President Barack Obama's Plan to Bankrupt America
Derek Petrella
Issue date: 12/10/09 Section: Opinion
Five days before Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, he proudly stated, "We are going to fundamentally transform America." What is the status quo 11 months later? The unemployment rate is 10.2%, the dollar continues to decline, small businesses are suffering, the 2009 federal deficit is $1.4 trillion, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq are exhausting US troops, and the list never ends. Based on President Obama's actions, it is clear that he is not willing to change his policies. Every presidential election year Americans are fooled into thinking that the popular candidate offers the hope and change we need in Washington. In a speech to defend his nomination for the Democratic Party at a Milwaukee dinner in 2008, Obama stated, "Just words, just speeches." President Obama's words and speeches during the 2008 presidential campaign were "just words, just speeches."
First, President Barack Obama promised Americans that he would get the economy back on track. Obama promised he would end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Obama promised to improve everything. What is actually behind President Obama's plan? Does he really want to improve the economy and bring our troops home? Does he really want to help ease the burden for small businesses? I wonder what the words "fundamentally transform America" actually mean. What is behind Obama's plan for America?
Take a look at Obama's early associations. In Dreams from my Father, Obama says, "To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students; the foreign students; the Chicanos; the Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets." The chief person to inspire Obama to become a community organizer was Saul Alinsky through his book Rules for Radicals, a guide for community organizers. Alinsky is a strong opponent of capitalism and democracy and one of his rules is to persuade the undecided by ridiculing them. The goal of him and his group of radicals was to "fundamentally transform America" into a socialist community organization.
First, President Barack Obama promised Americans that he would get the economy back on track. Obama promised he would end the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Obama promised to improve everything. What is actually behind President Obama's plan? Does he really want to improve the economy and bring our troops home? Does he really want to help ease the burden for small businesses? I wonder what the words "fundamentally transform America" actually mean. What is behind Obama's plan for America?
Take a look at Obama's early associations. In Dreams from my Father, Obama says, "To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students; the foreign students; the Chicanos; the Marxist professors and structural feminists and punk-rock performance poets." The chief person to inspire Obama to become a community organizer was Saul Alinsky through his book Rules for Radicals, a guide for community organizers. Alinsky is a strong opponent of capitalism and democracy and one of his rules is to persuade the undecided by ridiculing them. The goal of him and his group of radicals was to "fundamentally transform America" into a socialist community organization.
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Joe Matera
posted 12/12/09 @ 9:11 AM EST
Dear Derek,
Good article. President Obama is clear in his own agenda no matter what the cost to America. What will this country look like at the end of his term in three years from now? Most Americans need to wake up. (Continued…)
A. Watkins
posted 1/22/10 @ 1:20 PM EST
A couple of points:
1. The stimulus, whether it's working or not (and many pundits agree that it's done good over the last year), and the need for it, is the result of deregulation that took place quietly under Pres. (Continued…)
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