Posted on 01/21/2010 11:48:52 AM PST by freespirited
"Will eliminate all income taxation of seniors making less than $50,000 per year. This will eliminate taxes for 7 million seniors -- saving them an average of $1,400 a year-- and will also mean that 27 million seniors will not need to file an income tax return at all."
"As president, Barack Obama will immediately direct his Secretary of Health and Human Services, in collaboration with agency officials, academic researchers, cancer survivors and advocates for people with cancer, and state public health officials, to comprehensively examine the various cancer-related efforts of federal agencies, and provide recommendations to eliminate barriers to effective coordination across federal agencies and between the federal government and other stakeholders."
To reduce bills rushed through Congress and to the president before the public has the opportunity to review them, Obama "will not sign any non-emergency bill without giving the American public an opportunity to review and comment on the White House website for five days."
"No political appointees in an Obama-Biden administration will be permitted to work on regulations or contracts directly and substantially related to their prior employer for two years. And no political appointee will be able to lobby the executive branch after leaving government service during the remainder of the administration."
"Will double funding for the main federal support for afterschool programs, the 21st Century Learning Centers program, to serve one million more children."
As president, "will use the bully pulpit to urge states to treat same-sex couples with full equality in their family and adoption laws."
Will repeal provisions of the Chapter 13 law that prohibit bankruptcy judges from modifying the original terms of home mortgages for ordinary families -- regardless of whether the loan was predatory or unfair or is otherwise unaffordable -- "so that ordinary families can also get relief that bankruptcy laws were intended to provide."
"Will maintain fiscal responsibility and prevent any increase in the deficit by offsetting cuts and revenue sources in other parts of the government (to pay for a national service plan that will cost about $3.5 billion per year when it is fully implemented). This plan will be paid for in part by cancelling tax provisions that would otherwise help multinational corporations pay less in U.S. taxes starting in 2008 by reallocating tax deductions for interest expenses between income earned in the U.S. and income earned abroad. The rest of the plan will be funded using a small portion of the savings associated with ending the war in Iraq."
"I'll give an annual 'State of the World' address to the American people in which I lay out our national security policy."
"Barack Obama is committed to returning earmarks to less than $7.8 billion a year, the level they were at before 1994."
"During 2009 and 2010, existing businesses will receive a $3,000 refundable tax credit for each additional full-time employee hired."
"Obama and Biden are calling for legislation that would allow withdrawals of 15% up to $10,000 from retirement accounts without penalty (although subject to the normal taxes). This would apply to withdrawals in 2008 (including retroactively) and 2009."
"Two years ago, I criticized the Secretary of State for the firing of U.S. Ambassador to Armenia, John Evans, after he properly used the term 'genocide' to describe Turkey's slaughter of thousands of Armenians starting in 1915.
as President I will recognize the Armenian Genocide."
To achieve health care reform, "I'm going to have all the negotiations around a big table. We'll have doctors and nurses and hospital administrators. Insurance companies, drug companies -- they'll get a seat at the table, they just won't be able to buy every chair. But what we will do is, we'll have the negotiations televised on C-SPAN, so that people can see who is making arguments on behalf of their constituents, and who are making arguments on behalf of the drug companies or the insurance companies. And so, that approach, I think is what is going to allow people to stay involved in this process."
And this lefty website masquerading as journalism is as filled as ever with lies and half-truths.
Great post!
Exactly a year ago tomorrow, Obama promised that he’d have Guantanamo Bay closed within a year. Add that to your list.
I am not sure what to feel about his broken promises.
On one hand, I am very pleased the Marxist goals are not achieved.
On the other hand, I am saddened we elect such dubious character to the level of president.
I suppose the latter says more about Americans than it does about him.
Here’s that “Obamameter” website that I mentioned in reference to the thread about BHO’s Lies; I heard the webmaster interviewed on AIR AMERICA last night.
Great site. :)
If you click on the link to the website, you’ll see that they have listed OVER 600 promises made by BHO during his presidential campaign.
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