Health Care: I would give President Obama a C+ for the Health Care reform because he has proposed suggestions but nothing has actually gone into effect yet. Considering Congress is mostly Democrat right now, I feel like he has an advantage, but nothing has happened yet. Also, the health care benefits wouldn't be available until 2013, which is a long time to wait for those who really need it.
Economic Recession: Obama earns a C for helping fix the economic recession. It is a big undertaking, but he did promise to fix it while running for president. There are still about 15 million unemployed people and the US is losing more jobs everyday. While the stock market is improving, the recession is definitely not over and I think stronger programs and actions are required to fix the economy.
War on Terror: Lastly, I would give a C for the War on Terror. While troops have been removed from Iraq, more troops will be deployed to Afghanistan. I think this is necessary to win the War on Terror, but it's not exactly what President Obama promised when he ran for president.
I'm not giving him any bonus points for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Unlike the NPP, I'm not going to reward for promises instead of actions.
I completly agree with you... I don't understand why Obama promises things and then doesn't get them done. Sure he has plenty of time left in office to fufill every promise he has made but he really shouldn't making these promisses until he has a plan in place to fix the problem and help the people.
ReplyDeleteOn the topic of Obama keeping his promises, here is a website that keeps track of all the campaign promises he has kept. http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/ Its pretty cool... Anyway, I don't think you give him quite enough credit. No, he really didn't deserve the Nobel Peace prize, but he has put forth a lot of effort in foreign diplomacy and reforming the health care system.
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