally illiterate.

Robert

 

[starcraftzzz]

Here's what I'm gonna remember in November
High gas prices

Of which they'd be higher if Obama hadn't released some of our strategic oil reserves.
Of which future gas prices would be higher if Democrats and Obama had not increased fuel standards.

And if you are in a GOP state that deregulated energy utilities you'd have 30% higher costs then if you were in a Liberal state. And of which due to Obama/democrat energy efficiency programs consumers will save hundreds of billions of dollars a year


Of which Global warming alone in 2009 destroyed millions of acres of crops causing food prices to increase by tens of billions of dollars


Of which thanks to ObamaCare if you are 65+ your prescription costs will fall by 50%. And of which if you are 65 below your costs will be less due to a 2 year patent decrease


Of which would be 20-40% higher if it was not for Obamacare, and of which if you do not get health care from your employer you health costs will be lowered to only around 9% of your total income

democrat 16 trillion dollar debt

Of which 10% is due to Obama policies, and of which will be reduced by Obamacare (which the GOP wants to eliminate), would of been reduced by The import-export bank (of which the GOP killed), wiull be reduced because of Military cuts to F-22 planes and other equipment the military does not want (of which the GOP refuses to cut) would also be reduce by two anti-off shoring bills that the GOP voted against and reduced by the Food saftey bill that the GOP wants to eliminate, and Dodd-Frank that makes bailout banks pay for their bailouts (GOP wants to eliminate this) and will be reduced by increased fines enacted by Obama, reduce by removing wasteful bank subsides for student loans, would be further reduced by eliminating corporate welfare which the GOP opposes, would be reduce by making millionaires pay at least the same taxes as middle class Americans (GOP opposes this as well), would of been reduced by IRS funding cracking down on rich tax cheats (GOP removed this funding).


So if you really cared about the things you cited you'd vote Democrat, that is unless you're a dumbass

Is this naturally occurring or does it require drugs?

Nope know facts and reality has nothing to do with drugs its a result of having a brain of which I'm sorry we can't get you one

 

[starcraftzzz]

You liberal brainless fuck, that is FUCKING COUNTING!!!!!!!!!!!IT IS NOW 4.+++ trillion.

Jesus, liberals are totally insane as well as totally illiterate.

Robert

Nope it is only 3.3 trillion of which 3.3 does not equal 4. I mean really robert this is 1st grade math.
Government - Debt to the Penny (Daily History Search Application)

 

[Mr. H.]

(No wonder the rw's never try to post a link to Republican "accomplishments"!
There aren't any!)

Happy reading:

http://contenbt.clearchannel.com/cc-common/mlib/12369/03/12369_1331401414.pdf
Obama Administration’s Achievements (Thus Far) » Obama's Achievements Center
What the heck has Obama done so far?

In case you needed a few other examples of what President Obama has accomplished I put together a list below:

Extended child tax credits and marriage-penalty fixes
Created an Advanced Manufacturing Fund to invest in peer-reviewed manufacturing processes
Required economic justification for tax changes
Implemented “Women Owned Business” contracting program
Changed standards for determining broadband access
Established a credit card bill of rights
Expanded loan programs for small businesses
Extended the Bush tax cuts for lower incomes
Extended the 2007 Alternative MinimumTax patch
Closed the “doughnut hole” in Medicare prescription drug plan
Expanded the Senior Corps volunteer program
Required insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions
Gave tax credits to those who need help to pay health premiums
Required large employers to contribute to a national health plan
Required children to have health insurance coverage
Expanded eligibility for Medicaid
Expanded eligibility for State Children’s Health Insurance Fund (SCHIP)
Required health plans to disclose how much of the premium goes to patient care
Established an independent health institute to provide accurate and objective information
In non-competitive markets, forced insurers to pay out a reasonable share of their premiums for patient care
Eliminated the higher subsidies to Medicare Advantage plans
Expanded funding to train primary care providers and public health practitioners
Increased funding to expand community based prevention programs
Reinstated executive order to hire an additional 100,000 federal employees with disabilities within five years.
Increased the Veterans Administration budget to recruit and retain more mental health professionals
Expanded the Veterans Administration’s number of “centers of excellence” in specialty care
Appointed a special adviser to the president on violence against women
Fully funded the Violence Against Women Act
Directed military leaders to end war in Iraq
Began removing combat brigades from Iraq
Created a military families advisory board
Ended the abuse of supplemental budgets for war
Made U.S. military aid to Pakistan conditional on anti-terror efforts
Opened “America Houses” in Islamic cities around the globe
Allocated Homeland Security funding according to risk
Created a real National Infrastructure Protection Plan
Increased funding for local emergency planning
Extended monitoring and verification provisions of the START I Treaty
Appointed a White House Coordinator for Nuclear Security
Initiated a grant and training program for law enforcement to deter cyber crime
Improved relations with Turkey, and its relations with Iraqi Kurds
Launched an international Add Value to Agriculture Initiative (AVTA)
Created a rapid response fund for emerging democracies
Granted Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send money to Cuba
Restored funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne/JAG) program
Established an Energy Partnership for the Americas
Expanded the Nurse-Family Partnership to all low-income, first-time mothers
Required new hires to sign a form affirming their hiring was not due to political affiliation or contributions.
Provided affordable, high-quality child care
Recruited math and science degree graduates to the teaching profession
Reduced subsidies to private student lenders and protect student borrowers
Encouraged water-conservation efforts in the West
Increased funding for national parks and forests
Increased funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund
Encouraged farmers to use more renewable energy and be more energy efficient
Expanded Pell grants for low-income students
Pursued a wildfire management plan
Removed more brush, small trees and vegetation that fuel wildfires
Expanded access to places to hunt and fish
Pushed for enactment of Matthew Shepard Act, which expands hate crime law to include sexual orientation and other factors
Repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy
Restored funding to the EEOC and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs
Reformed mandatory minimum sentences
Created a White House Office on Urban Policy
Fully funded the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Established program to convert manufacturing centers into clean technology leaders
Established ‘Promise Neighborhoods’ for areas of concentrated poverty
Worked toward deploying a global climate change research and monitoring system
Funded a major expansion of AmeriCorps
Created a Social Investment Fund Network
Bolstered the military’s ability to speak differentlanguages
Appointed the nation’s first Chief Technology Officer
Provided grants to early-career researchers
Worked to overturn Ledbetter vs. Goodyear
Created a national declassification center
Appointed an American Indian policy adviser
Created new financial regulations
Increased funding for land-grant colleges
Banned lobbyist gifts to executive employees
Signed a “universal” health care bill
Created new criminal penalties for mortgage fraud
Required 10 percent renewable energy by 2012
Released oil from Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Raised fuel economy standards
Invested in all types of alternative energy
Enacted tax credit for consumers for plug-in hybrid cars
Asked people and businesses to conserve electricity
Required more energy-efficient appliances
Created a ‘Green Vet Initiative’ to promote environmental jobs for veterans
Created job training programs for clean technologies
Required states to provide incentives for utilities to reduce energy consumption
Supported high-speed rail
Supported airline service in small towns
Invested in public transportation
Equalized tax breaks for driving and public transit
Considered “smart growth” in transportation funding
Shared environmental technology with other countries
Doubled federal spending for research on clean fuels
Provided grants to encourage energy-efficient building codes
Increased funding for the Environmental Protection Agency
Raised the small business investment expensing limit to $250,000 through the end of 2009
Extended unemployment insurance benefits and
temporarily suspend taxes on these benefits
Supported network neutrality on the Internet
Reversed restrictions on stem cell research
Killed Osama bin Laden
Doubled funding for the Manufacturing Extension Partnership, a program that encourages manufacturing efficiency
Included environmental and labor standards in trade agreements
Created an international tax haven watch list
Made permanent the Research & Development tax credit
Required automatic enrollment in 401(k) plans
Required automatic enrollment in IRA plans
Created a consumer-friendly credit card rating system
Created a $60 billion bank to fund roads and bridges
Required full disclosure of company pension investments to employees
Provided easy-to-understand comparisons of the Medicare prescription drug plans
Invested in electronic health information systems
Phased in requirements for health information technology
Required that health plans utilize disease management programs
Required providers to report measures of health care costs and quality
Held hospitals and health plans accountable for disparities in care
Implemented and funded proven health intervention programs
Prevented drug companies from blocking generic drugs
Allowed Medicare to negotiate for cheaper drug prices
Worked with schools to create more healthful environments for children
Improved recruitment of public health workers
Mandated insurance coverage of autism treatment
Fully funded the Combating Autism Act and Federal Autism Research Initiatives
Doubled federal funding for cancer research
Increased participation in cancer-related clinical trials
Fully funded the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
Set a national goal to provide re-screening for all 2-year-olds for developmental disorders
Commissioned a study on students with disabilities and their transition to jobs or higher education
Set goals and timetables for implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act
Created a best practices list for private businesses in accommodating workers with disabilities
Launched educational initiative for employers on tax benefits of hiring employees with disabilities
Reduced the threshhold for the Family and Medical Leave Act from companies with 50 employees to companies with 25 employees
Provided a $1.5 billion fund to help states launch programs for paid family and medical leave
Required employers to provide seven paid sick days per year
Streamlined the Social Security disability approval process
Expanded Veterans Centers in rural areas
Established standards of care for traumatic brain injury treatment
Made the Veterans Administration a national leader in health reform
Reduced the Veterans Benefits Administration claims backlog
Instituted electronic record-keeping for the Veterans Benefits Administration
Expanded housing vouchers program for homeless veterans
Launched a supportive services-housing program for veterans to prevent homelessness
Expanded the Family Medical Leave Act to include leave for domestic violence or sexual assault
Fully funded debt cancellation for heavily indebted poor countries
Created a fund for international small and medium enterprises (SME)
Launched robust diplomatic effort with Iraq and its neighbors
Provided $30 billion over 10 years to Israel
Limited Guard and Reserve deployments to one year for every six years
Ended the “Stop-Loss” program of forcing troops to stay in service beyond their expected commitments
Fully and properly equipped troops
Created a Civilian Assistance Corps that would organize private sector professionals to help in times of need
Included humanitarian international missions in long-term budgeting
Reviewed weapons programs
Modernized ships and invested more in small vessels
Set standards for when the government should hire defense contractors
Restored the government’s ability to manage contracts by rebuilding our contract officer corps
Created a system of incentives and penalties for defense contracts
Establish a Global Education Fund
Strengthened the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) aimed at stopping spread of weapons of mass destruction
Organized successful Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in 2010
Expanded federal bioforensics program for tracking biological weapons
Developed a comprehensive cyber security and response strategy
Mandated standards for securing personal data
Required companies to disclose personal information data breaches
Worked to persuade the European Union to end credit guarantees to Iran
Seek to negotiate a political agreement on Cyprus
Restructured and streamlined USAID
Increased the size of the foreign service
Urged China to stop manipulation of its currency value
Pressed China to end its support for regimes in Sudan, Burma, Iran and Zimbabwe
Created a public “Contracts and Influence” database
Required Cabinet officials to host Internet town hall meetings
Conducted regulatory agency business in public
Promoted more pre-school education
Expanded Early Head Start and Head Start
Reformed No Child Left Behind
Doubled funding for Federal Charter School Program and require more accountability
Addressed the dropout crisis by giving schools incentives for more dropout prevention
Created Teacher Residency Programs that will send teachers to high-need schools
Expanded teacher mentoring programs and provide incentives for more planning time
Promoted innovative ways to reward good teachers
Simplified the application process for financial aid
Increased the number of high school students taking college-level courses
Created incentives for tree planting and promote carbon sequestration
Improved water quality
Regulated pollution from major livestock operations
Strengthened federal environmental justice programs
Increased funding for organic and sustainable agriculture
Partnered with landowners to conserve private lands
Created a community college partnership program
Increased funding for progams that conserve lands and habitat for select species such as the Osceola turkey
Supported wetlands protection
Promoted economic development in Mexico
Supported repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
Vigorously pursued hate crimes and civil rights abuses
Signed the Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act into law
Supported regional innovation clusters
Helped low-income areas get phone and Internet service
Created a Homeowner Obligation Made Explicit (HOME) score for mortgage comparisons
Increased the supply of affordable housing throughout metropolitan regions
Invested in transitional jobs and career pathway programs
Fully funded the COPS program
Improved emergency response plans
Capped interest rates on payday loans and improve disclosure
Expanded public/private partnerships between schools and arts organizations
Improved climate change data records
Supported improved weather prediction program
Offered prizes for advances in consumer technology
Encouraged contests and programs to interest students in science
Increased research opportunities for college students
Strengthened the levees in New Orleans
Directed revenues from offshore oil and gas drilling to increased coastal hurricane protection
Shook loose federal money for rebuilding the Gulf Coast

Lookit - another rw who cannot point to even one repub accomplishment.

Point to a REAL obamaturd accomplishment, you can't, not one that is good for America.

I can dumbass
--------------------------------Economy other

^Put forth tariffs on foreign goods coming from countries who have tariffs and “un-fair” trade policies (such as dumping, and predatory prices)

^Put tariffs on Chinese solar cells

^Freddie Mac will grant a 1 year mortgage payment breaks for homeowners who have become unemployed

^Extender minimum wage and overtime laws to include in-home care workers for 2 million workers.

^Eliminated the presidential coins which will save 3 billion every 10 years

^Expanded “federal marketing order/check-off program” to include Christmas trees, which creates $5.7-$14.4 dollars in benefits for commodious growers for every dollar spent

^Provided employers a tax cut of 230 dollars per year for workers who use public transportation.

^Expanded unemployment benefits

^Passed patient reform which reduced the time it takes to get a patient through.

^Provided around 10,500 in aid for 5 years to homeowners to refinance their mortgages.

^Created NEI to provide support programs for SME’s in exporting.

^Allowed around 2 million home owners to refinance their mortgages.

^Improved access to credit for small business, and exporters.

^Barred government contracts going toward firms who have violated tax laws.

^Included antitrust laws to include meat companies, and meat packaging companies.

^Invested 50 billion into high speed rail which produces a benefit cost ratio of over 2:1

^Obama increased AmeriCoprs spending by 4 billion a year creating 8 billion in economic benefits.

^Has decreased the long term deficit (20 year period) by around 2 trillion dollars.

^Increased WIC spending by 500 million creating more than 1.5 billion in benefits.

^Reformed government contracting allowing bids saving 40 billion yearly.

^Mortgage restructuring which helps homeowners restructure their loans and payments to prevent foreclosures. Helping lower mortgage payments for 700,000 people.

^Extended the government national flood insurance program (30 times more efficient then private insurance).

^Reduced large salaries of government officials including Foreign Service workers, senior executives, and Judges.

^Reduce funding for inefficient faith based groups (have 25% more wasteful administrative spending then other government programs of equal skill)

^Signed into law Build America bonds which allowed states to invest 181 billion dollars into infrastructure projects and save around 3 billion on borrowing costs.

^Created “Pay-for-success bonds”, government bonds that grant private companies money for projects only if there are able to prove that they have improved people’s lives.

^Increased WAP (weatherization assistance program) by over 100%. WAP so far has saved the country a net of 3 billion dollars a year since 1975.

^Got BP to pledge 20 billion of its own money to help pay for the Oil disaster.

^Placed tariffs on Chinese tires and other products.

^Cut salaries of white house aides down to 100,000.

^Increased NASA funding by 5% and provide them with 4 billion in extra funds

^Put foreclosed properties owned by Fannie and Freddie onto the rental market.

^Increased the borrowing authority of the FDIC and NCUA by 106 billion.

------------------------------------Economy other

--------------------------------------Stimulus

^Stimulus
^Cut taxes for employees by 400-800 dollars
^Created 6 million jobs
^kept 12 million people out of poverty
^Provided 15 billion tax credit for college
^Provided 6.6 billion in tax credits for first time home buyers
^25 billion for energy efficiency
^13 billion in tax cuts for renewable energy production/ 10 billion in spending for renewable energy
^total tax cuts 288 billion
^Provided enough funding to transfer Americas health care system to a computerized system (saving 100 billion a year)
^10 billion for health care research
^2 billion for community health care centers which will create 34 billion in benefits
^1.1 billion for comparative health effectiveness
^1 billion for STD prevention which will create 6 billion in benefits
^Increased education Pell grants by 16 billion
^increased special education by 13 billion
^Increased head start spending by 2.1 billion (creates 9 in benefits for every dollar spent)
^Increased pre-school and other early education funding by 11 billion (creating over 100 billion in benefits)
^40 billion for unemployment benefits which will expand GDP by 72 billion
^20 billion to expand food stamp eligibility which will expand GDP by 34 billion
^4.5 for job training
^3.5 billion increase for WIC which will create 8 billion in benefits
^Provided 50 billion for transportation infrastructure
^5 billion for AmeriCorps which will create 10 billion in benefits
^18 billion for clean water fund
^Provided 25 billion for public transportation
^7 billion to improve power transmission
^11 billion for home WAP/M (creates 20 in benefits for every dollar spent)
^6 billion for energy research
^1 billion funding for NASA which will create 10billion in benefits
^8 billion for science research
^Provided a homebuyer/car tax credit that helped stem home price declines and falling home/car sales.
^Created a business tax cut for purchases of items aimed at increasing productivity such as computers.
^Invested 2.4 billion into MEP which created 77 billion in benifits
^Stimulus grants for the DOE will create 170,000 jobs over two years by increase energy efficiency.
^13 billion for renewable energy production a year for five years
^Removed tax cut given to firms who buy unprofitable banks
^Spent 5 billion to rebuild levees and to prevent flooding
^Spent 2 billion on research for car batteries.
^Invested in infrastructure for a smart power grid this could save up to 2 trillion dollars over the next 20 years.
^Spent 5 billion on Cash for claunkers which increased GDP by 120 billion saves consumers .735 billion dollars a year and reduced CO2 emissions by 850,00 tons.
^Expanded investments for small businesses up to 250,000 for a year.

The savings from the Stimulus act Over ten years (for computerized health records over a life time for others. This does not include the expansion of GDP done by the stimulus measures.))

^1 trillion computerized health records
^34 billion community health centers
^20 billion head start
^77 billion MEP
^8 billion WIC
^10 billion AmeriCorps
^10 billion NASA
^100b-1t billion electric smart grid
^7 billion cash for claunkers
^6 billion preventative medicine
^43-63 billion from public transportation
^22 billion WAP
^46-100 billion from alternative energy
^22b-1t(estimate) from comparative effectiveness/health research
^8-80 billion science research
^100 billion pre-school/early education

---The stimulus act will save the country in ten years a of Total 1.650 trillion-3.8 trillion, or 150%-500%


--------------------------------------Stimulus

------------------------------------Financial reform

^Made it so shareholders had to approve of a CEO golden parachute.

^Increased governments regulatory enforcement capacities

^Made it illegal to overvalue assets.

^Made it illegal to kick renters out of homes if they previous owner defaulted and foreclosure

^Expanded FDIC and NCUA loan capabilities by hundreds of billions

^The MHA program aimed at reducing foreclosures kept home prices up by around 6,000

^Made it so shareholders could vote to lower executive pay

^The CFPB required all mortgage lenders to adhere to the same rules as banks. These rules included rules that limit and provide incentives to not give out subprime loans

^Created Consumer protection agency and recess appointed its leader, the agency is already press charges for kickbacks to mortgage lenders

^Cut salaries to half a million for firms still using government bailout money.

^Obamas housing agency is set to sue and file suits against banking instructions for lying and committing fraud on mortgage securities

^Has fined banks tens of billions of dollars for false mortgage claims and other frauds that caused the financial crisis.

^Financial reform.
^Lowered the amount of speculative trading one can do in a time period for 28 commodities.
^Set regulations in order to prevent more financial crises and housing bubbles. Such as:
-Higher capital requirements for all financial firms.
-Banks can't make bets with taxpayer backed deposits.
-Expands FDIC into large financial institutions as an alternative to taxpayer bailouts. Money comes from banks.
-Banks no longer vote for who regulates them.
-A consumer-protection agency will be created that sets rules banks must follow such as giving clear information, and removing hidden fees.
-Limits arbitrations (corporate courts)
-Credit rating agencies were made more transparent for example they now must submit their data and methods to the public
-Credit rating agencies are now removed from giving advice and accepting payment from those they rate.
-Make its so banks cannot sell off all their risky loans (banks must keep a portion of their risky loans)
- Eliminate hidden overly high swipe fees.
-Creates a government agency that monitors and reports the risk of financial instruments, and helps ensure accurate portrayals of the costs of financial instruments,
-FDIC deposit insurance increased from 100,000 to 250,000
-Centralized financial regulators, removed overlapping duties, and assigned regulators certain tasks
-increased the reporting requirements for high dollar investment advisors/agencies, and hedge funds are no longer to leave out information in their reports.
-reduced ability of non-health insurance companies from discriminating against people.
-Reduced the ability of financial institutions from packaging safe investments with risky investments and then selling them off as insured safe investments.
-Expanding clearing houses to derivatives meaning institutions dealing with derivatives have to following their trade agreements
-Requires investors and sellers of investment products to disclose information regarding costs, risks and conflicts of interest.
-The GAO is now required to audit the FED
-Requires people making mortgage and real estate loans to make an effort to determine that the consumer will be able to pay back said loans.
-Limits financial entities from merging, acquiring, or become both commercial, insurance, credit unions, investment banks or other financial entities
-Makes it so entities that package and resell mortgages must maintain a percentage of that mortgage.
-Dodd-Frank increased transparency of hedge funds by requiring them to disclose how they make their money and how they operate.
^Credit card reform
-bans hidden interest rate increases.
-Cardholders can now decline new terms to their credit cards
-Companions can’t retroactively increase rates.
-Companions can’t change terms of contract arbitrary.
-Cardholders now protected by due date gimmicks such as companies mailing bills after their payment date is required.

^Managed TARP bank bailout which saved 5 million jobs and will provide the government with an 8.5% profit margin.

^Manages TARP auto-bailed out which saved 1-2 million jobs and which eventually will be paid back (some already so far).

^Allowed the government to prosecute mortgage, foreclosure and other fraud

^Lowered fees for debit cards

--------------Deficit

Reports // News Room // Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
^List of bills passed by Democrats that reduce the long term Deficit.
1) ACA cuts the deficit by 150 billion in first ten years and a trillion in the next ten.
2) Two anti-offshoring jobs bills reduces the deficit each by several billion.
3) A food safety bill that reduces the deficit by several billion
4) Financial reform that sets up an alternative to government bailouts and sets regulations to prevent housing bubble/crises reduces the deficit by tens of billions.
5) Obamas administration has increased fines for pollution violations, wage theft, tax cheats, and companies that commit fraud,
6) Obama has reduces deportation of immigrants who are in college or in the military which will reduce the deficit by 1.4 billion.
7) Increased IRS funding to track down tax cheats which will reduce the deficit by 10 billion.
8) Began collecting royalties from oil companies which will reduce the deficit by 10 billion.
9) Removed student loan subsidies to big banks which will reduce the deficit by around 19 billion a year.
10) Increased funding for anti-fraud and abuse in government which has a cost benefit ratio of $1-$1.5.
11) Passed the improve acquisition act which cleans up wasteful military spending reduces the deficit by 20 billion a year.
12) Invested billions into more energy efficient government buildings and cars.
13) Passed the smoking prevention act which reduces the deficit by a billion.
14) Reauthorized CHIP making it cut the deficit by several billion.
15) Total deficit reduced over 20 years over 2 trillion

4billion energy efficiency program through the executive branch in 2011 expected to reduc e the deficit by near 40 billion dollars

Has reduced the long term deficit (over 20 years) by over 2 trillion dollars.

--------------Deficit

-------------------Energy

^Rejected XL pipeline which would of increase gas prices in the Midwest by as much as .30$ per gallon

^Mandated that all government buildings reduce energy use by 30% by 2015

^Coal power as a percentage of US electricity has dropped from 48% to 39% under Obama

^2011 used 4 billion in energy savings to further improve energy efficiency for federal/private buildings will save 40 billion dollars yearly

^Loan Guarantees have created/saved 40,000 jobs

^More than 7 million homes have fitted with solar panels

^Added trucks and other transportation vehicles to be subject to MGP standards.

^Increased car and trucks fuel economy standards to 55 MPG by 2025 which will save consumers 1.7 trillion dollars.

^Increase fines for drilling and safety violations by 15%-20%

^Obama’s energy secretary has released 30 million barrels from the strategic reserve in order to lower inflated oil prices caused by unrest in oil producing countries. Empirical evidence from the early 90’s showed that releasing 30 million barrels caused oil costs to decrease by 1/3 or by $11 per barrel. The day of announcing this plan oil prices dropped 5%.

^Increased energy research by 125% once, and 5% a year

^A 10% tax cut for homeowners whom increase the energy efficiency of their home, and deductibles for energy efficient appliances.

^Cut solar panel, fuel cell, and wind turbine taxes by 30%

^Cut geothermal, micro turbines and CHP’s taxes by 20%

^New Federal government energy efficiency such as retrofitting residential buildings and a manufacturing grant created/will create over 600,000 thousand jobs over a 2 year period.
----1) BBI (better building initiative) would/will create 115,000 jobs and save 40 billion a year
----2) The Home star (cash for claunkers) program would/will create over 160,000 jobs over a two year period and save consumers .735 billion dollars a year, sand increased GDP by 120 billion, and lowered CO2 emissions by 850,ooo tons
----3) The Building star program which offers businesses rebate for energy improvements would/will create 190,000 jobs over a two year period and save consumers lots of money.

^Obamas DOI began collection 10 billion in unpaid fees from oil/coal companies.

^Obama’s DOE has mandated certain consumer items be more efficient saving the nation a net of 275 billion dollars over a period of 20 years (this will exponentially increase as time goes on).

^Obama increased the amount of energy; energy companies get from clean sources to 80% by 2035.

^Required all government vehicles to use clean energy by 2015; and he required that all cars/trucks have MPG standards up to 35 miles per gallon saving 61 billion and creating 250,00 jobs a year starting in 2020.

^Required government buildings to adopt the most energy efficient and water efficient standards. If these standards were applied to all buildings it would save the country a net of 20 billion a year.

^Required power plants to produce 15% of their energy from renewable sources.

^Stimulus grants for the DOE will create 170,000 jobs over two years by increase energy efficiency.

^Provided a 1,500 energy tax cut for goods that increase in energy efficiency,

^7 billion for increase energy efficiency at government buildings

^4.3 billion tax cut for increasing homes energy efficiency

^13 billion for renewable energy production a year for five years

^DOE extended battery efficiency saving consumers 0.16 dollars – 40 dollars on all types of batteries.

^Provided tens of billions in funding for energy efficiency programs.

^Increased light bulb energy standards saving consumer more than 12 billion a year.

^Began EPA regulations of greenhouse gasses

^Required states to provide people and companies with incentives for reducing energy consumption, and increasing energy efficiency

^Created fuel efficiency standards for tractors and other large vehicles saving at least 2.2billion a year by 2014

---------------------Energy

-----------------------------Environment

^EPA regulations to reduce hydraulic fracking pollution emissions by 95% (minus methane) methane emissions would be reduced by 40%

^New power production cannot have Carbon emissions over 1,000 pounds per megawatt.

^Coal ash pollution reductions to save 30,000 lives a year

^Rejected XL pipeline

^Removed loophole that prevented environmental review of drilling in the rocky moutains

^Reversed Bush era decision that prevented states from enacting tougher environmental laws.

^Required companies to get permits in order to increase CO2, CH4, N2O, HFC, PFC, and SF^’s pollution

^Reduced smog pollution by 18% saving almost 100 billion per year by 2020

^EPA created a site that allows you to view who is polluting your air water etc.

^Required cement kilns to reduce their mercury and other toxic pollution which will save 2,500 lives yearly and created 19 dollars in benefits for every 1 dollar in costs.

^Banned Uranium mining in the Grand Canyon

^Blocked Keystone XL pipeline

^EPA Daily load regulations so far have created 40 thousand jobs

^New EPA regulations that limit Mercury and SO2 emissions will save 17,000 lives a year and create 140 billion in economic benefits creating 1.4 million jobs in the next 5 years.

----2) The Home star (cash for claunkers) program would/will create over 160,000 jobs over a two year period and save consumers .735 billion dollars a year, and increased GDP by 120 billion, and lowered CO2 emissions by 850,000 tons

^New EPA rules under Obama will provide a 4-1 to 22-1 benefit cost ratio and will create 1.5 million jobs over the course of 5 years.

^Fines for breaking environment rules such as dumping chemicals into drinking water increased by 10%

^Obama expanded EPA’s criminal investigators field, and increased environmental enforcement by 19 times the previous amount. EPA also is now requiring oil storage locations to implement prevention control measures.

^Obama’s EPA set new health/environmental rules that will save the country a net of over 120 billion a year. Such as limiting Benzene content, mercury emissions and hydrocarbon emissions.

^Increased the amount of rivers protected from pollution and development by 50%, and established new national forest/trails/parks equaling two million acres.

^Canceled and revoked permit of some coal companion’s mountaintop removal mining; creates 5 times the cost in health/environment damage then the benefits created.

^EPA now provide permits to NPDES in order to reduce waste overflow

----------------------------Environment

--------------------------Discrimination

^Made it so gay couples can visit each other in the hospital and decided the fate of their spouse.

^Expanded the legal definition of rape to include anal and oral sex and men

^Secretary Hillary Clinton will direct foreign aid funds to countries that do not abuse human rights and divert aid away from human right abusing countries.

^Ended Arizona’s policy of firing teachers for not sounding “white” enough.

^Ended ban on gay people from being in the military

^Ended a ban on other state being allowed to recognize gay marriages that have occurred in other states.

^Lilly Ledbetter act allows women to sue if they are discriminated against.

^Anti job discrimination laws for gays, Vets and the disabled.

^Reversed Bush era’s illegal hiring practices which hired people based on political ideology rather than merit.

^Extended nondiscrimination protections to gays and women who are pregnant.

^Restarted the justice departments and EEOC enforcement of employment discrimination laws. And expanded hate crimes to include sexual orientation.

^Made government agencies provide all federal employees with the same types of benefits.

^Expanded Medicaid benefits to same sex couples.

^Achieved a cash settlement to minority farmers who were discriminated by the government.

^Expanded non-discrimination policies for 1million people

----------------------------Discrimination

-----------------------------------------Non-economic

--------------------------------Consumer protections/anti-fraud

^FEC sued large banks for causing the crisis

^The CFPB in its first half month with a director and half of its budget work force settled 9,000 consumer complaints (with its full workforce and extrapolated to a yearly sum the CFPB will settled 400,000 Consumer complaints)

^Consumer protections on gift cards resulted in gift card losses due to hidden fees to fall by over 60% by 1.5billion yearly, and loss from expiration dates to fall by around 90% by 3 billion yearly

^Banned the sale of “light” cigarettes

^Created an agency to investigate oil/gas fraud and abuse

^Separated the MMS agency aimed at regulating oil companies from getting money form said oil companies

^Increased the FBI mortgage fraud program by more than 100%

^The NLRB ruled that corporations cannot take away workers’ rights to sue

^Made recess appointments for the NLRB

^Created a consumer protection agency and recess appointed its leaders and members

^Vetoed bill that would of made it harder to challenge foreclosure fraud

^Fined several banks related to mortgage fraud and abuse

^the CFTC will audit every large futures trading firm to verify that the firms are not committing fraud, not speculating and artificially pushing up commodity prices, or participating in activates that caused the housing bubble and the banking crisis.

^Made it so government staffers and personal have to wait a few years before becoming lobbyists or getting lobbyist jobs (Jack Abramoff who in 2006 was caught in a huge scandal including dozens of republicans said that he owned congress by offering staffers jobs.)

^The Labour board has ruled that employees must be notified of their rights in a viewable location

^Obama’s NLRB has rule that union elections must be done quickly and can’t be drawn out.

^Limited lobbyists access to government and ability of former government officials from becoming lobbyists.

^Made it so people who defraud Medicare/Medicaid would face criminal charges as well as pay fines.

^Made the NLRB pro-labor instead of pro-business overturned Bush era NLRB decisions such as banning employees from using any e-mail (even on their own time) for union activities; also daily compounded interest will be added to wage violations theft and back pay.

^Provided millions of dollars in funding for fraud prosecutors and investigators.

^Anit-trust fines have increased by 50% in Obamas first year.

^Made it illegal for airports to have passengers sit on tarmacs or airplanes waiting for a certain time frame.

^Obama made it so companies that work with the government have to disclose political contributions

^Obama has ordered the justice department to stop and prevent speculation increasing oil and commodity prices.

^Obama’s FCC established rules to protect net neutrality, meaning that internet and other corporations cannot deny individuals the use of websites and internet access.

^Required government agencies to submit and follow new standards to reduce fraud, waste and error.

^Increased penalties for violating gun laws.

^Made it so that renters must be warned if they are to be evicted due to their land lord foreclosing 90 days before their eviction.

^Made it legal for the justice department to sue private mortgage brokers and other non-bank lenders who commit fraud, and fraud involving future trading’s.

^Mandated federal agencies to follow the freedom of information act

^Reduced lobbyist access to white house personal.

^Made it so the justice department could press charges against financial institutions for violating lending practices.

--------------------------------Consumer protections/anti-fraud

^Obama removed spill regulations for milk companies saving 150million dollars a year

^Obama removed third party screenings at airports saving 60million a year

^Obama’s National marine fisheries service administration set annual catch limits for all fish

^Banned cross-gender strip searches and pat downs in prisons; allowed people in prison an avenue to report abuse, and made it so employees must be trained to recognize abuse.

^Made it illegal for tobacco companies to market T-Shirts, baseball caps and advertising in musical events.

^Made it so tobacco companies cannot advertise on cigarette packages

^Forced tobacco companies to disclose the ingredients of Cigarettes

^Froze white house aide pay at 100,000 and banned all bonuses for white house aides.

^Reversed a Bush Era policy of using white house aides to rewrite environmental and science regulations that were originally written by scientists.

^Obama’s ICE will stop deporting immigrants who are in college or who are in the military essentially installing the DREAM act which the CBO says will reduce the deficit by 1.5 billion dollars and expand the economy by 1.4 trillion over 40 years.

^Lowered refinancing fees by 1,000 a year

^Reduced restrictions on travel and sending aid to Cuba.

^Obama has increased the deportation ate of immigrants who are criminals by over 52%

^Increased the ability and use of stem cells for research and health care treatments.

^Obama increased the Labour Department’s number of investigators by 1/3 to combat wage theft

^Under Obama the Labour Department has increased back pay for employee whos employers fraud them out of their pay by 400%

^Under Obama NLRB back pay reimbursements, cases and fines have increased by over 12%.

^The NLRB ruled that states cannot ban unionization through private voting

^SEC fines for corporate fraud and abuse have increased by 300%, while penalties requiring companies to pay back investors increased by 30%.

^Tripled the size of the AmeriCorps service program which is a community service type program; allow students who joined the AmeriCorps program to earn money for college.

^Ended DEA raids of medical marijuana facilities.

^ Ended deportation of DREAM children (immigrant children who are earning a college degree or who are in the USA military).

^Reduced restrictions on stem cell research.

^Increased energy research by 125% once, and 5% a year

^Increased medical research by 1200% once, 2% a year.

^increased agriculture research by 56%

^NASA research increased by 14%. Increased Science foundation funding by 50% once, and 2% a year. Increased OAA funding by 25%.

^Expanded Patent workers and funding to allow quick patenting. Before the new funding and employees it took 3 years for a patent to be compiled and finished.

^Blocked SC voter ID requirments

^Eased green car rules making it easier for foreigners with family members in America to apply and obtain a green card

^Increased park funding by 10%

^Leased 500gz of wireless space for companines to use

^Doubled broadband spectrum

--------------------------------------------Non-economic

----------------------------------------Health care

^New food labeling requirements for meat to save 80million dollars a year

^Required cigarette adds to have more warnings

^Simplified Medicaid’s eligibility rules to just include income as a percent of poverty

^Mandated that all health companies provide birth control without copays

^Increased Vet access to mental health care

^Expanded eligibility for Medicaid up to 133% of the poverty line

^Created a website where you can compare and contrast health insurance plans

^Increased nurse family partnership funding by 10 billion dollars creating 25 billion dollars in economic benefits.

^The number of people investigated and later charged with health care fraud from federal prosecutors increased by more than 85% under Obama

^Increased NIH health research by 5% with a onetime influx of 1 billion dollars (every dollar creates over 2.21 in benefits in just 12 months)

^Removed restrictions on stem cell research

^Obama’s HHS rejected Indiana’s plan to defund Planned Parenthood, which for every dollar spent by PP it saves the government 6 dollars and save the private sector even more than that.

^Invested 40 billion into computerized medical records which is expected to save near 100 billion per year one fully implemented.

^lifted some restrictions that prevented Medicare from negotiating with pharmaceutical firms potentially save at most 10 billion a year.

^Health care law.
^Insurance companies can’t discriminate
^Insurance companies can’t drop coverage of sick people
^Insurance companies can’t cap yearly or lifetime benefits
^Children can now stay on their parent’s health insurance till they are 26.
^Insurance companies must provide free preventative health care.
^Expanded health care to 35 million people while simultaneously reducing total health care spending by 0.1% per year.
^Lowered patent time on prescription drugs.
^Provided funding for comparative effectiveness research.
^Invested billions into community health care centers
^Requires insurance companies to decrease their loss ratio by 5%.
^Will save 35,000 people’s lives each year.
^Reduces the long term budget by over 200 billion.
^Put taxes on insurance plans that are inefficient.
^Changed Medicare payment system to a more bundled system that pays more on effectiveness of care then how much care is provided.
^Will create 250,000 jobs a year by 2020.
^Families overall premiums will be reduced by 1,500 over ten years (around 14-20%)
^Put a Pigvorian tax on tanning salons.
^Invested in comparative effectiveness research
^Required fast food and restaurants to provide viewable calorie and nutrition for the public to see as they purchase food (show to reduce caloric intake by 100 for every meal).
^Required health insurance companies to create a standardized summary to their consumers of their health benefits.
^Made it harder for insurance companies to tell your doctor how to treat you.

^Provided health care for 9/11 respondents

^Funded over 20 grants for anti-malpractice implementation reforms.

^Increased CHIP (health care for children) funding to expand coverage to 4 million children.

^Provided grants for health facilities who inform patients of improper medial use, and grants to shield doctors who adhered to evidence based guidelines from being sued

^Placed fees on drug companies that over charge for medications

^Got drug companies to drop Medicare D costs of some drug sup to 50%

-------------------------------------Health care

--------------------------------Taxes

^Provided businesses who hire people with a tax credit

^Made it so people/corporations who owe back taxes, use offshore tax havens and cheat on taxes cannot get federal contracts.

^Required the IRS to review contractor tax fillings to make sure the contractors are not committing tax fraud

^Revoked tax exempt status to several organizations that advocate and spend funds supporting discrimination.

^Provided college students with 2,500 in tax cuts

^Provided a 1,500 energy tax cut for goods that increase in energy efficiency,

^Every worked was given an 800 dollar tax cut a year.

^The IRS will require political donors to disclose their donations and will remove political donations from their nontax status, and tax them at 35%.

^Under Obama IRS audits on rich people increase by 110%. Obama increased the IRS budget by over 1.1 billion reducing the deficit by 7-10 billion dollars yearly.

^Tax cuts for small business that add jobs, and low interest loans to small business, and other tax extenders in 2010 created 1-2 million jobs.

^Small business tax cuts
--for every new employee small businesses will get a 5,000 tax cut
--provided 30 billion fund for small businesses to help with lending
--eliminated small business loan fees
--doubled maximum size of SBA loans
--In 2010 increased the amount a business could deduct on taxes by 50%
--Allows self0employed people to deduct health care costs.
--Small businesses may wright off new investments, and equipment
--Removed capital gains taxes for small businesses.

^A 10% tax cut for homeowners whom increase the energy efficiency of their home, and deductibles for energy efficient appliances.

^Cut solar pane, fuel cell, and wind turbine taxes by 30%

^Cut geothermal, micro turbines and CHP’s taxes by 20%

^Cut taxes for first time home buyers by 7,000

^Eliminated taxes on unemployment benefits

^Eliminated sales taxes on new vehicle purchases, and a 5,000 credit for electric cars.

^Increased taxes by 100billion on corporations shipping jobs overseas and using tax havens and used the new revenue to cut taxes for corporations who create jobs in America

------------------------------Taxes

-----------------------------Safety

4/5ths of OSHA compliance costs overstated
Office of Technology Assessment, Gauging Control Technology
and Regulatory Impacts in Occupational Safety and Health: An
Appraisal of OSHA’s Analytical Approach 58 (1995).

^New OSH rule bringing toxic chemical standards up to international standards set to save 40 lives and a net of .5billion a year

^New crane/Derelicts safety measures set to save 22 lives and 55million dollars a year

^Mining regulations reducing coal dust to save over 1 live and 13million dollars yearly

^OSHA truck operators rules to save 11 lives a year and several hundred million dollars yearly

^Removed third party scanning at airports saving 60million dollars a year and making it quicker to get through

^Mandate auto-companies make side airbags more efficient and window glass less accident prone sets to save a net 350 lives and 1 billion dollars a year

^FDA limited use of antibiotics in livestock in order to prevent resistant strains from developing

^FDA reversed decision to crack down in BPA a toxic chemical used in plastics

^Expanded and increased oil rig safety laws

^Obama’s OSHA has increased penalties and fines for serious safety violations by 300-400%

^Provided funding to prevent wildfires

^New OSHA regulation limiting Crystalline Silica levels in working conditions to help prevent at most 7,000 cases a year.

^New OSHA regulations updating fall and slip safety estimated to save 20 lives each year and prevent 3,500 injuries, saving over 130 million dollars a year.

^Increased fines and penalties for pipeline safety violations occurring at corporations by 250%

^Obama’s OSHA set new regulations that will save the country over 10 billion dollars a year and help prevent 400,000 injuries each year. An example is new regulations limiting repetitive motion injuries.

^Food safety legislation; increased FDA’s power and funding closer to pre-1990 levels to help reduce food borne illness and save 5-50 billion yearly. Increased number of food safety inspectors

^Obamas food safety expansion would of prevented the deadliest outbreak in American history saving near two dozen lives.

^Increased Federal funding and support wildfire prevention such as clearing brush and trimming trees and controlled burnings.

^Increased safety labeling and testing for children’s products

----------------------------Safety

---------------------------------Military/war/foreign

^Used the Military to construct enough renewable energy production to power 1/4million homes in 2012

^Made it so the military offers military service members healthy food

^Put tariffs on some Argentina goods because Argentina failed to pay payments it owed to US companies

^Required the DOD to tape all interrogations

^Made it legal for the media to cover the return of dead military soldiers from wars

^Began withdrawing troops from Europe

^Ended war in Iraq

^Cut Pentagon funding (not counting ending wars) by 50 billion per year in 2012.

^Secured 30 billion worth of military purchases from Saudi Arabia

^Will save over 50 billion a year due to ending the Iraq war

^Ended military deployment in Iraq

^Helped overthrow Libya’s brutal dictator.

^Foiled Iranian terrorists plot

^Put sanctions and limitations on Iranian airlines after a foiled terrorist plot

^Removed restrictions that made it illegal for Cuban Americans to visit Cuba and send money to relatives

^At the end of August 2011 Al-Qaeda’s new number 2 man was killed in Pakistan

^Caught more Taliban leaders in 1 month then Bush caught in 6 years.

^Supported a successful no fly zone and support of Libyan fighters to end Libya’s decade’s long dictator.

^Closed secret detention facilities in Europe

^Ordered special ops to take out Somalia pirates in order to free an American

^Suspended 350 million in aid to a country that killed peaceful protesters

^Suspended 3.1 billion in aid to Pakistan after they denounced the killing of Bin laden.

^Froze assets and funding For Libya Dictator and members active in oppression Libyan people.

^Froze assets, and property of Iranian and North Korean, and Somalian officials responsible for human right abuses.

^Provide soldiers with breaks so that they now don't have to serve multiple tours continuously in a row.

^Signed/passed START treaty

^Cut wasteful missile programs.

^Eliminated F-35 and 22 military spending funding the pentagon didn’t want saving billions of dollars.

^Eliminated presidential helicopter fleet saving 13 billion dollars.

^Obama secures 15 billion in military purchases from India.

^Banned torture.

^Order the rescue of people held by Somalia pirates and ordered the use of deadly force to deal with them.

^Killed Al-Qaeda’s senior leader Anwar Al Awlaki in the Arabian peninsula

^Supported the pro-democracy protests and movement in Egypt resulting in the overthrow of Egypt’s decade long dictatorship

^Halved the number of nuclear bombs in Russia/America

^Killed Osama Bin Laden like he promised he’d do.

^Froze assets of Syrian officials known for human rights violations.

^Passed GI bill for veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan (education, housing, and health funding and aid).

^Allowed gays to openly serve in the military

^Established a new cyber security agency aimed to improve cyber security.

^Passed the Weapons system acquisition reform act which puts oversight into military purchases.

---------------------------------Military/war/foreign

------------------------------------Jobs

^The 10% drop in unemployment experienced in early 2012 was due to veteran’s stimulus measures implemented by Obama. Unemployment of veterans from recent wars went from 15.2% to 9.1%, while unemployment for other veterans went from 9.9% to 7.5%

^EPA regulations limiting coal ash pollution will create over 30,000 jobs and save hundreds of lives

^EPA Daily load regulations so far have created 40 thousand jobs

^Executive energy efficiency program creates 100,000 of jobs. 2011

^In total Obama policies have created over 11 million jobs

^Tax cuts for small business that add jobs, and low interest loans to small business, and other tax extenders in 2010 created 1-2 million jobs.

^Expanded funding for Head start by 4.3 billion creating 90,000 jobs and creating 9 dollars in benefits for every dollar invested.

^New Federal government energy efficiency such as retrofitting residential buildings and a manufacturing grant created/will create over 600,000 thousand jobs over a 2 year period.
----1) BBI (better building initiative) would/will create 115,000 jobs and save 40 billion a year
----2) The Home star (cash for claunkers) program would/will create over 160,000 jobs over a two year period and save consumers .735 billion a year, expanded GDP by 120 billion and reduced CO2 emissions by 850,00 tons
----3) The Building star program which offers businesses rebate for energy improvements would/will create 190,000 jobs over a two year period and save consumers lots of money.

^Required all government vehicles to use clean energy by 2015; and he required that all cars/trucks have MPG standards up to 35 miles per gallon saving 61 billion and creating 250,00 jobs a year starting in 2020.

^Stimulus grants for the DOE will create 170,000 jobs over two years by increase energy efficiency.

^New EPA rules under Obama will provide a 4-1 to 22-1 benefit cost ratio and will create 1.5 million jobs over the course of 5 years.

^Obama expanded EPA’s criminal investigators field, and increased environmental enforcement by 19 times the previous amount. EPA also is now required oil storage locations must implement prevention control measures.

^Obama increased the Labour Department’s number of investigators by 1/3 to combat wage theft

^Tripled the size of the AmeriCorps service program which is a community service type program; allow students who joined the AmeriCorps program to earn money for college, AmeriCorps has a cost benefit analysis of 1-2.

^Health care reform will creates 250,000 jobs
^Stimulus created 5 million jobs
^Management of Auto bailout saved 1.4 million jobs
^Two Anti Outsourcing jobs tax reform laws. Increased taxes on corporations shipping jobs overseas while reducing taxes for corporations creating jobs in America.

^Increased MEP (manufacturing extension program) funding which saves 32 dollars for every 1 dollar invested, creating over 72,000 jobs so far.

^Food safety legislation; increased FDA’s power and funding closer to pre-1990 levels to help reduce food borne illness and save 5-50 billion yearly. Increased number of food safety inspectors

^Invested a billion into expanding broadband access, which creates 20,000-100,000 jobs.

^Chesapeake Bay protection act so far has created 40 thousand jobs and will create tens of thousands more

------------------------------------Jobs

---------------------------------Education/children

^Capped monthly student loan payments and allowed 6 million students to consolidate their debts.

^Eliminated abstinence-only funding

^Limited food ads directed at children aimed to increase healthy choices and decrease the desired consumption of unhealthy foods

^Started race to the top; provides money to states for using methods to try to improve education.

^Obama’s education Department has made a rule that will cut off government funds going to low performing for –profit-college whose students leave with high debt ratios, and low job prospects.

^Eliminated private banks from federal student loans saving 100 billion.

^Expanded funding for Head start by 4.3 billion creating 90,000 jobs and creating 9 dollars in benefits for every dollar invested.

^Reformed school lunches to make them healthier; which has shown to decrease absences by 15%, increase test scores by 5% and decrease child obesity by 18%.

^Increased funding for upper education, by more than 70 billion a year.

^Singed in new tobacco regulations limiting tobacco companies’ ability to make tobacco products more addictive, advertise, and adding ingredients that make their products more attractive to kids.

----------------------------------Education/children

Made ya look.

 

[Clementine]

I hope New Orleans officials actually spent the money given to them on the levees. Last time, they didn't and the crooked bastards knew they were in trouble when the hurricane was coming. They were hoping the storm would die down and they wouldn't get caught. The city and state officials didn't so much as have a plan for their people and the blame went straight to Bush, whom they lied to in the days before the storm and told him they were prepared.

 

[Avorysuds]

Man, people spamming this "accomplishment list for Obama. If I see another post like that I might google all the crap Bush passed like you dumb fucks did for Obama then spam post it here. I mean if the list is long then it must be good right?

Man, this country is just starting it's collapse. To many people hate "the other side" despite them all voting for the people that do the same fucking policies.