President Obama!

[texan]

ask and you shall receive

What follows is a PARTIAL list of Obama’s accomplishments so far. Unlike many such lists, there is a link to a citation supporting every single one.
Legislative Prowess
Despite the characterizations of some, Obama’s success rate in winning congressional votes on issues was an unprecedented 96.7% for his first year in office. Though he is often cited as superior to Obama, President Lyndon Johnson’s success rate in 1965 was only 93%. CQ: Obama's Winning Streak On Hill Unprecedented : NPR
Fiscal Responsibility
Within days after taking office, he signed an Executive Order ordering an audit of government contracts, and combating waste and abuse. Executive Order -- Economy in Government Contracting | The White House
Created the post of Chief Performance Officer, whose job it is to make operations more efficient to save the federal government money. Obama Names Chief Performance Officer : NPR
On his first full day, he froze White House salaries. http://on.msnbc.com/ewJUIx
He appointed the first Federal Chief Information Officer to oversee federal IT spending. http://www.cio.gov
He committed to phasing out unnecessary and outdated weapons systems, and also signed the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Actto stop waste, fraud and abuse in the defense procurement and contracting system. Gates announces major Pentagon priority shifts - CNN.com http://bit.ly/fz8GAd
Through an executive order, he created the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. President orders debt panel, names chairmen - Feb. 18, 2010
Improving the Economy, Preventing Depression
He pushed through and signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as “the stimulus package,” despite the fact that not one Republican voted for that bill. In addition, he launched recovery.gov, so that taxpayers could track spending from the Act. The Recovery Act Recovery.gov - Tracking the Money
Read more: A LONG List Of President Obama's Accomplishments (With Citations) -

Here is one that is doing well:

Way back in 2009, President Obama's Treasury Department launched the
Home Affordable Modification Program, a massive authorization to help homeowners struggling
with their mortgages in the wake of the financial crisis. 1.2 milllion people participated in the program
at a cost to taxpayers of $4.4 billion.

A report dropped this week from the Office of the Special Inspector General for TARP (SIGTARP)
that HAMP has a stunning failure rate.

Of the 1.2 million HAMP participants, 306,000 have re-defaulted on their mortgages, at an additional
cost to taxpayers of $815 million.

What's more, another 88,000 homeowners in the HAMP program have missed payments and are
at risk to re-default.

HAMP has been re-authorized to be in effect through 2015.

An aggressive housing policy would have and could still be a very effective economic program to
help America's still-struggling economy - but it's important to recognize the risk of having the
government takeover some of the riskiest loans.
The Stunning Failures of Obama's Mortgage Program - Kevin Glass

 

[texan]

I don't see how Obamacare can fail. First, it's not yet implemented so we can't know if it has failed and second there is nothing stopping the American population from insistin on changes to parts the don't like about it once it is implemented. The thing I find most interesting about people who are upset about companies cutting hours supposedly because of Obamacare is their willingness to accept that explanation. Alot of companies simply see this as a way to pad the bottom line and many Democrats and businesses see it as finally having a path out of the health insurance expectation. Corporate America has been looking for that for decades. Remember Obama satin if you like the coverage you have you can keep it? Seems the people PAYING for that coverage would rather not.

That said sir, why do the gatekeepers of the Affordable Health Care Act (the IRS) Union
want to decline from it?

IRS employee union: We don’t want Obamacare

IRS employees have a prominent role in Obamacare, but their union wants no part of the law.

National Treasury Employees Union officials are urging members to write their congressional representatives
in opposition to receiving coverage through President Obama’s health care law.
IRS employee union: We don’t want Obamacare | WashingtonExaminer.com

 

[Upsmule]

ask and you shall receive

What follows is a PARTIAL list of Obama’s accomplishments so far. Unlike many such lists, there is a link to a citation supporting every single one.
Legislative Prowess
Despite the characterizations of some, Obama’s success rate in winning congressional votes on issues was an unprecedented 96.7% for his first year in office. Though he is often cited as superior to Obama, President Lyndon Johnson’s success rate in 1965 was only 93%. CQ: Obama's Winning Streak On Hill Unprecedented : NPR
Fiscal Responsibility
Within days after taking office, he signed an Executive Order ordering an audit of government contracts, and combating waste and abuse. Executive Order -- Economy in Government Contracting | The White House
Created the post of Chief Performance Officer, whose job it is to make operations more efficient to save the federal government money. Obama Names Chief Performance Officer : NPR
On his first full day, he froze White House salaries. http://on.msnbc.com/ewJUIx
He appointed the first Federal Chief Information Officer to oversee federal IT spending. http://www.cio.gov
He committed to phasing out unnecessary and outdated weapons systems, and also signed the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Actto stop waste, fraud and abuse in the defense procurement and contracting system. Gates announces major Pentagon priority shifts - CNN.com http://bit.ly/fz8GAd
Through an executive order, he created the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform. President orders debt panel, names chairmen - Feb. 18, 2010
Improving the Economy, Preventing Depression
He pushed through and signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, otherwise known as “the stimulus package,” despite the fact that not one Republican voted for that bill. In addition, he launched recovery.gov, so that taxpayers could track spending from the Act. The Recovery Act Recovery.gov - Tracking the Money
Read more: A LONG List Of President Obama's Accomplishments (With Citations) -

Here is one that is doing well:

Way back in 2009, President Obama's Treasury Department launched the
Home Affordable Modification Program, a massive authorization to help homeowners struggling
with their mortgages in the wake of the financial crisis. 1.2 milllion people participated in the program
at a cost to taxpayers of $4.4 billion.

A report dropped this week from the Office of the Special Inspector General for TARP (SIGTARP)
that HAMP has a stunning failure rate.

Of the 1.2 million HAMP participants, 306,000 have re-defaulted on their mortgages, at an additional
cost to taxpayers of $815 million.

What's more, another 88,000 homeowners in the HAMP program have missed payments and are
at risk to re-default.

HAMP has been re-authorized to be in effect through 2015.

An aggressive housing policy would have and could still be a very effective economic program to
help America's still-struggling economy - but it's important to recognize the risk of having the
government takeover some of the riskiest loans.
The Stunning Failures of Obama's Mortgage Program - Kevin Glass

Shhhhhhhhhhh! Nothing to see here, move along......:/

 

[UPS Lifer]

I am so glad the pres. embraced the name "Obamacare". It'll cling like Glad Wrap !!

​He deserves nothing but the best! :/

 

[moreluck]

Wait, did they forget to pivot?

Via Daily Caller:

Organizing for Action, the nonprofit organization assembled from the remnants of President Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign, is pushing for the president’s second-term agenda during a month-long “Action August” of advocacy and fundraising — but don’t expect to hear about the economy.

Beginning on Obama’s birthday, August 4, OFA will spend the month promoting the administration’s top issues ahead of the 2014 midterm elections: the benefits of enrolling early in Obamacare (August 4), immigration reform (August 5), climate change (August 13), gun control (August 21), and immigration reform again (August 31).

“I’ve always said that running for office is not just about getting elected. I believe in winning. Winning’s good. But you run for office and you win so that you can actually get things done. All right? It’s the beginning, and not the end of a process,” Obama said in his recent speech at the OFA summit in Washington, D.C., a video of which was sent to supporters Sunday to rally support for “Action August.”

“I’ve got a little over twelve hundreds days left in office. I am going to spend every waking minute of every one of those days thinking about, and then acting upon, any good ideas out there that are going to help ordinary Americans succeed,” Obama said in the speech, again noting how many days he has left in office. “Thank you very much, OFA. I love you guys. Are you still fired up?,” he added, echoing a 2012 campaign rally mantra.
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So How Did Obama’s Organizing for Action Get IRS 501(c)(4) Approval So Quickly? | Jammie Wearing Fools

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[Upsmule]

Something about the 5th? They can't even get something as simple as that right.

 

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Vacationer Obama's Favorite Vineyard "Vulture" - Michelle Malkin - Page 1

 

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[moreluck]

Why yes, I am stoned.

July 31, 2013: President Obama hosted the NCAA champion University of Connecticut Huskies basketball team at the White House Wednesday. He also talked to Amazon’s new Kindle Singles Corner. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)
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[texan]

IRS chief says he'd rather not switch to ObamaCare plan

The head of the agency tasked with enforcing ObamaCare said Thursday that he'd rather not get his own
health insurance from the system created by the health care overhaul.

"I would prefer to stay with the current policy that I'm pleased with rather than go through a change if
I don't need to go through that change," said acting IRS chief Danny Werfel, during
a House Ways and Means Committee hearing.


Read more: IRS chief says he'd rather not switch to ObamaCare plan | Fox News

 

[Upsmule]

IRS chief says he'd rather not switch to ObamaCare plan

The head of the agency tasked with enforcing ObamaCare said Thursday that he'd rather not get his own
health insurance from the system created by the health care overhaul.

"I would prefer to stay with the current policy that I'm pleased with rather than go through a change if
I don't need to go through that change," said acting IRS chief Danny Werfel, during
a House Ways and Means Committee hearing.


Read more: IRS chief says he'd rather not switch to ObamaCare plan | Fox News

More and more liberal democrat hypocrisy. Pelosi staffers et al can't opt out, but not you.... "Even if you like your current plan." Politics as usual for liberals. Wow......

 

[Upsmule]

***can*** opt out! :/

 

[Upsmule]

Anyone still pushing this nightmare is a party line willfully blind fool. Period.

 

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[moreluck]

And these same young people overwhelmingly supported the man whose policies has them languishing in mom’s basement.

Via Pew Research:

In 2012, 36% of the nation’s young adults ages 18 to 31—the so-called Millennial generation—were living in their parents’ home, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data. This is the highest share in at least four decades and represents a slow but steady increase over the 32% of their same-aged counterparts who were living at home prior to the Great Recession in 2007 and the 34% doing so when it officially ended in 2009.

A record total of 21.6 million Millennials lived in their parents’ home in 2012, up from 18.5 million of their same aged counterparts in 2007. Of these, at least a third and perhaps as many as half are college students. (In the census data used for this analysis, college students who live in dormitories during the academic year are counted as living with their parents).

Younger Millennials (ages 18 to 24) are much more likely than older ones (ages 25 to 31) to be living with their parents—56% versus 16%. Since the onset of the 2007-2009 recession, both age groups have experienced a rise in this living arrangement.
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