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The good old days weren't that long ago. Obama was running for his first term. Hope was high. The man made promises on the campaign trail. Here are 25 campaign promises Obama made when being elected to his 1st term that have never been kept:
1) No increase in capital gains taxes for high earners – He promised to increase capital gains and dividends taxes from 15 to 20 percent for those making more than $250,000 (couples) or $200,000 (single)
2) End income tax for seniors making less than $50,000
3) Repeal the Bush tax cuts for higher incomes
4) Sign the Employee Free Choice Act, making it easier for workers to unionize
5) Work to ban the permanent replacement of striking workers
6) Forbid companies in bankruptcy from giving executives bonuses
7) Allow imported prescription drugs
8) Allow Medicare to negotiate for cheaper drug prices
9) Close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center
10) Develop an alternative to President Bush's Military Commissions Act on handling detainees
11) Seek independent watchdog agency to investigate congressional ethics violations
12) Create a 'contracts and influence' database that will disclose how much federal contractors spend on lobbying, and what contracts they are getting and how well they complete them
13) Double funding for afterschool programs
14) Expand the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity
15) Increase the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour
16) Support human mission to moon by 2020
17) Pay for the national service plan without increasing the deficit
18) Reduce earmarks to 1994 levels
19) Require plug-in fleet at the White House
20) Mandate flexible fuel vehicles by 2012
21) Establish a low carbon fuel standard
22) Provide an annual report on "state of our energy future"
23) Bring Democrats and Republicans together to pass an agenda
24) Negotiate health care reform in public sessions televised on C-SPAN
25) Introduce a comprehensive immigration bill in the first year
He could run all over again on the above list as he didn't get the job done the first time around. You might note that promise # 1, and # 3 seem to be back on the promised "TO DO LIST" if you'll only give him a 2nd term.
Hey, maybe everyone can blame Bush for the above list of promises not getting done. Sure, that's the ticket!
BTW, here are 11 campaign promises made by the GOP to get control of the house they never kept:
1) End TARP
2) End government control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
3) Repeal the health care bill
4) Enact medical liability reform
5) Expand health savings accounts
6) Enact conscience protections into health law
7) Publish the text of bills online at least three days before a House vote
8) Will not bundle bills into "must-pass" legislation
9) Reduce federal pay
10) Codify Hyde Amendment to prohibit federal funding of abortion
11) Do away with the concept of ''comprehensive'' spending bills
The GOP isn’t doing a great job on keeping their promises either. Maybe they can have the talking heads on the radio spin the above list to explain how Obama blocked them from following-up and getting some of the above list done.
Both parties don't serve "We The People". They serve those that will keep them in power and make any promise to remain there to get you and I to vote for them.
1) No increase in capital gains taxes for high earners – He promised to increase capital gains and dividends taxes from 15 to 20 percent for those making more than $250,000 (couples) or $200,000 (single)
2) End income tax for seniors making less than $50,000
3) Repeal the Bush tax cuts for higher incomes
4) Sign the Employee Free Choice Act, making it easier for workers to unionize
5) Work to ban the permanent replacement of striking workers
6) Forbid companies in bankruptcy from giving executives bonuses
7) Allow imported prescription drugs
8) Allow Medicare to negotiate for cheaper drug prices
9) Close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center
10) Develop an alternative to President Bush's Military Commissions Act on handling detainees
11) Seek independent watchdog agency to investigate congressional ethics violations
12) Create a 'contracts and influence' database that will disclose how much federal contractors spend on lobbying, and what contracts they are getting and how well they complete them
13) Double funding for afterschool programs
14) Expand the Employment Non-Discrimination Act to include sexual orientation and gender identity
15) Increase the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour
16) Support human mission to moon by 2020
17) Pay for the national service plan without increasing the deficit
18) Reduce earmarks to 1994 levels
19) Require plug-in fleet at the White House
20) Mandate flexible fuel vehicles by 2012
21) Establish a low carbon fuel standard
22) Provide an annual report on "state of our energy future"
23) Bring Democrats and Republicans together to pass an agenda
24) Negotiate health care reform in public sessions televised on C-SPAN
25) Introduce a comprehensive immigration bill in the first year
He could run all over again on the above list as he didn't get the job done the first time around. You might note that promise # 1, and # 3 seem to be back on the promised "TO DO LIST" if you'll only give him a 2nd term.
Hey, maybe everyone can blame Bush for the above list of promises not getting done. Sure, that's the ticket!
BTW, here are 11 campaign promises made by the GOP to get control of the house they never kept:
1) End TARP
2) End government control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
3) Repeal the health care bill
4) Enact medical liability reform
5) Expand health savings accounts
6) Enact conscience protections into health law
7) Publish the text of bills online at least three days before a House vote
8) Will not bundle bills into "must-pass" legislation
9) Reduce federal pay
10) Codify Hyde Amendment to prohibit federal funding of abortion
11) Do away with the concept of ''comprehensive'' spending bills
The GOP isn’t doing a great job on keeping their promises either. Maybe they can have the talking heads on the radio spin the above list to explain how Obama blocked them from following-up and getting some of the above list done.
Both parties don't serve "We The People". They serve those that will keep them in power and make any promise to remain there to get you and I to vote for them.
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