The ability to vote is taken for granted by many, but it is an important tool in running the country. Those who had voted the president into office are now grappling with the idea of whether to re-elect Obama in the coming year. Questions are natural, but there needs to be a more nuanced thought when we gauge the job that he's done during the past four years and all of the hurdles that he has had to push through.
The bulk of these problems were years in the making and the result of decisions and policy that were enacted during the eight year run of the Bush administration and even before that time in some cases. The wars that we've been fighting for the better part of a decade have provided the distraction that let most of these policies through in the first place.
A big issue that has gotten worse are the tax cuts in benefit of the rich that have been steady for almost a decade. Because of this policy there is a bigger divide between classes than ever before, with a small population holding a majority of all of the money.
The Wall Street Debacle that came hand in hand with the housing crash, and subsequent bail outs hardly endeared the nation to our new president. Also, with the passing of the health care bill, instead of seeing it as a risky and progressive choice many citizens were just wondering about the problems in their own lives.
And this is the main issue, what we think of as unfair or a waste of policy is really the president trying to deal with a crisis that was handed to him from the past. Like putting a band aid on a bullet hole, things can get messy trying to help.
The job that our president had to take on was incredibly daunting and required a good bit of damage control. A good look will show that while he has tried to get things done he's been thwarted at every turn through the actions of career politicians that are clogging up the Senate and House of Representative. Re-electing Obama can show faith towards a better tomorrow and a blow against those who keep stalling attempts at progress. Read more about: re-elect obama
The bulk of these problems were years in the making and the result of decisions and policy that were enacted during the eight year run of the Bush administration and even before that time in some cases. The wars that we've been fighting for the better part of a decade have provided the distraction that let most of these policies through in the first place.
A big issue that has gotten worse are the tax cuts in benefit of the rich that have been steady for almost a decade. Because of this policy there is a bigger divide between classes than ever before, with a small population holding a majority of all of the money.
The Wall Street Debacle that came hand in hand with the housing crash, and subsequent bail outs hardly endeared the nation to our new president. Also, with the passing of the health care bill, instead of seeing it as a risky and progressive choice many citizens were just wondering about the problems in their own lives.
And this is the main issue, what we think of as unfair or a waste of policy is really the president trying to deal with a crisis that was handed to him from the past. Like putting a band aid on a bullet hole, things can get messy trying to help.
The job that our president had to take on was incredibly daunting and required a good bit of damage control. A good look will show that while he has tried to get things done he's been thwarted at every turn through the actions of career politicians that are clogging up the Senate and House of Representative. Re-electing Obama can show faith towards a better tomorrow and a blow against those who keep stalling attempts at progress. Read more about: re-elect obama