What has Barack Obama accomplished since he has been president?

I don't think...well I know for sure...that most people simply don't understand how the economy works and where all this money comes from?!

We have a current $1.5 trillion deficit and projected deficits for years to come with none of them below $500 billion. Ignoring budget reductions, Obama and others believe we can just tax the wealthy, and take more from industry, and that this won't have any effect on the economy.

However, every penny paid in additional taxes, no matter who is paying those extra taxes, comes directly from the current economy! It is then transferred to the government and how they spend it is anyone's guess? It is not possible, IMO, to take $1.5 trillion or $500 billion out of the private sector, and give it to government, without having a negative economic effect.

I don't personally begrudge the government TEMPORARILY supporting those in need, however, IMO it seems stupid to force the private sector to pay for this support at the expense of the economy! I'm sorry but if the government does not have enough money to support the needy, and increasing taxes during a recessionary-type economy is risky, then the government must use debt money to fund the social programming. Don't take it from people and industry in the private sector!

Back to budget reductions for a second, during these political BS talks recently about debt and deficits, how much less spending is the government doing today over one year ago?? My position is increase taxes when the economy is stronger, but not until the government itself stops it's out of control spending and has reduced the budget...

 

http://whatthe(*)(*)(*)(*)hasobamadonesofar.com/

Oops, linky stinky. Try putting the "F" word in where the **** are.
A heck of a lot more than most and more than some like to admit. Most prefer to see the glass half empty, rather than half full. Or at least hopes others will see it that way.
With what was left to him from (cough cough) conservatives, he had an up hill climb to accomplish anything.
Stop US from going into full blown depression. Started to create jobs instead of lose them. During the time when the Dem's held the House, jobs were being created every month. When Recorpicans took over we have had nothing but job losses.
The reason being is the Recorpicans are more concerned about defeating Obama so they can continue spending on anything but our country, than they care about our country. Party above all. Screw the rest.
Obama is more concerned for our country than whether or not Recorpicans get a point. Obama knows his children have to grow up in this country along with the other American children.
Obama has spent to much? Regulated to much? You do realize that there is no more reg's than before Obama took office? Say what, some talking head told you different. To bad you should google.
More than half of Obama's spending still belongs to the previous Admin. Trying to clean up their mess. Paying the interest on the money the previous Admin spent. Bailing out Corporations that run amock during the previous Admin. But because all the expenditures Obama HAS to make because of the previous Admin's mess, Obama get the blame for it. How convinient.
People don't know a good thing when the have it, till they lose it that is. No worries though, we will still have Obama.

 

Provided travel expenses to families of fallen soldiers to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB

Reversed the policy of barring media coverage during the return of fallen soldiers to Dover Air Force Base

Launched recovery.gov to track spending from the Recovery Act, providing transparency and allowing the public to report fraud, waste, or abuse

Provided the Department of Veterans Affairs with more than $1.4 billion to improve services to America's Veterans

Signed the Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization Act, which provides health care to 11 million kids -- 4 million of whom were previously uninsured

Issued executive order to repeal Bush era restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research

 

Lets see, Bobo has pushed race relations back to 1950's status. If it's bad, Bobo did it, look for the investigations to begin in Jan of 2013. Patriots will call for lynch mobs that are REALLY pissed off at the anti American faux president.

 

unless you are white then you are likely to be flash mobbed or killed execution style

 

more like pushed us back to 1750s africa

 

Signed the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act to stop fraud and wasteful spending in the defense procurement and contracting system

Ended Bush administration's CIA program of 'enhanced interrogation methods' by requiring that the Army field manual be used as the guide for terrorism interrogations

Established Credit Card Bill of Rights, preventing credit card companies from imposing arbitrary rate increases on customers

Health Care Reform Bill, preventing insurance companies from denying insurance because of a pre-existing condition

Health Care Reform Bill, allowing children to remain covered by their parents' insurance until the age of 26

Tax cuts for up to 3.5 million small businesses to help pay for employee health care coverage

Tax credits for up to 29 million individuals to help pay for health insurance

 

Try to imagine if the money given to the banks had been given to the American people instead. With condition they had to keep half or more in a savings and spend the other half. Would of stimulated the economy and hopefully schooled more children.

On the other hand we could of had McCain????
No child left behind would of meant all children be signed to military before the age of two.
The market crash, McCain would be looking for his cue card, or Bush's.

If anyone has the sense to look back over the years of past presidents, no one would ever call the GOP the conservative party because it just ain't so.
No more than the party of Christians they use and abuse to just get more votes.

The reason more is being spent on unemployment and welfare is because the non-conservative previous Admin's caused so much unemployment.
When was the Bush tax cuts? 2003? That is 5 years of given a break to the "job creators" and resulted in loss of jobs not gaining of them.
Rich being job creators is a false propaganda message. Proven by the Bush tax cuts.
Really think about it. If you were to say win millions in a lottery, would your first objective be to create jobs? Say you have millions already. Is your first inclination to create jobs?

What has Obama done..


Expansion of Medicaid to all individuals under age 65 with incomes up to 133 percent of the federal poverty level

Significantly increased funding for the Violence Against Women Act

Significantly expanded Pell grants, which help low-income students pay for college

Signed financial reform law requiring lenders to verify applicants' credit history, income, and employment status

Signed financial reform law prohibiting banks from engaging in proprietary trading (trading the bank's own money to turn a profit, often in conflict with their customers' interests)

Signed financial reform law allowing shareholders of publicly traded companies to vote on executive pay

 

Created more private sector jobs in 2010 than during entire Bush years

 

In case you don't know; Government cannot create jobs in the private sector. If the government wishes to buy stuff from the private sector, even this may or may not increase jobs in the private sector. However, the government can create jobs in the government by hiring more government employees...

 

How was the private sector suppose to create a lot of jobs when everyone was already working?

You would rather have a situation where everyone is waiting for the government to create a job for them than full employment in the private sector?

 

Yiu are very correct, Bluesguy.

in the short time Sinnce Obama has been president, the welfare rolls have swelled by 12 million unemployed Americans!

 

you are very mistaken, OldManOnFire.

If you want to very efficiently save taxpayer money, reduce the number of federal government jobs.

What the liberals in this discussion group don't realize is, for every Government job that is "created" the private sector must create at least NINE jobs to pay for it.

Here is how the math works. Taxes from each private sector worker go to pay at most 11% of the Government worker's salary and benefits. Therefore, it will take NINE private sector workers (100% divided by 11%) to pay for the salary and benefits of each NEW government worker. The solution to this problem is obvious; even the liberals should be able to figure it out.

 

Ha-Ha!

This is an excellent review of Obama's accomplishments!

 

A couple of things to consider;

Government does not really pay in full for government; we have deficit spending so we're only paying about 55-60%. We could add another 1000 government workers and not collect another penny from individual taxation.

Not all taxes to operate government come from individual taxation. We have corporate taxation and a million other taxes, including FICA, capital gains, which easily pay for more than half of government.

Government spending is not the answer to creating and sustaining private sector jobs...

 

You are very mistaken, OldManOnFire.

Someone will eventually have to pay for our continued deficit spending that we are foolishly charging to future generations of Americans.

 

Not a penny of the current debt, and additional debt in the next 10-20 years, will be paid down in my lifetime!

Our worthless leaders know this...

 

Additionally, just yesterday I read that Obama's deficit commission is having trouble coming up with $1.2 trillion savings in the next ten years. This is elephant BS! Oprah BS! This is a stinking $120 billion per year! When we're spending $3.5 trillion, $120 billion is mouse nuts! Stop the fricken needless and senseless wars and this alone is more than $120 billion!

Debt will never be touched because the idiots we continue to elect will never stop their out of control self-serving spending...

 

Great information, OldManOnFire.

Thanks for sharing!