The issues facing the US citizen should strike a chord of alarm in each of us. I do not think that there is one person who does not know a friend, a family member, co-worker or perhaps it is you yourself that has been adversely affected by the issues that we face in our daily lives. Whether it be healthcare, the energy crisis, unemployment, homeland security or the lack thereof, housing crisis, immigration, human rights and the bevy of issues that can bring havoc to the sanctity of safety that is our inalienable right bourne into a Democracy based on freedom of speech and choice.
Below please note just a few of the issues that the Democratic Nominee for President Barack Obama has shared not only through his speeches but his action and votes in the Senate and in his grassroots experience.
- Civil Rights
- Economy
- Education
- Energy and Environment
- Foreign Policy
- Healthcare
- Seniors and Social Security
- Women
CIVIL RIGHTS
The time to effect a change is now not later in the all too important but often neglected issue of equality and human rights. Not only are hate crimes on the rise since the last administration took office but pay inequity continues to be a pirriah that affect the quality of life of many Americans. It is a fact that a man earns $1.00 as compared to 77 cents for an average woman and 67 and 57 cents for an African American and Latina woman respectively.
Simply Stated - “ We have more work to do.”
- Barack Obama
- Strengthen Civil Rights Enforcement
- Combat Employment Discrimination
- Expand Hate Crimes Statutes
- End Deceptive Voting Practices
- End Racial Profiling
- Eliminate Sentencing Disparities
- Reduce Crime Recidivism by Providing Ex-Offender Support
Barack Obama the man has built his career and reputation through his work and beliefs that it is important to work diligently to bring about a change and strive for fairness in the criminal justice system and to promote civil rights.
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ECONOMY
We do not have to re-invent the wheel to bring our economy back as a country. This country was built by the sweat and ethics of hard work, willing spirit and great minds. The time is now to harness our resources and elevate our country and its economic base as the powerhouse it can and will be again.
“ We are all in this together. From CEOs to shareholder, from finaciers to factory workers, we all have a stake in each other’ success because the more Americans prosper, the more America prospers.”
- Barack Obama
- Provide Additional Tax Rebates to American Workers
- Provide Middle Class American Tax Relief
- Work / Family Balance
- Eliminate Income Taxes for Seniors Making Less than $50,000
- Fight for Fair Trade
- Invest in the Manufacturing Sector and Create 5 Million New Green Jobs
- New Jobs Through National Infrastructure Investment
- Technology, Innovation and Creating Jobs
- Support Small Business
- Protect Homeownership and Crack Down on Mortgage Fraud
It is clear that we are at a crucial juncture in the history of our country and the line that still ring in my ear and resonates in my brain,” that the country is not in a recession “ President George Bush only brings merit to the need to have a candidate in the White House that knows the difference between trust fund and truth.
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EDUCATION
“I don’t want send another generation of American children to failing schools. I don’t want that future for my daughters. I don’t want that future for your sons. I do not want that future for America. ”
- Barack Obama
There are many steps to Barack Obama’s education plan such as the “Zero to Five” plan which will provide critical support to young children and their parents. Obama will quadruple Early Head Start by increasing the funding and improving the quality to existing programs. Obama also wants to eliminate the financial burdens to working class families as it relates to affordable and high quality child care There are a number of feasible improvements he will implement when elected President.
- Funding ‘NCLB’ No Child Left Behind, by funding the law
- Expand Early Head Start and Head Start
- Affordable High-Quality Child Care
- Prioritize Math and Science Curriculum
- Address the Dropout Crisis
- Recruit, Prepare, Retain, Reward America’s Teachers
- Create American Opportunity Tax Credit
- Simplified Financial Aid Application
When you choose to StandUp and Vote for Obama for President you cast a vote for the future of the American education system and our future leaders.
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ENERGY and ENVIRONMENT
One without the other is the earth without the sun.
“Will we be the generation that leaves our planet in decline or will we control our own energy and our own destiny?”
- Barack Obama
- 5 Million Green Collar Jobs
- Eliminate Our Need for Middle Eastern and Venezuelan Oil within 10 years
- Reduce our Greenhouse Gas Emissions 80 Percent by 2050
- US Will be the Leader on Climate Change
This is not an option these directives will need to become a way of life for each and everyone of us to insure that we not only live on this planet but that we cohabitate and respect the gift of living on the planet earth or it will implode upon us as sure as the sun rises in the east and sets in he west.
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FOREIGN POLICY
“You matter to us. Your future is our future. And our moment is now.”
- Barack Obama
It has been said that Barack Obama is too young but how young is too young to know that the current Foreign Policy is not working in any stretch of the imagination. How young is to young when our young men and women are not just facing a war with no end in sight but a war built on lies and deception. How young is to young to acknowledge that America is no longer the unparalleled powerhouse of democracy that has been its legacy. How young is to young to understand the importance of nuclear weapons as a real time threat to the world as we know it. Not just to us as Americans but to civilization in the 21st century.
RENEWING AMERICAN DIPLOMACY
- NUCLEAR WEAPONS
- IRAN AND THE WAR ON TERRORISM
- BIPARTISANSHIP AND OPENNESS
- AFRICA PUT AN END TO GENOCIDE
- ISRAEL A STRONG PARTNERSHIP
America a country comprised of young and old citizens and every age in between. It is not important to elect a man to be President that has gray hair as a show of age but to elect a man who has wisdom, strength of character and a plan and who is ready willing and able to lead this country
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HEALTHCARE
“We now face an opportunity – and an obligation – to turn the page on the failed politics of yesterday’s health care debates… My plan begins by covering every American.”
- Barack Obama
If ever there was an issues that needed a strong and firm Presidential hand to insure that it is no longer an issue to be dealt with but is a matter of upmost importance that issue is Healthcare. No longer should it be heard in the White House let’s see if we can get this done. It should be heard in every house hold in America that affordable and portable coverage is no longer a luxury but it is a law applicable to every citizen.
- LOWERING COST MODERNIZING THE U.S. HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
- FIGHT FOR NEW INCENTIVES
- QUALITY, AFFORDABLE AND PORTABLE COVERAGE FOR ALL
- NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE EXCHANGE
- ENSURING PROVIDER’S DELIVER QUALITY CARE
- LOWERING COSTS BY INCREASING COMPETITION INSURANCE AND DRUG MARKETS
Barack Obama record proceeds him as he had made significant strives by not only sponsoring and passing legislation concerning coverage for both adults and kids in Washington but he also worked to pass laws in Illinois for women’s health. His record shows that he cast his votes with his convictions and not with big business.
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SENIORS & SOCIAL SECURITY
“We …have an obligation to protect Social Security and ensure that it’s a safety net that American people can count on today, tomorrow and forever.”
- Barack Obama
It is a real threat that our seniors who have worked and fought to build and protect this country these same individuals now have to worry that a program that was started to insure that their quality of life would be enhanced due to their lifelong contributions may be gone if not tomorrow than the next day. The program was designed to provide security. Now what?
- PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY
- STRENGTHEN RETIREMENT SAVINGS
- AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE
- PROTECT AND HONOR SENIORS
It may seem simple but it has taken years of bad administration and shortsightedness to unravel what was intended to be a program instituted to protect individuals from unforeseen catastrophes. It was created to provide old age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits to workers and their families. Their have been many polls on the approval rating of how President Bush has managed Social Security but the real poll should be will Social Security survive another Republican Administration.
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WOMEN
“Ordinary women have taken on extraordinary odds to give their daughters the chance for something else; a life more equal, more free, and filled with more opportunity than they ever had. In so many ways we have succeeded, but in so many areas we have much work left to do.”
- Barack Obama
- SUPPORTS A WOMAN”S RIGHT TO CHOOSE
- WOMEN AFFECTED BY NATION”S HEALTH CARE
- EMPOWERING WOMEN TO PREVENT HIV/AIDS:
- FIGHTING FOR PAY EQUITY
- INVESTING IN WOMEN-OWNED SMALL BUSINESS
- FIGHTING POVERTY
- PROTECTING TITLE IX
- REDUCING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
The same but different and Barack Obama understands that while women have the same concerns as their male counterpart, the economy, healthcare, job security, education, and the environment just to name a few they affect each gender in different segments of the spectrum. That small but important insight will insure that the change that occurs will be geared towards all segments of the population. Long gone are the days when the voting segment of women can be discounted as a voice to be ignored. Women represent a broad spectrum of informed voters not to be stereotyped or categorized by media consultants and pollsters as women who are only concerned with gender specific issues. Women control 80-85 cents of every household dollar spent and it is because of this fact that women voters are focused on the economy. Barack Obama early years were spent in public service and he built his constituents in a grassroots effort one voice one voter at a time. Obama not only hears the voices of the women of America he acknowledges their importance as a necessary and important segment in insuring that America emerges from this economic doom.
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