how many of these promises will be kept? On Nov 12, 5:59 am, Cold Water <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A Checklist Of Obama's Many Promises > By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Monday, November 10, 2008 4:20 PM PT > > Few presidential candidates have made more specific promises to American > voters than Barack Obama. They came so fast and furious in the latter part of > the campaign, you'd be excused for not keeping up. So as a public service, > we've put together a handy checklist of some of the biggest Obama promises — > culled from his "Blueprint for Change," his campaign speeches and > advertisements. Clip it. Save it. And see how he did in four years. > > Taxes > > • Give a tax break to 95% of Americans. > > • Restore Clinton-era tax rates on top income earners. > > • "If you make under $250,000, you will not see your taxes increase by a > single dime. Not your income taxes, not your payroll taxes, not your capital > gains taxes. Nothing." > > • Dramatically simplify tax filings so that millions of Americans will be > able to do their taxes in less than five minutes. > > • Give American businesses a $3,000 tax credit for every job they create in > the U.S. > > • Eliminate capital gains taxes for small business and startup companies. > > • Eliminate income taxes for seniors making under $50,000. > > • Expand the child and dependent care tax credit. > > • Expand the earned income tax credit. > > • Create a universal mortgage credit. > > • Create a small business health tax credit. > > • Provide a $500 "make work pay" tax credit to small businesses. > > • Provide a $1,000 emergency energy rebate to families. > > Energy > > • Spend $15 billion a year on renewable sources of energy. > > • Eliminate oil imports from the Middle East in 10 years. > > • Increase fuel economy standards by 4% a year. > > • Weatherize 1 million homes annually. > > • Ensure that 10% of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012. > > Environment > > • Create 5 million green jobs. > > • Implement a cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. > > • Get 1 million plug-in hybrids on the road by 2015. > > Labor > > • Sign a fair pay restoration act, which would overturn the Supreme Court's > pay discrimination ruling. > > • Sign into law an employee free choice act — aka card check — to make it > easier for unions to organize. > > • Make employers offer seven paid sick days per year. > > • Increase the minimum wage to $9.50 an hour by 2009. > > National security > > • Remove troops from Iraq by the summer of 2010. > > • Cut spending on unproven missile defense systems. > > • No more homeless veterans. > > • Stop spending $10 billion a month in Iraq. > > • Finish the fight against Osama bin Laden and the al-Qaida terrorists. > > Social Security > > • Work in a "bipartisan way to preserve Social Security for future > generations." > > • Impose a Social Security payroll tax on incomes above $250,000. > > • Match 50% of retirement savings up to $1,000 for families earning less than > $75,000. > > Education > > • Demand higher standards and more accountability from our teachers. > > Spending > > • Go through the budget, line by line, ending programs we don't need and > making the ones we do need work better and cost less. > > • Slash earmarks. > > Health care > > • Lower health care costs for the typical family by $2,500 a year. > > • Let the uninsured get the same kind of health insurance that members of > Congress get. > > • Stop insurance companies from discriminating against those who are sick and > need care the most. > > • Spend $10 billion over five years on health care information technology. > > http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?secid=1501&status=artic... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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