President Obama's Accomplishments 2009-2010

I was reading a few speeches by Sarah Palin today(what I could find in text..not many) and she described President Obama's legislation as un-American.I guess he also isn't considered a patriot because how could he understand the constitution and the yearnings for liberty with the types of legislation he proposed and has signed over the nineteen months in office. Sarah also states that President Obama is a Socialist.A Socialist wants to do away with market capitalism and replace it with democratic, public ownership of the means for producing goods and services.I don't think any country has ever been Socialist in the history of civilization.There is Communism which isn't democratic and has a secret police to keep democracy quiet and some European countries that have a market economy with some parties representing Democratic Socialism.Democratic Socialists hate Communism and only want governments to intervene in the welfare of the citizens who are left out of the rewards of capitalism(about 30% of every country).

The following legislation has been signed by President Obama

The President signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, restoring basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers
Announced creation of a Joint Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record for members of the U.S. Armed Forces to improve quality of medical care
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included a number of provisions of particular concern to people with disabilities.

• The Act included $500 million to help the Social Security Administration reduce its backlog in processing disability applications.
• The Act supplied $12.2 billion in funding to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA);
• The Act also provided $87 billion to states to bolster their Medicaid programs during the downturn; and,
• The Act provided over $500 million in funding for vocational rehabilitation services to help with job training, education and placement.

The President issued an Executive Order repealing the Bush-Era restrictions on embryonic stem cell research.
The President signed the Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, the first piece of comprehensive legislation aimed at improving the lives of Americans living with paralysis.

The President signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which has been responsible for about 3 million American jobs and brought the economy back from the brink of another depression.

The President signed Wall Street Reform, the most sweeping reforms since the Great Depression, to hold Wall Street accountable, put an end to bailouts and "too big to fail," and enforce the strongest consumer protections in history.

The President signed the HIRE Act providing a payroll tax credit for companies that hire employees who have been looking for work for 60 days or more.  Millions of workers have been hired through this process already.

The President launched the National Export Initiative with a goal of doubling exports and supporting several million new jobs over five years. 

The President announced the "Making Home Affordable" home refinancing plan.

The President launched a $15 billion plan to boost lending to small businesses.

President Obama played a lead role in G-20 Summit that produced a $1.1 trillion deal to combat the global financial crisis.

The President signed the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act which gives the federal government more tools to investigate and prosecute fraud, from lending to the financial system, and creates a bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to investigate the financial practices that brought us to this point.

The President signed the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, expanding on the Making Home Affordable Program to help millions of Americans avoid preventable foreclosures, providing $2.2 billion to help combat homelessness , and helping to stabilize the housing market for everybody.

The President signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act to protect Americans from unfair and deceptive credit card practices.

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act invested heavily in education both as a way to provide jobs now and lay the foundation for long-term prosperity.

• The Act includes $5 billion for early learning programs, including Head Start, Early Head Start, child care, and programs for children with special needs.
• The Act also provides $77 billion for reforms to strengthen elementary and secondary education, including $48.6 billion to stabilize state education budgets (of which $8.8 billion may be used for other government services) and to encourage states to:
  
  • Make improvements in teacher effectiveness and ensure that all schools have highly-qualified teachers;
  • Make progress toward college and career-ready standards and rigorous assessments that will improve both teaching and learning;
  • Improve achievement in low-performing schools, through intensive support and effective interventions; and
  • Gather information to improve student learning, teacher performance, and college and career readiness through enhanced data systems.
• The Act provides $5 billion in competitive funds to spur innovation and chart ambitious reform to close the achievement gap.
• The Act includes over $30 billion to address college affordability and improve access to higher education.

More to come tomorrow..I'm just in the E's. signed.Health Care and many other legislation that Sarah should admire.