Barack Obama’s plan for the economy:
Many of the basic necessities have increased in price, such as, groceries, gasoline, electricity, health care, etc. Obama’s plan to “jumpstart the economy” is to provide $1,000 emergency energy rebate to American families which will help with the rising bills. To decrease the danger of losing one’s job, Obama and Biden will include a $25 billion State Growth Fund to prevent state and local cuts so many people can keep their jobs. For the working families, 150 million workers will get the tax relief they need. There will be a “Making Work Pay” tax credit of up to $500 per person or $1,000 per working family. This tax credit will eliminate income taxes for 10 million Americans. Obama will eliminate income tax for seniors making less than $50,000 and also simplify tax fillings for Middle Class Americans.
Barack Obama’s plan for the War in Iraq
Upon taking office, Obama will give his Secretary of Defense and military commanders a goal of ending the war. Getting our troops out of that area will be done with time and carefulness by the commanders on the ground and also with the help of the Iraqi government. This plan will hopefully remove 1 to 2 brigades a month taking 16 months. It is estimated by the summer of 2010, the troops will be removed, more then 7 years after the war began.
Barack Obama’s plan for Education
Obama will improve the No Child Left Behind Act. He will improve the assessments used to track student’s progress throughout their education. The schools that need help will get help rather then be punished through this new and improved Act. Obama will create Early Learning Challenge Grants to provide support to young children and their parents. He will also increase Early Head Start by increasing their funding and improve its quality. He will provide affordable and high-quality child care to ease the burden on working families.
Obama would like an increase in recruitment of teachers who have had four years of undergraduate or two years of graduate teacher education. There will also be an assessment for every new educator to insure he or she is fully trained and prepared to be in a classroom.
Tuition for college will be easier and more affordable. Obama will create a new American Opportunity Tax Credit worth $4,000 in exchange for community service. It will cover almost two-thirds the cost of tuition at the average public college and make community college tuition completely free for most students.
Racism is still alive
Many were skeptical that Obama would win the democratic vote vs. Hillary Clinton because of the fact he is black. According to an AP-Yahoo News poll that found “one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks-many calling them, ‘lazy,’ ‘violent’ or responsible for their own troubles.” (www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26803840) After winning the democratic primaries, he was then challenged with John McCain. Certainly, McCain had some challenges of his own for his voters since he is an unpopular president to be, too similar to George Bush, and he would be the nation’s oldest first-term president. However, Obama faced that “40 percent of all white Americans hold at least a partly negative view toward blacks, and that includes many Democrats and Independents.” (www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26803840)
An article called Racist Incidents Give Some Obama Campaigners Pause in the Washingtonpost.com mentioned how a Obama supporter made phone calls to prospective voters in her home state of Pennsylvania, which is 98 percent white, and one caller she spoke with couldn’t possibly vote for Obama and had said, “Hang that darky from a tree!” It’s evident that racism still exists today but having a black president must mean that the United States has come a long way but still has a way to go.
Many of the basic necessities have increased in price, such as, groceries, gasoline, electricity, health care, etc. Obama’s plan to “jumpstart the economy” is to provide $1,000 emergency energy rebate to American families which will help with the rising bills. To decrease the danger of losing one’s job, Obama and Biden will include a $25 billion State Growth Fund to prevent state and local cuts so many people can keep their jobs. For the working families, 150 million workers will get the tax relief they need. There will be a “Making Work Pay” tax credit of up to $500 per person or $1,000 per working family. This tax credit will eliminate income taxes for 10 million Americans. Obama will eliminate income tax for seniors making less than $50,000 and also simplify tax fillings for Middle Class Americans.
Barack Obama’s plan for the War in Iraq
Upon taking office, Obama will give his Secretary of Defense and military commanders a goal of ending the war. Getting our troops out of that area will be done with time and carefulness by the commanders on the ground and also with the help of the Iraqi government. This plan will hopefully remove 1 to 2 brigades a month taking 16 months. It is estimated by the summer of 2010, the troops will be removed, more then 7 years after the war began.
Barack Obama’s plan for Education
Obama will improve the No Child Left Behind Act. He will improve the assessments used to track student’s progress throughout their education. The schools that need help will get help rather then be punished through this new and improved Act. Obama will create Early Learning Challenge Grants to provide support to young children and their parents. He will also increase Early Head Start by increasing their funding and improve its quality. He will provide affordable and high-quality child care to ease the burden on working families.
Obama would like an increase in recruitment of teachers who have had four years of undergraduate or two years of graduate teacher education. There will also be an assessment for every new educator to insure he or she is fully trained and prepared to be in a classroom.
Tuition for college will be easier and more affordable. Obama will create a new American Opportunity Tax Credit worth $4,000 in exchange for community service. It will cover almost two-thirds the cost of tuition at the average public college and make community college tuition completely free for most students.
Racism is still alive
Many were skeptical that Obama would win the democratic vote vs. Hillary Clinton because of the fact he is black. According to an AP-Yahoo News poll that found “one-third of white Democrats harbor negative views toward blacks-many calling them, ‘lazy,’ ‘violent’ or responsible for their own troubles.” (www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26803840) After winning the democratic primaries, he was then challenged with John McCain. Certainly, McCain had some challenges of his own for his voters since he is an unpopular president to be, too similar to George Bush, and he would be the nation’s oldest first-term president. However, Obama faced that “40 percent of all white Americans hold at least a partly negative view toward blacks, and that includes many Democrats and Independents.” (www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26803840)
An article called Racist Incidents Give Some Obama Campaigners Pause in the Washingtonpost.com mentioned how a Obama supporter made phone calls to prospective voters in her home state of Pennsylvania, which is 98 percent white, and one caller she spoke with couldn’t possibly vote for Obama and had said, “Hang that darky from a tree!” It’s evident that racism still exists today but having a black president must mean that the United States has come a long way but still has a way to go.
References:
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/education
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/iraq
“Poll:Racial views steer some away from Obama.” 20 September 2008. www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26803840.
Merida, Kevin. “Racist Incidents Give some Obama Campaigners Pause.” 13 May 2008. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008.
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