This 'n That: 2012

What Has Obama Done? Here Are 200 Accomplishments! With Citations! • Economy grew 2.6% in the first quarter of 2012 http://www.reddit.com/tb/scx09 • Brought us out of recession worse than last 3 recessions combined • Got more Taliban leaders in 30 days than Bush/Cheney did in 6 years http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/02/19/838604/-GOOD-NEWS-Obama-has-caught-more-Taliban-Leaders-in-1-month-than-Bush-Cheney-did-in-6-years • Auto Industry saved • Got North Korea to stop enriching uranium • Iraq war ended • Bin Laden dead • Nuclear weapons reduced by 1/3 in US & Russia • Stock market more than doubles • Stock market closes higher than since 2007 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/dow-jones-industrial-average-4-year-high_n_1468746.html • Creamed Bush in turning around job loss – See GRAPH • U.S Gross Domestic product went from steady decline to increasing every ¼ of the Obama Presidency See graph • Ended Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell • Settled Libya problem in 60 days with no American casualties or ground troops • Insurance companies must cover pre-existing conditions • Kids stay on their parent’s insurance until 26 under certain conditions • Requires health plans to disclose how much of premium goes to patient care • Prevents children from being denied health insurance coverage • Cut prescription drug cost for medi-care recipients by 50% • Requires large employers to contribute to a national healthcare plan • Spending growth under Obama lower than that of both Bushes, Nixon, Carter & Reagan • Came out against SOPA • Temporally suspended taxes on Unemployment benefits • Nixes Keystone Pipeline • Jail population decline for first time in decades • Wind power growth up 39% • Instituted the toughest Wall Street reform since Great Depression • Passed health reform: Others tried & failed over the last 60 years • Insurance companies can no longer drop you when you get sick • Stimulus Plan which brought us out of the brink of financial collapse • $100 billion to embarrassing, crumbling infrastructure: Most since Eisenhower • $60 billion to create renewable and clean energy • Credit Card reform stopping the most abusive credit card practices • Huge investment into science & technology • Quadrupled the number of openly gay judges on the federal bench • Amped budgets at NASA & National Science Foundation • Expanded state run health insurance to cover additional four million kids • Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act – Equal pay for equal work • Global initiative keeping nuclear material out of hands of terrorists • Hate crimes prevention act (Matthew Shepard Act) • FDA for first time allowed to regulate tobacco • Eliminated scandal plagued Mineral Management Services • Overhauled the astonishing stupidity of the student loan system • Cancelled bloated weapons program including useless F-22 • Stopped Russia supplying $1 billion of high-tech missiles to Iran promised by Bush • Tax cuts for small businesses • $14 billion in federally funded loans to stimulate job creation • Cut taxes for 95% of working families • Passed 16 different tax cuts for American small business owners • Fought GOP for Health benefits for 9/11 responders - He didn't forget. • Extended unemployment benefits • Consumer spending increase • Orders for durable goods increase • Appointed first Latina to Supreme Court • Ryan White AIDS Treatment Act • Appointed more openly gay officials than any other president • Expanded loan program for small businesses • Increased funding for National Parks and Forests • Led effort to phase out whaling • Funding for high speed broadband internet access to students K-12 • $26 billion to states saving 160,000 teacher jobs among other things • Helped rebuild schools in New Orleans • Doubled research funds for cleaner fuel • $2 billion to solar power • Raised fuel economy standards • Cash for clunkers • Limited mercury emissions • Eliminated oil company liability caps for oil spills • Ordered BP to provide $20 billion liability fund for damages from spill • Mandated new safety rules for offshore drilling • World opinion of US improves significantly since Obama takes office • Visited more countries in first year than any other president • Return rights of Americans to visit and assist their families in Cuba • Renewed loan guarantees to Israel • Pledged $400 million in aid to Gaza civilians • Pressured Israel to end Gaza blockade • Authorized Clinton’s mission getting 2 prisoners released from Korea • Nuclear arms agreement with India • Agreement with Switzerland to bolster tax information exchange • Cut salaries of senior White House officials • Prevented congress from receiving cost of living pay raise • Cancelled contracts for 28 White House helicopters saving $11.2 billion • Return tax payer money for White House refurbishing • Established a Patient’s Bill of Rights • Expanded vaccinations program • New homes sales see biggest jump in 47 years • Extended benefit for same-sex partners of federal employees • Same-sex partners assured visitation & healthcare decision rights • $8 billion to establish smart power grid • $13 billion for high-speed rail in 13 major US corridors • Major expansion of AmeriCorps • Committed US to almost 5 million charging station by 2015 • Expanding broadband internet • Improved benefits for veterans • New and improved hiring policy for veterans • Donated Peace Prize award money • Ended media blackout on war casualties • Increased access to PTSD treatment for soldiers and veterans • Reconstruction of military to reflect modern-day threats & technology • Ended torture • Recommitted the U.S. to full compliance to the Geneva Conventions • Cut missile defense system by $1.4 billion • Increased pay benefits to military personnel • Began draw-down of war in Afghanistan • Ordered Seal operation to free of US captain held by pirates • Negotiated nuclear arms agreement with Australia, India, & Russia • Increased Navy patrol of Somali coast • Provided $210 Million for building and upgrading fire stations • Emergency Aid to American Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake Act • Ordered extensive review of hurricane & natural disaster preparedness • Edward Kennedy Serve America Act: Expands national volunteer program • Removed restrictions and provided support of embryonic stem cell research • Manned missions to Mars & asteroids rather than just returning to moon • Worked with international allies on International Space Station • Used private sector to improve space flight • Used Space Station for fundamental biological and physical research • Established consumer tax credit for plug-in hybrid cars • $60 billion in spending & tax incentives for renewable & clean energy • For first time in 13 years America’s dependence on foreign oil below 50% • Tax breaks to promote public transit • Extended and indexed the 2007 Alternative Minimum Tax patch • Income floor for medical expense deductions for individuals 65 & older • Health insurance tax credits & subsidies for incomes to 4x poverty level • Accelerated tax benefits for donations to Haiti earthquake relief • Income tax rates for highest earners will change from 35% to 39.6% • Capital gains tax for highest earners will change from 15% to 20% • Tax increase for corporations with assets of at least $1 billion • Closed offshore tax safe havens, tax credit loopholes • Tax bills hit lowest level since 1950 • Tax refunds up 10 percent due to stimulus • Imposed limits on lobbyists’ access to the White House • Limits White House aides working for lobbyists after tenure in office • Independent watchdogs call Obama’s record on ethic Unprecedented • Closed lobbyist loopholes with respect to the Recovery Act • Banned lobbyist gifts to executive employees • DOD will film all interrogations • White House voluntary disclosure policy • $5,000 tax credit for every new worker hired • Jobs for Main Street Act • Under Obama American clean energy industry creates 2.7 million jobs & expanding rapidly • Created more jobs in 2009 than Bush in his entire presidency • CBO found 3.7 Million jobs created by stimulus (May 2010) • 682,370 jobs created under Recovery Act Between Jan. & March, 2010 • National Export Initiative – designed to double US exports • Federal deficit shrank 8% year-on-year • Wall St reform designed to end taxpayer bailouts • Gets 47 nations to agree to 4 years non-proliferation efforts • Forced airlines to disclose prices upfront • 25 Billion settlement against banking industry • Opposes NC Gay Marriage Amendment • Helped clean out weapons-usable uranium from 6 countries: Mexico, Chile, Romania, Serbia, Libya, and Turkey • Number of oil rigs in US oil fields has quadrupled in past three years • US now has more rigs at work than the rest of the world put together • First time since 1949 we now export more gas than we import See about 600 more here: http://www.reddit.com/r/whatobamahasdone http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/z6pw3/what_has_obama_done_here_are_200_accomplishments/ List via Reddit commenter: backpackwayne

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