OBAMA’S TRAIL OF BROKEN PROMISES AND OUTRIGHT LIES

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Here’s a quick synopsis of why President Barack Obama is doing everything possible to avoid talking about his track record during his first term in office: 

Stimulus: He promised the $825 stimulus would create or save 3.5 million jobs, mostly in the private sector; the reality is that it created or saved somewhere between 600,000 and 1.6 million jobs, many in federal or state government.     

Home Foreclosures: Obama’s special housing program was claimed to save 7 to 9 million homes from foreclosure.  It actually helped 1.7 million homes at an astronomical cost per house, and many of those are still in danger. 

Jobs: Every month he promised that he was going to make jobs his number one priority the following month.  He said he would create 5 million new jobs in renewable energy alone.  He lost 4.3 million jobs, added back 4.2 million and, with more people entering the work force, unemployment actually went up, although the current methodology of calculation does not take into account those who fell off the unemployment rolls and quit looking for work. 

Debt, Deficit: He said he would cut the deficit in half; the debt, he said, was “unpatriotic.” However, he added almost $6 trillion in 3-1/2 years, more than Bush did in eight. 

Gas Prices: Then: $1.79 per gallon.  Now: Over $4.00… pushing $6.00 in California.  Remember all of that renewable energy he was going to create?  The fact is that he wants higher fuel prices so he can force people into smaller cars or mass transportation. 

Tax Increases: He promised no increases on anybody making less than $250,000 per year.  He has already enacted increased taxes on tobacco, tanning salons, the individual mandate… totaling $670 billion and he wants to enact $1 trillion more in taxes next year without cutting spending one dime. 

Health Insurance Costs: He promised his ObamaCare would reduce healthcare costs.  So far, premiums workers pay for insurance had increased by 17.5%.  Mine has gone up by almost 30%. 

Foreign Affairs: His insistence that his new style of soft-shoe foreign policy would end international strife has resulted in: the Libyan situation; North Korea becoming more belligerent; Iran on the precipice of having nuclear weapons; a Middle East tinderbox and a Mexican drug cartel running rampant. In many friendly foreign countries, we are now the laughing stock of the world… a paper dragon. 

That's MY AMERICAN OPINION, respectfully submitted.