Let’s all gather around the “Holiday” tree, sing “Oh Rahm, Oh Rahm Emmanuel” and see what Obama Claus is gonna give us for Chri- er, Holiday.
I’m making a list and checking it twice of some….yes, only some, of the promises Obama made during his CHANGE campaign before his webmaster CHANGES his website. Let’s all see what promises we should expect the exiting Illinois Senator to keep.
$25 billion State Growth Fund to prevent state and local cuts in health, education, housing, and heating assistance or counterproductive increases in property taxes, tolls or fees. (Isn’t that sweet? Federal spending is called a Growth fund)
$25 billion in a Jobs and Growth Fund to prevent cutbacks in road and bridge maintenance and fund school repair. (let’s see…got that extra 25 billion in a pocket somewhere…)
Give American families an immediate $1,000 emergency energy rebate to help families pay rising bills (My check coming January 21st? Immediate is immediate)
Provide 150 million workers the tax relief they need. Obama and Biden will create a new “Making Work Pay” tax credit of up to $500 per person, or $1,000 per working family. (Welfare makes work pay. Isn’t that special?)
Amend the North American Free Trade Agreement (great on the details, B.O.)
Barack Obama and Joe Biden will raise the minimum wage, index it to inflation and increase the Earned Income Tax Credit (if you raise the minimum wage high enough, there won’t be an Earned Income Tax Credit)
Obama and Biden will create a 10 percent universal mortgage credit. (In case you’re looking for land on Mars)
Cap Outlandish Interest Rates on Payday Loans and Improve Disclosure: Obama and Biden will extend a 36 percent interest cap to all Americans (If only they’d cap taxes at the same level)
Obama and Biden will create an exemption in bankruptcy law for individuals who can prove they filed for bankruptcy because of medical expenses. (Yay! No one ever has to pay medical bills! The Obama affordable health care plan – don’t pay the bill!)
Obama and Biden will make college affordable for all Americans by creating a new American Opportunity Tax Credit. This universal and fully refundable credit will ensure that the first $4,000 of a college education is completely free. (Free to everyone except the taxpayers who paid the $4,000 dollars, and the Colleges that will just raise tuitions $4,000 dollars because of it)
Obama and Biden support a system that allows undocumented immigrants who are in good standing to pay a fine, learn English, and go to the back of the line for the opportunity to become citizens. (And where exactly is this line?)
Obama and Biden will create a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank to expand and enhance, not supplant, existing federal transportation investments. (Road bank? ya gotta be kidding me)
Requiring large employers that do not offer coverage or make a meaningful contribution to the cost of quality health coverage for their employees to contribute a percentage of payroll toward the costs of their employees health care. (a federal fine for companies that don’t pay for health care….I believe that’s exactly what the founders said – “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all employers pay for health care or else the federal government will fine them”
Establish a National Health Insurance Exchange (Can’t wait to see how well that goes!)
Yes, indeed. Looks to be a great year in 2008!
