Good The Dems Have Done, Get Out And Vote! Nov 2 2010
As promised, my list of achievements the 111th Congress and Barack Obama have accomplished:
- American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the stimulus) – tax credits for home buyers, making work pay, etc
- Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (health care reform) – ends lifetime caps, no denial for pre-existing conditions, etc
- Student loan overhaul – cuts out the banks or the middle men saving over $63B
- Increased fuel efficiency standards – 35 MPG by 2016 when it was originally by 2020
- Overturned the EPA (Bush) ruling that California couldn’t set it’s own MPG regulations
- Allowed federal funding for stem cell research
- Expanded the federal hate crimes bill to sexual orientation or gender identity
- Dismantling of nuclear weapons and limiting when they can be used
- Withdrew troops from Iraq – did so three months before the planned timeline
- Equal pay for women
- Two Supreme Court Justices – two women
- Car Allowance Rebate System (cash for clunkers) – statistics say increased fuel efficiency an average of 9.6 MPG or 61% for cars turned in
- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform & Consumer Protection Act
- Increased federal regulation of tobacco
- Set fuel efficiency standards on trucks and vans for the first time
- Tax incentives to hire the unemployed
In these times we’re living with a global recession of this magnitude, of which experts have claimed would take generations to clean up, you have to admit they’ve done a lot of good with the bad hand they were dealt.
I’ve felt that extreme dislike for the Democrats; extreme dislike for Obama. But I realize, this list, this blog post, I could go into so much detail of each item and it would seem endless; and I’m sure I’ve missed some. These are just highlights. If you go into specifics about these, you really do see a great picture of the grand things Obama and the Democrats have accomplished in just two years time.
If I may ask, give them two more years. If after two years, things are still hellish, then vote them out. Putting the Republicans back in office would spell disaster for this country (as we’ve seen), and this time, it’s worse. There are so many extreme candidates in this race like Sharron Angle, Ken Buck, and Rand Paul. Lord knows what our country would look like if they get power.
Regardless, I plead with you, like I have before, go out and vote tomorrow, November 2, 2010. Even if you’re 100% discouraged by anything and everything, just go. Every vote matters and every vote counts. This nation is too hurt to sit this one out. Get your say. No one can stop you. There’s nothing to fear.