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Originally Posted by waynet
1. Health care
2. Communications-modernized the White House
3. Transportation-approved 2,500 projects
4.Education-$2,500 tax credit to offset cost of tuition.Helped 5 million families
5. Cars-allocated 2 billion to advanced battery systems
6. Pakistan- has kept it stabilized by varios deals and aid commitments.
7. secured 2 billion for Byrne grants to help cities fight gang and gun violence
8. Forests-since taking office he put more than 2 million acres of wilderness,rivers, trails and parks under Fed. protection
9.Embryonic stem cell research
10. Signed into law the ability of a woman who proves pay discrimination to sue her employer.
11. Appointed first Latino to Supreme court
12.Families of fallen soldiers have expenses covered to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB.
13.Ended media blackout of war casualties.
14. Insisted that better body armor be made available for soldiers.
15.Cash for clunkers
16. Negotiated deal with Swiss banks
17. Closed offshore tax havens
18. increased pay and benefits for the military
19. new consumer protection from credit card companies.
20. new banking regulations
21. new funds for school construction.
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Why bother, Wayne?
The allegation is made that the President has done nothing but talk. You try to demonstrate that the initial allegation is false. Then the list of accomplishments is criticized as "socialist".
I guess we can agree that original allegation is false...that President Obama really has accomplished quite a lot. Now the only question is how the entire list can be categorized as "socialist".
Let's see, being only roughly selective from the list...embryonic stem cell research, signed into law the ability of a woman who proves pay discrimination to sue her employer, appointed first Latino to Supreme court, families of fallen soldiers have expenses covered to be on hand when the body arrives at Dover AFB, closed offshore tax havens, increased pay and benefits for the military, etc. Yeah, that really sounds like a list of socialist accomplishments to me.
Let's review. Definition of "socialist": member of a political party that supports the theory of economic organization based on either public or direct worker ownership and administration of the means of production and allocation of resources.
Yep, sounds like a thoughtful criticism to me. But the question still remains, Wayne. Why bother?