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David M asked in Politics & GovernmentElections · 1 decade ago

Obama Campaign Promise?

What are the MOST IMPORTANT Obama Campaign Promises and how long are you willing to wait for them to be implemented?

Example:

1. Redistribution of Wealth - 6 Months

2. Out of Iraq - 9 Months

3. Out of Afghanistan - 12 Months

4. Mortgage Payment - 12 Months

etc...

An actual list of promises can be found at the following.

URL: http://www.nationaljournal.com/campaigns/2008/wh08...

I Hope this Helps!!

Update:

Edit: Please Keep in mind I'm asking for your Opinion - Every Answer is Correct as long as it's your Opinion.

Update 2:

Edit:While slants exist on any link that is provided I'm actually not limiting your options for input. Please provide Promises and how long you are willing to wait for them to implemented. We now know Obama will be the next president so we need to look at what we want or need from him. I've heard from people of opinions that they just won the lottery and ALL their needs are going to be met know! Minimum Wage increase is ill advised as it only causes an equal increase by everyone and everything else. How much better are you off financially now than three years ago? Minimum raise has been increased by 30% since then and IF a Minimum Raise was going to help you would be MUCH better off today. You will actually have less money today than three years ago.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Obama has a lot of clout with people that didn't know or understand his policies and plans. This is apparent when you ask people why they voted for him and all that they can say is "He's going to change the country." To have such a blind following is never good. He wants to create a civilian defense force to police the nation that would be 250,000 strong and would have more power and authority than the US military (Colorado Springs speech July 2nd). For a President to have his own little police force is scary. Many Democrats are for the Fairness Doctrine which would limit the freedom of speech (not that they Obama would let this go through, but again it is a danger since he doesn't vote against his party too often).

    Personal police force, blind following, limited freedom of speech. These are all things that Hitler had too. If you say that it couldn't happen, go and ask somebody that lived in the 40's or a Holocaust survivor about how likely they thought that a guy who wrote a book and gained the love and trust of his nation with promises of pulling them out of the economic turmoil that a war had plunged them into would throw the entire globe into war and cause the death of millions.

    He wants to raise the capital gains tax and taxes on larger corporations and raise the minimum wage to 9.50. Raising the federal minimum wage may sound great, but all of these things combined will force these companies to lay off people and move their call centers and manufacturing plants out of the US more than they have already done. This will drive costs of goods and services up and create massive unemployment.

    His health care plan to force companies to provide health care options for their employees will also be damaging to businesses the way that it is laid out. By telling businesses that it is illegal not to have health care, the doors are wide open for insurance and pharmacuetical companies to raise their premiums, rates, costs, and co-pays. Why would they raise their prices? Because they will have business owners over a barrel. Pay the high prices or be shut down by the government.

    Not really looking forward to any of his plans.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Well im 1 broke *** Republican/independent hope the redistribution works cause i make $380.00 a week support 2 kids a wife and mortgage, sure could use someone elses money! Also have never owned a new car or evan 1 less than 2 years old , im just hanging on to my house barely!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Combat terrorism

    "Obama will fight terrorism and protect America with a comprehensive strategy that finishes the fight in Afghanistan, cracks down on the al Qaeda safe haven in Pakistan"

    looks like were going to pakistan.

  • Chin T
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    http://www.change.gov/agenda/defense/

    "Expand to Meet Military Needs on the Ground: Barack Obama and Joe Biden support plans to increase the size of the Army by 65,000 soldiers and the Marines by 27,000 troops. Increasing our end strength will help units retrain and re-equip properly between deployments and decrease the strain on military families."

    Promises or "JUST WORDS" ?

    That is a new site for the change over of government. Obama was elected on the promise to get OUT of war. You do not increase the armed forces 20% when you are getting out of wars.

    "Just words" or just a bunch of hot air and deception?

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    In a be conscious.." NO". yet only in case he does, i'm putting my call right down to be the 1st to proportion his own wealth.. went from a low earnings earner to a millionaire.. only through fact he would desire to talk good. Has yet to do one rattling element for this united states of america. So i think of i'll be precise there waiting to stay in between the rooms of his mansion.. he would be residing contained in the white residing house so he won't choose it.. absolutely everyone else choose to return.. there is diverse room..Charity starts at residing house you recognize.. Obama's residing house.

  • 1 decade ago

    I would like to see some of this stuff myself.

    I doubt if he can pull this one off..but you said a mouthful

    Obama will blame someone else for his failures..this is a lot

    of Campaign promieses that will be brokne in your time line

    some NEVER will be kept

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Obama said 18 months for Iraq...get it straight

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    I don't trust your facts nor the link to the site you gave. So being a person that's current on the issues I know that you're lying and made everything up.

    Source(s): Thank Me. I Voted For Obama.
  • 1 decade ago

    I'm just looking forward to watching him stutter on stage when these promises fall through!

  • Yeah he should keep his promises

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