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Fuck Republicans.
Things conservatism has given us –
Freedom
john Wayne
Football
Apple pie
sunshine and rainbows
America
Things liberalism has given us –
Herpes
killing unborn children
negro violence
Table tennis
teenage rage (best seen right here)
Slothfulness
Miley Cyrus
Anyone who supports Rand Paul doesn’t understand how the real world works.
So you are basically mad because the degree he does hold doesn’t state the
word “Biology” but is the study of human biology…. Really?
Unlike Obama, who *never* lies….
Here are 980 well sourced examples of Obama’s lying, lawbreaking,
corruption.
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may freely copy it in any part or in its entirely, without asking my
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I ask you to please show this list to as many people as possible – and
especially, to please show it to as many Obama supporters as possible.
Sunshine really is the best disinfectant. I can’t stop Obama from doing any
of these horrible things, but I can tell people about what he is doing. So
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Every President, every politician, and every human being tells lies and
engages in acts of hypocrisy. But Barack Obama does these things to a far
greater degree than anyone else that I have ever known of. His campaign
promises were so much better sounding than anyone else’s – no lobbyists in
his administration, waiting five days before signing all non-emergency
bills so people would have time to read them, putting health care
negotiations on C-SPAN, reading every bill line by line to make sure money
isn’t being wasted, prosecution of Wall St. criminals, ending raids against
medical marijuana in states where it’s legal, high levels of transparency.
Obama’s promises of these wonderful things sounded inspiring and sincere.
They sounded so much better than the promises of any other President. So
when Obama broke these promises, it felt so much worse than when other
Presidents broke their promises.
In the 2008 United States election, I wrote in Ron Paul for President. In
the 2012 election, I voted for Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson.
Those who are of a more leftist persuasion than myself might want to
consider voting for the Green Party in future elections.
Some of the things on this list are major events that should scare the
daylights out of any true liberal who cares about civil liberties.
Other things on this list are medium things that some Obama supporters may
dislike, but would be willing to overlook in light of the things that Obama
has done which they like.
And some of the things on this list may seem trivial, but I still think
they are an interesting reflection of the kinds of policies that Obama
supports.
Every claim that I make in this list is sourced. Click on the blue text to
see the sources. I have cited a wide variety of sources, from right wing,
to left wing, to middle of the road.
I welcome any comments and criticisms that you may have. If you say my list
is wrong, please back up your claim by citing specific examples.
And now, on with the list:
1) Carried out military interventionism in Libya without Congressional
approval
In June 2011, U.S. Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) said that Obama had
violated the Constitution when he launched military operations in Libya
without Congressional approval.
In April 2014, Ralph Nader said that Obama should be impeached for his
actions in Libya.
2) Gave a no-bid contract to Halliburton cronies – just like Bush did
In May 2010, it was reported that the Obama administration had selected
KBR, a former subsidiary of Halliburton, for a no-bid contract worth as
much as $568 million through 2011, just hours after the Justice Department
had said it would pursue a lawsuit accusing the Houston-based company of
using kickbacks to get foreign contracts.
Don’t be fooled by the words “former subsidiary.” These are the same
Halliburton cronies that Bush gave a no-bid contract to.
3) Has an administration full of lobbyists, after promising he wouldn’t
have any
On November 15, 2007, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Obama said that lobbyists
“… will not work in my White House.”
However, by February 2010, he had more than 40 lobbyists working in his
administration. A list of them can be seen here.
4) Has close ties to Wall St., but pretends to support Occupy Wall St.
Although Obama claims to support the Occupy Wall St. movement, the truth is
that he has raised more money from Wall St. than any other candidate during
the last 20 years. In early 2012, Obama held a fundraiser where Wall St.
investment bankers and hedge fund managers each paid $35,800 to attend. In
October 2011, Obama hired Broderick Johnson, a longtime Wall Street
lobbyist, to be his new senior campaign adviser. Johnson had worked as a
lobbyist for JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America, Fannie Mae, Comcast,
Microsoft, and the oil industry.
5) Broke his promise to close Guantanamo Bay
Obama broke his promise to close Guantanamo Bay.
6) Supported the $700 billion TARP corporate-welfare bailout just like Bush
While Senator, Obama voted for the $700 billion TARP bank bailout bill. The
bailout rewarded irresponsible and illegal behavior. It redirected
resources from more productive uses to less productive uses. It punished
the hard working taxpayers who had played by the rules and obeyed the law.
It created horrible incentives, and sent the wrong message. The bailout was
evil because it rewarded the bad people and punished the good people. No
society that does this can expect to remain free or prosperous. Instead of
bailing out these corrupt corporations, we should have let them cease to
exist, like we did with Enron.
7) Waged the biggest war against medical marijuana of any president, which
was the opposite of what he had promised
In May 2008, Obama campaign spokesperson Ben LaBolt said that Obama would
end DEA raids on medical marijuana in states where it’s legal. Also in
2008, Obama said that he supported the “basic concept of using medical
marijuana for the same purposes and with the same controls as other drugs”
and that he was “not going to be using Justice Department resources to try
to circumvent state laws.”
However, in February 2010, DEA agents raided a medical marijuana grower in
Highlands Ranch in Colorado, a state where medical marijuana is legal. Also
in February 2010, DEA agents raided a medical marijuana dispensary in
Culver City in California, a state where medical marijuana is legal. In
July 2010, the DEA raided at least four medical marijuana growers in San
Diego, California. Also in July 2010, the DEA raided a medical marijuana
facility in Covelo, California. Then in September 2010, the DEA conducted
raids on at least five medical marijuana dispensaries in Las Vegas, Nevada,
where medical marijuana is legal. In 2011, the DEA conducted raids on
medical marijuana in Seattle, Washington, West Hollywood, California, and
Helena, Montana, all places where it is legal. In April 2012, the DEA
carried out several raids on medical marijuana in Oakland, California.
In February 2012, Rolling Stone magazine wrote that Obama’s war against
medical marijuana went “far beyond anything undertaken by George W. Bush.”
In April 2012, Mother Jones magazine wrote: “The president campaigned on
the promise that he’d stop federal raids on medical marijuana operations
that were in compliance with state laws, a vow that Attorney General Eric
Holder repeated after the election. But then the Obama administration
raided more than 100 dispensaries in its first three years and is now
poised to outpace the Bush administration’s crackdown record.” In May 2012,
the Washington Post wrote: “Obama has become more hostile to medical
marijuana patients than any president in U.S. history.” In May 2012, U.S.
Congressperson Nancy Pelosi (D-California) said she had “strong concerns”
about Obama’s forced closure of five medical marijuana facilities in
Pelosi’s congressional district. In April 2012, commenting on Obama’s
crackdown on medical marijuana, U.S. Congressman Barney Frank
(D-Massachusetts) said, “I’m very disappointed… They look more like the
Bush administration than the Clinton administration.”
In July 2012, federal prosecutors filed civil forfeiture actions against
Harborside Health Center, a medical marijuana dispensary in Oakland, CA,
which claims to be the world’s largest, and which claims to serve more than
100,000 medical marijuana patients. In April 2012, federal agents raided
Oaksterdam University, an educational institution in Oakland, CA, which
teaches people about medical marijuana. In April 2012, federal agents
raided a medical marijuana facility which had been serving 1,500 patients
near Lake Elsinore, CA. In June 2012, the Obama administration filed
asset-forfeiture lawsuits against two landlords who rented their buildings
to medical marijuana stores in Santa Fe Springs, CA. The Obama
administration also sent warning letters which threatened similar legal
action to dozens of other, nearby landlords. During the first seven months
of 2012, the DEA shut down 40 medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado,
all of which had been operating in compliance with state and local law.
In April 2013, the DEA raided four medical marijuana dispensaries in Los
Angeles, California. Also in April 2013, the DEA raided a medical marijuana
dispensary in San Diego, California. In July 2013, the DEA conducted
multiple medical marijuana raids in Washington state, including the cities
of Olympia, Tacoma, and Seattle. In August 2013, the DEA raided People’s
Choice Alternative Medicine, a medical marijuana facility in Ann Arbor,
Michigan. In October 2013, the DEA raided 28 medical marijuana facilities
in Michigan. In November 2013, the DEA raided 12 medical marijuana
facilities in Denver, Colorado.
In May 2012, ABC News reported that during Obama’s youth, he often smoked
large quantities of recreational marijuana. Obama’s marijuana smoking
wasn’t even medical – it was recreational. And yet now, he is taking large
scale, widespread action to prevent people with AIDS, cancer, multiple
sclerosis, glaucoma, and other illnesses, who have prescriptions from their
doctors, from using their prescription medicine – how cold hearted can a
person be?
8) Nominated a six-time tax cheater to head the government agency that
enforces the tax laws
Obama nominated Timothy Geithner, a repeat tax cheater, to head the
government agency that enforces the tax laws.
Prior to his nomination, Geithner had:
1) Illegally failed to pay more than $34,000 in social security and
medicare taxes
2) Illegally declared the cost of his children’s summer camp as a form of
day care.
3) Illegally failed to pay the early withdrawal penalty when he took money
out of his retirement plan
4) Illegally declared non-eligible items as a charitable deduction
5) Illegally declared something which was ineligible as a small business
deduction
6) Illegally declared utility expenses which had actually been for his
personal use
9) Gave tax dollars to AIG executives, then pretended to be outraged about
it
Obama signed a “stimulus” bill that spent money on bonuses for AIG
executives. Prior to signing this bill, Obama had said, “when I’m
president, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending
money unwisely.” However, after reading “line by line” and signing the
“stimulus” bill that protected the AIG bonuses, Obama pretended to be
shocked and outraged at the bonuses, and said, “Under these circumstances,
it’s hard to understand how derivative traders at A.I.G. warranted any
bonuses at all, much less $165 million in extra pay… How do they justify
this outrage to the taxpayers who are keeping the company afloat?” and also
said that he would “pursue every single legal avenue to block these
bonuses.”
10) Expanded Bush’s unconstitutional government faith based programs
Obama expanded the federal government’s faith based programs which had been
started by President George W. Bush.
11) Supported Bush’s unconstitutional Patriot Act
In May 2011, Obama signed a renewal of the Patriot Act.
12) Increased the national debt more in one term than Bush did in two
The national debt increased more during Obama’s first three years and two
months than it did during all eight years of George W. Bush’s presidency.
13) Agrees with Bush’s support of unconstitutional, indefinite detention of
U.S. citizens without filing any charges
In December 2011, ACLU executive director Anthony D. Romero criticized
Obama for signing a bill that gave the U.S. government the power to
indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without any charges being filed or any
trial taking place.
14) Agrees with Bush’s support of unconstitutional, warrantless wiretapping
President Obama has defended warrantless wiretapping.
15) Avoided prosecution of Wall. St criminals
Although Obama had promised to prosecute Wall St. criminals, during his
entire first term, his administration did not file any criminal charges
against any of the top financial executives.
16) Had four U.S. citizens killed without judicial process
Obama had four U.S. citizens killed without judicial process.
The ACLU accused Obama of violating the U.S. Constitution for doing this.
U.S. Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) said that Obama’s actions might be an
impeachable offense.
Ralph Nader wrote that Obama
“has extended the Bush doctrine by declaring his unilateral right, as
secret prosecutor, judge, jury, and executioner, to destroy anybody,
anywhere in the world, including American citizens, suspected to be engaged
in alleged terrorist activities, all this vaguely and loosely defined as
anti-U.S. security.”
17) Ordered private company to fire 1,000 employees
In 2011, after Boeing had hired 1,000 new employees to work at its new
factory in South Carolina, the Obama administration ordered Boeing to shut
down the factory, because the factory was non-union.
18) Stole money from retired teachers and police officers
During the Chrysler bankruptcy, Obama violated the Fifth Amendment and more
than 150 years of bankruptcy law by illegally treating secured creditors
worse than unsecured creditors. Some of these secured creditors were
retired teachers and police officers from Indiana.
Richard A. Epstein, a law professor at New York University School of Law,
wrote of this:
“Upsetting this fixed hierarchy among creditors is just an illegal taking
of property from one group of creditors for the benefit of another, which
should be struck down on both statutory and constitutional grounds.”
Todd Zywicki, Professor of Law at George Mason University School of Law,
wrote that Obama’s treatment of secured creditors was
“dangerous to the rule of law.”
The Economist wrote that Obama’s actions could
“establish a terrible precedent. Bankruptcy exists to sort legal claims on
assets. If it becomes a tool of social policy, who will then lend to
struggling firms in which the government has a political interest?”
Francis Cianfrocca, the CEO of Bayshore Networks, wrote that Obama’s
actions were
“an astonishingly reckless abrogation of contract law that will introduce a
new level of uncertainty into business transactions at all levels, and make
wealth generation more difficult going forward… An extraordinary
uncertainty has been created when the most powerful man in the world can
rewrite contracts and choose winners and losers in private negotiations as
he sees fit. Since this is an unquantifiable uncertainty, and not a
quantifiable risk, its effect on business and investor confidence will be
large and unpredictable. As in the 1930s, a time when government also
cavalierly rewrote private contracts, the prudent approach for business
will be to invest minimally and wait for another administration.”
19) Supported release of convicted mass murderer
In 2010, Obama supported releasing Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi
(who had been convicted of murdering 270 people) from prison.
20) Illegally put thousands of guns into hands of criminals
In Operation Fast and Furious, the Obama administration ordered gun
storeowners to illegally sell thousands of guns to criminals.
U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was murdered with one of these guns.
The murderer was sentenced to 30 years in prison, but his accomplices, Eric
Holder and Barack Obama, haven’t even been arrested or charged.
21) Fired Inspector General for discovering that Obama’s friend had
embezzled government funds
In June 2009, Obama fired Inspector General Gerald Walpin, after Walpin
accused Sacramento mayor Kevin Johnson, an Obama supporter, of misuse of
AmeriCorps funding to pay for school-board political activities. In a
letter to Congress, the White House said that Walpin was fired because he
was “confused, disoriented, unable to answer questions and exhibited other
behavior that led the Board to question his capacity to serve.” A
bipartisan group of 145 current and former public officials, attorneys, and
legal scholars signed a letter that was sent to the White House, which
defended Walpin, said the criticisms of him were not true, and said that
his firing was politically motivated. The letter can be read here.
22) Lied about putting health care negotiations on C-SPAN
Although Obama had made a campaign promise to have all of the health care
reform negotiations broadcast on C-SPAN, he broke that promise after he was
elected.
The secrecy of these negotiations was so strong that U.S. Congresswoman and
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California) said, “We have to pass the
bill so that you can find out what is in it.”
23) Lied about letting people keep their health insurance
Before Obamacare was passed, Obama said:
“No matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the
American people… If you like your health care plan, you’ll be able to keep
your health care plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.”
Also before Obamacare was passed, Obama said:
“Here is a guarantee that I’ve made. If you have insurance that you like,
then you will be able to keep that insurance.”
However, after Obamacare was passed, the Congressional Budget Office said
that the law would cause seven million people to lose their employer
provided insurance.
After Obamacare was passed, 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
announced that it would drop health insurance for the children of more than
30,000 low-wage home attendants. Mitra Behroozi, executive director of
benefit and pension funds for 1199SEIU stated
“… new federal health-care reform legislation requires plans with dependent
coverage to expand that coverage up to age 26… meeting this new requirement
would be financially impossible.”
Also, after Obamacare was passed, the Franciscan University of Steubenville
dropped its coverage in response to the law.
Universal Orlando dropped its coverage for part time employees in response
to Obamacare.
In addition, after Obamacare was passed, Forbes reported
“The House Ways and Means Committee has released a new report that sheds
light onto how Obamacare incentivizes companies to dump their workers onto
the new law’s subsidized exchanges.”
Also after Obamacare was passed, MSN reported
“The Affordable Care Act mandate most commonly known as Obamacare has some
tight stipulations that, CNN says, are forcing health care companies to rip
up most of their current plans and draft new ones that comply. According to
a University of Chicago study, just about half of the individual health
care plans currently on the market won’t cut it once key provisions of the
Affordable Care Act kick in next year.”
Furthermore, it was reported that Obamacare would cause 58,000 Aetna and
UnitedHealth Group customers in California to lose their insurance.
In response to Obamacare, some employers have dropped coverage for their
employees’ spouses. In August 2013, it was reported that UPS had announced
that it would be dropping 15,000 spouses of its employees from its health
insurance, and that it had cited Obamacare as the reason it was doing this.
The chain of Wegmans supermarkets cancelled the policies of its part time
employees in response to Obamacare.
In July 2013, leaders of the Teamsters, UFCW, and UNITE-HERE sent a letter
to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi which said that Obamacare
“will shatter not only our hard-earned health benefits… these restrictions
will make non-profit plans like ours unsustainable… we can no longer stand
silent in the face of elements of the Affordable Care Act that will destroy
the very health and wellbeing of our members along with millions of other
hardworking Americans”
In August 2013, it was reported that 106,000 New Jersey citizens would lose
their health insurance because of Obamacare.
In September 2013, IBM announced that it would be switching 110,000 of its
retirees from their current IBM-provided health insurance to the Obamacare
exchanges.
In September 2013, Trader Joe’s announced that, in response to Obamacare,
it would stop providing insurance to its part time employees.
In October 2013, it was reported that at least 146,000 people in Michigan
would be losing their insurance because of Obamacare.
In October 2013, it was reported that Florida Blue would be dropping
300,000 customers because of Obamacare.
In October 2013, it was reported that 491,977 individual insurance plans in
California would be canceled because of Obamacare.
In October 2013, it was reported that, in response to Obamacare, Home Depot
would stop providing insurance to its part time employees.
In October 2013, it was reported that Obamacare was forcing CareFirst
BlueCross BlueShield to cancel the insurance of 76,000 people in Virginia,
Maryland, and Washington, D.C., because their policies did not meet the
minimum requirements of Obamacare.
In October 2013, it was reported that hundreds of thousands of people in
Washington state would be losing their insurance because of Obamacare.
In November 2013, it was reported that nearly nearly 250,000 people in
Colorado would lose their insurance because of Obamacare.
In January 2014, it was reported that, in response to Obamacare, Target was
planning to stop offering insurance to its part time employees.
24) Lied about the cost of Obamacare
Before Obamacare was passed, Obama promised
“I will not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits – either now or
in the future. I will not sign it if it adds one dime to the deficit, now
or in the future, period. And to prove that I’m serious, there will be a
provision in this plan that requires us to come forward with more spending
cuts if the savings we promised don’t materialize.”
However, after Obama signed it, the Washington Post reported that it would
add more than $340 billion to the budget deficit over the next decade.
In March 2012, the Congressional Budget Office said that over the next
decade, Obamacare would cost twice as much as what Obama had promised.
In May 2013, it was reported that Obamacare’s program for high risk
patients was more expensive than what Obama had promised.
25) Gave tax dollars to campaign contributors and lobbyists, and falsely
claimed the money was for “green energy”
In 2009 the Obama administration gave $535 million to Solyndra, claiming
that it would create 4,000 new jobs. However, instead of creating those
4,000 new jobs, the company went bankrupt. It was later revealed that the
company’s shareholders and executives had made substantial donations to
Obama’s campaign, that the company had spent a large sum of money on
lobbying, and that Solyndra executives had had many meetings with White
House officials.
It was also revealed that the Obama administration had already been aware
of Solyndra’s financial troubles. For example, according to the company’s
security filings in 2009, the company had been selling its product for less
than the cost of production. In 2010, Obama visited the Solyndra factory
and cited it as a role model for his “stimulus” program, saying “It’s here
that companies like Solyndra are leading the way toward a brighter and more
prosperous future.” The Washington Post wrote of this, “Administration
officials and outside advisers warned that President Obama should consider
dropping plans to visit a solar startup company in 2010 because its
mounting financial problems might ultimately embarrass the White House.”
Solyndra was a private company, but had been planning to use its government
loans as a means of going public – so when Obama knowingly overstated the
company’s condition in order to help his friends at Solyndra, he broke the
same law that Martha Stewart had been sent to prison for breaking.
In September 2011, federal agents visited the homes of Brian Harrison, the
company’s CEO, and Chris Gronet, the company’s founder, to examine computer
files and documents. Also in September 2011, the U.S. Treasury Department
launched an investigation.
On September 13, 2011, the Washington Post reported on emails which showed
that the Obama administration had tried to rush federal reviewers to
approve the loan so Vice President Joe Biden could announce it at a
September 2009 groundbreaking for the company’s factory. The company was a
hallmark of President Obama’s plan to support clean energy technologies.
The New York Times reported that government auditors and industry analysts
had faulted the Obama administration for failing to properly evaluate the
company’s business proposals, as well as for failing to take note of
troubling signs which were already evident. In addition, Frank Rusco, a
program director at the Government Accountability Office, had found that
the preliminary loan approval had been granted before officials had
completed the legally mandated evaluations of the company.
The New York Times quoted Shyam Mehta, a senior analyst at GTM Research, as
saying “There was just too much misplaced zeal at the Department of Energy
for this company.” Among 143 companies that had expressed an interest in
getting a loan guarantee, Solyndra was the first one to get approval.
During the period when Solyndra’s loan guarantee was under review, the
company had spent nearly $1.8 million on lobbying. Tim Harris, the CEO of
Solopower, a different solar panel company which had obtained a $197
million loan guarantee, told the New York Times that his company had never
considered spending any money on lobbying, and that “It was made clear to
us early in the process that that was clearly verboten… We were told that
it was not only not helpful but it was not acceptable.”
The Washington Post reported that Solyndra had used some of the loan money
to purchase new equipment which it never used, and then sold that new
equipment, still in its plastic wrap, for pennies on the dollar. Former
Solyndra engineer Lindsey Eastburn told the Washington Post, “After we got
the loan guarantee, they were just spending money left and right… Because
we were doing well, nobody cared. Because of that infusion of money, it
made people sloppy.”
On September 29, 2011, the Washington Post reported that the Obama
administration had continued to allow Solyndra to receive taxpayer money
even after it had defaulted on its $535 million loan.
On October 7, 2011, The Washington Post reported that newly revealed emails
showed that Energy Department officials had been warned that their plan to
help Solyndra by restructuring the loan might be illegal, and should be
cleared with the Justice Department first. However, Energy Department
officials moved ahead with the restructuring anyway, with a new deal that
would repay company investors before taxpayers if the company were to
default. The emails showed concerns within the Obama administration about
the legality of the Energy Department’s actions. In addition, an Energy
Department “stimulus” adviser, Steve Spinner, had pushed for the loan,
despite having recused himself because his wife’s law firm had done work
for the company.
In January 2012, CBS News reported that Solyndra had thrown millions of
dollars worth of brand new glass tubes into garbage dumpsters, where they
ended up being shattered. Solyndra told CBS that it had conducted an
exhaustive search for buyers of the glass tubes, and that no one had wanted
them. However, CBS discovered that Solyndra had not offered the glass tubes
for sale at either one of its two asset auctions that took place in 2011.
In addition, David Lucky, a buyer and seller of such equipment, told CBS
that he would have bought the tubes if he had had a chance to do so. Greg
Smestad, a solar scientist who had consulted for the Department of Energy,
also agreed that the tubes had value, and had asked Solyndra to donate any
unwanted tubes to Santa Clara University. Smestad stated, “That really
makes me sad… Those tubes represent intellectual investment. These could
have had a better value to do public good. I think they owed the U.S.
taxpayer that.”
Solyndra was not the only “green energy” company involved in this type of
fraud. After Obama gave Raser Technologies $33 million to build a power
plant, the company declared bankruptcy, and owed $1.5 million in back
taxes. After Obama gave Abound Solar, Inc. a $400 million loan guarantee to
build photovoltaic panel factories, the company halted production and laid
off 180 employees. After Obama gave Beacon Power a $43 million loan
guarantee to build green energy storage, the company filed for bankruptcy.
After Obama approved $2.1 billion in loan guarantees for Solar Trust of
America so it could build solar power plants, the company filed for
bankruptcy.
In April 2012, CBS News reported that Solyndra had left a substantial
amount of toxic waste at its abandoned facility in Milpitas, California. In
May 2014, it was reported that the building in Longmont, Colorado that had
been abandoned by Abound Solar in 2012 was still contaminated with cadmium,
a toxic metal which can cause cancer.
Although Obama stated that all of the “green energy” companies that
received taxpayer money were chosen “based solely on their merits,” the
truth is that 71% of these grants and loans went to Obama donors and
fundraisers, who raised $457,834 for his campaign, and were later approved
for grants and loans totaling more than $11 billion. By November 2011, the
Energy Department’s inspector general had begun more than 100 criminal
investigations related to Obama’s “stimulus.” Although an “independent”
review said that Obama had not done anything wrong, it was later reported
that Herbert M. Allison Jr., the person who had conducted this
“independent” review, donated $52,500 to Obama’s campaign.
26) Had “off the record” meetings with lobbyists
In June 2010, the New York Times reported that Obama administration
officials had held hundreds of meetings with lobbyists at coffee houses
near the White House, in order to avoid the disclosure requirements for
White House visitors, and that these meetings “reveal a disconnect between
the Obama administration’s public rhetoric — with Mr. Obama himself
frequently thrashing big industries’ ‘battalions’ of lobbyists as enemies
of reform — and the administration’s continuing, private dealings with
them.”
27) Falsely claimed to believe in public education
Although Obama said, “We need to uphold the ideal of public education,” he
expressed his true opinion of America’s public education system by sending
his own children to private schools while living in Chicago and Washington
D.C.
28) Falsely promised that Obamacare would give people “the same kind of
insurance that Senator McCain and I enjoy”
In 2008, Obama said:
“If you don’t have health insurance, you’re going to be able to buy the
same kind of insurance that Senator McCain and I enjoy as federal
employees.”
However, the New York Times reported:
“No patient gets closer medical attention than the president of the United
States. Wherever he goes, a doctor, nurse or paramedic trails a few
footsteps behind, ready for any medical need. It is the ultimate in
concierge medicine.”
29) Shut down Amish farm
In February 2012, Obama shut down an Amish farm for selling unpasteurized
milk across state lines, even though the customers were happy with what
they were buying.
30) Rewarded his fundraisers by giving them federal jobs
Although Obama had promised to have “the most sweeping ethics reform in
history,” and had often criticized the role of money in politics, the truth
is that after he was elected, he gave administration jobs to more than half
of his 47 biggest fundraisers.
31) Ignored constitutional requirements for appointees
In February 2009, U.S. Senator Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) expressed
concern that Obama’s dozens of czars might violate the U.S. Constitution,
because they were not approved by the U.S. Senate. U.S. Senator Russ
Feingold (D-Wisconsin) expressed a similar concern in September 2009.
32) Gave tax dollars to corrupt private contractors to build 504 units of
mice infested, slum housing, with backed up sewage
While Obama was a state Senator in Illinois, he used tax dollars to build
504 units of slum housing, which had mice and backed up sewage. Federal
inspectors graded the condition of the housing so bad that the buildings
faced demolition.
33) Used tax dollars to glorify murderers
The Obama administration spent $1.6 million to restore graffiti that
glorified communist murderers Che Guevara and Fidel Castro.
34) Falsely claimed that the U.S. Supreme Court had never overturned any
laws that had been passed by Congress
Despite having taught constitutional law at one of the most prestigious law
schools in the country, in April 2012 Obama falsely claimed that the U.S.
Supreme Court had never overturned any laws that had been passed by
Congress.
35) Supported new bailouts for speculators who caused housing bubble
In March 2012, Obama announced a new set of bailouts for speculators who
had caused the housing bubble.
36) Spent $205,075 on a shrubbery which nurseries sell for $16
During one of Obama’s “stimulus” projects, $205,075 of combined federal and
local government funding was spent to relocate and care for a single
specimen of Arctostaphylos franciscana, a shrubbery which nurseries sell
for $16.
37) Spent taxpayer money to see if using cocaine helped rats to enjoy the
music of Miles Davis
Obama’s administration funded a study to see whether or not rats’ enjoyment
of the music of Miles Davis was increased when the rats were high on
cocaine.
38) Tried to outlaw family farms
In April 2012, the Obama administration proposed new regulations which
would prohibit farm children under 18 from working at grain elevators,
silos, feed lots, stockyards, and livestock auctions, as well as from
storing, marketing and transporting farm product raw materials. Critics
claimed that this would prevent children from the common practice of
working on their friends’ and relatives’ farms, and that farm children did
not need “help” from a community organizer in Washington.
39) Auctioned off ambassadorship to the Netherlands
In April 2012, Obama nominated Timothy Broas, who had “bundled” more than
$500,000 for Obama’s 2012 campaign, to be U.S. ambassador to the
Netherlands.
40) Claimed that written tests are a form of “racial discrimination”
The Obama administration accused fire and police departments in
Jacksonville, Florida, New York City, and Dayton, Ohio of “racial
discrimination” because they required potential firefighters and police
officers to take a written test. Ten real examples of these “racist”
questions from the New York test can be read here.
41) Made the TSA even more abusive and ridiculous than it had been under
Bush
The Obama administration gave a very invasive patdown to a three-year-old
boy in a wheelchair, which caused the boy to tremble in fear. The Obama
administration gave an aggressive patdown to a seven-year-old girl with
cerebral palsy. The Obama administration said that a four-year-old girl was
a “high security threat.” The Obama administration placed an 18-month-old
girl on its no fly list. The Obama administration gave a patdown to Henry
Kissinger. The Obama administration forced a 95-year-old cancer patient to
remove her adult diaper and fly without it. The Obama administration ripped
open the urostomy bag of a 61-year-old bladder cancer survivor, and forced
him to fly covered in his own urine. The Obama administration harassed a
sick 3-year-old boy, and caused him to miss his flight.
42) Illegally demanded monetary payment for Freedom of Information Act
request
The Obama administration demanded that the Goldwater Institute pay
$78,935.80 before it would share public records which it had requested
under the Freedom of Information Act.
43) Fined public school $15,000 for selling soda
The Obama administration fined a high school $15,000 for selling soda to
students during lunch.
44) Conducted dangerous and illegal scientific experiments on sick people
without always informing them of the risks
In 2010 and 2011, the Obama administration conducted illegal scientific
experiments which exposed people to dangerous levels of toxins. Some of
these people had asthma and heart problems, and were exposed to levels of
pollutants as high as 50 times what the EPA considers to be safe . The
government did not always tell them about the risks of cancer and death.
45) Closed the Vietnam Memorial for seven hours on Memorial Day so he could
have his picture taken
On Memorial Day 2012, Obama prevented Vietnam veterans and their friends
and families from visiting the Vietnam Memorial for seven hours so he could
have his picture taken.
46) Had the government take 60.8% ownership of General Motors
In July 2009, Obama had the government take 60.8% ownership of General
Motors, and fired the CEO.
47) Forced banks to give mortgages to people who could not afford to pay
them back, and collected $23,000 in legal fees for himself for doing so
While working as a “community organizer,” Obama filed lawsuits which forced
banks to give mortgages to people with bad credit and low incomes. As a
result, many of these people ended up defaulting on their mortgages. As
their attorney, Obama collected $23,000 in legal fees for himself.
Then in April 2013, during Obama’s second term as President, the Washington
Post reported that President Obama was still pressuring banks “to make home
loans to people with weaker credit.”
48) Stole money from retired Delphi employees
In 2009, Obama eliminated the pensions of 20,000 retired Delphi employees.
49) Used taxpayer money to buy soda for $3.40 per can
During Obama’s presidency, the federal government repeatedly purchased soda
for a cost of $3.40 per can. Obama did not express any desire to switch to
a cheaper seller, such as Costco, amazon.com, or Wal-Mart – or to an even
still cheaper seller such as a wholesaler. Instead, Obama repeatedly forced
taxpayers to pay these outrageous prices for soda.
50) Paid $7 million per household to connect people to the internet
Obama’s “stimulus” paid to connect some households in Montana to the
internet, at a cost of $7 million per household.
51) Had a double standard for Bain Capital
Although Obama criticized Mitt Romney for his involvement with Bain
Capital, Obama hired Jeff Zients, a former consultant at Bain (and who had
an estimated personal wealth of $200 million) to be his budget director.
52) Broke promise to teen campaign volunteers
Obama had promised to his teen campaign volunteers that if they each spent
nine hours going door to door on Obama’s behalf, he would invite them to
attend his speech of September 6, 2012. However, after the teens did the
volunteer work, Obama broke his promise. One of these volunteers, Madeline
Frank, age 16, of Charlotte, North Carolina, said of this “I’ve been
looking forward to this for a really long time. I am just feeling really
let down and like bummed. It was kind of my dream to see him speak, so
definitely really sad.”
53) Falsely claimed to know more about Judaism than any other President
Obama falsely claimed to know more about Judaism than any other President.
54) Exempted wind farms from the penalties that other companies get for
killing birds
In May 2013, it was reported that Obama had fined oil and electric
companies for illegally killing endangered birds, but that he had never
fined wind power companies even though they had broken the exact same laws.
55) Falsely claimed that he had never belonged to the New Party
Obama falsely claimed that he had never belonged to the New Party, which is
a third political party.
56) Supported punishing students based on their race instead of on their
behavior
Obama expressed support for a proposal which would punish students based on
their race instead of on their behavior.
57) Used “off the books” funding for military interventionism
In April 2009, antiwar activists who helped elect Obama accused him of
using the same “off the books” funding as his predecessor George W. Bush
when Obama requested an additional $83.4 billion from Congress for the wars
in Iraq and Afghanistan – a provision which Obama had voted against when he
was a Senator.
58) Tried to silence criticism of auto-bailouts
The Obama administration pressured Ford Motor Company to stop airing a TV
ad that criticized Obama’s bailouts of General Motors and Chrysler.
59) Dismissed charges of voter intimidation, despite video evidence
In May 2009, the Obama administration dismissed charges that had been filed
by the Bush administration against members of the New Black Panther Party
who had been videotaped intimidating voters and brandishing a police-style
baton at a Philadelphia polling station during the November 2008 election.
In August 2009, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights demanded that the
Justice Department explain why it dismissed the charges. In July 2010, J.
Christian Adams, a former lawyer for the Justice Department, testified
before the Commission on Civil Rights that the case was dropped because the
Justice Department did not want to protect the civil rights of white people.
60) Falsely claimed to support the second amendment
Although Obama stated, “I have always believed that the Second Amendment
protects the right of individuals to bear arms,” the National Rifle
Association gave Obama a rating of ‘F’ based on his voting record.
61) Nominated a communist who said 9-11 was an inside job
In September 2009, Obama’s green czar Van Jones resigned after it was
reported that he was a self described “communist” and had blamed George W.
Bush for the September 11 attacks.
62) Falsely said he would not raise taxes on the poor and middle class
On September 12, 2008, Obama promised:
“I can make a firm pledge. Under my plan, no family making less than
$250,000 a year will see any form of tax increase. Not your income tax, not
your payroll tax, not your capital gains taxes, not any of your taxes.”
However, less than three months into his Presidency, he broke that promise
when he raised the cigarette tax. Studies show that poor people are more
likely to smoke than rich people.
63) Falsely said he wanted to simplify the tax code, when he actually
wanted to make it more complex
Although Obama said that he wanted to simplify the tax code, his proposals
would actually add thousands of pages to the tax code.
64) Oversaw some of the world’s worst increases in corruption
In December 2010, Transparency International reported that corruption was
increasing faster in the U.S. than anywhere else except Cuba, Dominica, and
Burkina Faso.
65) Falsely said “This is the most transparent administration in history”
In February 2013, Obama said, “This is the most transparent administration
in history.”
However, that same month, ABC News White House reporter Ann Compton, who
covered Presidents Ford, Carter, Reagan, Clinton, both Bushes, and Obama,
said “The president’s day-to-day policy development… is almost totally
opaque to the reporters trying to do a responsible job of covering it.
There are no readouts from big meetings he has with people from the
outside, and many of them aren’t even on his schedule. This is different
from every president I covered. This White House goes to extreme lengths to
keep the press away.”
In July 2009, White House reporter Helen Thomas criticized the Obama
administration for its lack of transparency.
In October 2013, ABC News correspondent Ann Compton said that Obama was the
“least transparent of the seven presidents I’ve covered in terms of how he
does his daily business.”
Also, this list contains a huge number of things that Obama has done which
contradict his statement.
66) Falsely claimed he would wait five days before signing bills
Although Obama had promised to wait five days before signing all
non-emergency bills, he broke that promise at least 10 times during his
first three months in office.
67) Falsely claimed “stimulus” spending would be transparent
Although Obama had promised that the website recovery.gov would list all
“stimulus” spending in detail, a 400 page report issued by the Government
Accountability Office stated that only 25% of the projects listed on the
website provided clear and complete information regarding their cost,
schedule, purpose, location and status.
68) Announced plans to send military to Australia
In November 2011, Obama announced that he would send 2,500 Marines to
Australia.
69) Falsely promised to accept public campaign financing and spending limits
During the 2008 campaign, Obama broke his promise to accept public campaign
financing and the spending limits that came with it.
70) Tried to silence video on YouTube
In June 2011, Obama asked a Jewish singing group to remove its video from
the internet.
71) Rejected international help to clean up BP oil spill
After the BP oil spill, Obama rejected offers of cleanup help from Canada,
Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, the Netherlands, Norway,
Romania, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United
Nations.
72) Falsely said he opposed government waste, when he actually loves it
On September 22, 2008, Obama said, “I am not a Democrat who believes that
we can or should defend every government program just because it’s there…
We will fire government managers who aren’t getting results, we will cut
funding for programs that are wasting your money and we will use technology
and lessons from the private sector to improve efficiency across every
level of government… The only way we can do all this without leaving our
children with an even larger debt is if Washington starts taking
responsibility for every dime that it spends.” However, Citizens Against
Government Waste gave Obama a 2007 rating of only 10%, and a lifetime
rating of only 18%.
73) Nominated past frequent user of illegal drugs to keep illegal drugs out
of schools
In September 2009, it was reported that Kevin Jennings, Obama’s Assistant
Deputy Secretary for the Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, had written
about Jenning’s own past frequent illegal drug use in his 2007
autobiography.
74) Avoids firing aides who owe back taxes
In January 2012, it was reported that 36 Obama aides owed a combined total
of $833,000 in back taxes.
75) Used Abbott and Costello style economics as a basis for national policy
In 2010, Obama gave $16.3 million to First Solar, a company that
manufactures solar panels, so the company could sell solar panels to itself.
76) Sent U.S. troops to Africa
Obama sent U.S. troops to Uganda, Congo, South Sudan and the Central
African Republic.
77) Made secret plans for his second term
In March 2012, when Obama was talking to Russian President Dmitri Medvedev
and did not know that the microphone was turned on, Obama stated, “On all
these issues, but particularly missile defense, this, this can be solved
but it’s important for him to give me space… This is my last election.
After my election I have more flexibility.”
78) Holds double standard for people who use crude and vulgar language
toward women
Concerned Women for America accused Obama of hypocrisy after Obama
criticized Rush Limbaugh for using crude and vulgar language to describe
Sandra Fluke, but Obama did not criticize Bill Maher (who had donated one
million dollars to an Obama PAC) for using the same kind of crude and
vulgar language to describe Sarah Palin.
79) Illegally gave Obamacare exemptions to unions that supported the
passage of Obamacare
Obama gave some organizations an exemption from some of the requirements of
Obamacare. Many of these organizations were unions that had supported the
passage of Obamacare, but now wanted exemptions from the very same law that
they wanted to force everyone else to obey. This reveals an extreme level
of hypocrisy among many of the supporters of Obamacare.
In addition, these exemptions are illegal, because the Constitution
requires the law to treat everyone the same.
The Washington Times wrote of this:
“Selective enforcement of the law is the first sign of tyranny. A
government empowered to determine arbitrarily who may operate outside the
rule of law invariably embraces favoritism as friends, allies and those
with the best-funded lobbyists are rewarded. Favoritism inevitably leads to
corruption, and corruption invites extortion. Ultimately, the rule of law
ceases to exist in any recognizable form, and what is left is tyranny.”
“The now-familiar monthly trickling down of new waivers is, at best, a
tacit admission that Obamacare is a failure. So far, seven entire states
and 1,372 businesses, unions and other institutions have received waivers
from the law. The list includes the administration’s friends and allies
and, of course, those who have the best lobbyists.”
“More than 50 percent of the Obamacare waiver beneficiaries are union
members, which is striking because union members account for less than 12
percent of the American work force. The same unions that provided more than
$120 million to Democrats in the last two elections and, in many cases,
openly campaigned in favor of the government takeover of your health care,
now celebrate that Obamacare is not their problem.”
80) Defended Bush administration’s unconstitutional, unwarranted use of GPS
device
In January 2012, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against the Bush
administration for having put a GPS tracking device on someone’s car
without having a warrant, the Obama administration opposed the court ruling
81) Opposes newspapers reporting the news
Obama spokesman Jay Carney criticized the Los Angeles Times for publishing
photographs of U.S. soldiers posing with corpses in Afghanistan.
82) Supported Bush administration for fining CBS for showing Janet
Jackson’s breast
Obama came out in favor of the FCC’s fining of the CBS TV network $550,000
for showing Janet Jackson’s breast during the 2004 Super Bowl.
83) Allowed campaign contributors to bring lobbyists into White House
In April 2012, the New York Times reported, “Although Mr. Obama has made a
point of not accepting contributions from registered lobbyists, a review of
campaign donations and White House visitor logs shows that special
interests have had little trouble making themselves heard. Many of the
president’s biggest donors, while not lobbyists, took lobbyists with them
to the White House…”
84) Falsely said that criminal background checks constituted “racial
discrimination”
In 2012, the Obama administration accused Pepsico of “race discrimination”
because it used criminal background checks to screen out job applicants.
85) Was cited by nine states for committing 21 illegal acts
Attorneys General from nine states issued a report, titled “A Report on
Obama Administration Violations of Law,” which cited 21 illegal acts which
had been committed by the Obama administration.
86) Tried to seize hotel because some of its customers had used illegal
drugs
The Obama administration tried to seize a mom-and-pop bed-and-breakfast
because some if its guests had used illegal drugs.
87) Falsely said his campaign was not funded by large donors
Although Obama has received many large campaign donations from corporate
executives and Hollywood celebrities, his spokesperson said that his
campaign was funded “not from huge donors at all.”
88) Holds double standard for subsidizing solar power companies
Although Obama gave taxpayer money to numerous American solar power
companies, he placed a 30% tariff on solar panels imported from China,
because he was against the Chinese government giving subsidies to its own
companies.
89) Tried to create an administration full of tax cheaters
Obama nominated tax cheater Tom Daschle to be Secretary of Health and Human
Services. After Daschle said he didn’t want the job, Obama then nominated
tax cheater Kathleen Sebelius for the same position. Obama nominated tax
cheater Nancy Killefer to be his administration’s Chief Performance
Officer. Obama nominated tax cheater Hilda Solis to be the Secretary of
Labor. Obama nominated tax cheater Ron Kirk be the White House Chief Trade
Representative.
90) Hired a Communications Director who admires a mass murderer
Anita Dunn, Obama’s White House Communications Director, said that one of
her favorite political philosophers was Mao Tse-tung, the Chinese dictator
who murdered tens of millions of innocent civilians.
91) Tried to replace science with political correctness
In July 2010, Charles Bolden, the administrator of NASA, said that Obama
had told him that the primary purpose of NASA was “to reach out to the
Muslim world.”
92) Illegally made recess appointments when Congress was not in recess
In January 2012, Obama violated the Constitution by making four recess
appointments when Congress was not in recess. Recess appointments
themselves are constitutional, but only if they are made when Congress is
actually in recess.
In January 2013, a federal appeals court ruled that Obama’s appointments
had violated the Constitution.
In May 2013, a second federal appeals court also ruled that Obama’s
appointments had violated the Constitution.
In July 2013, a third federal appeals court also ruled that Obama’s
appointments had violated the Constitution.
In June 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 9-0 that Obama’s appointments
had violated the Constitution.
93) Said the health insurance mandate was not a tax, but later told the
Supreme Court that it was
Before Obama’s health care reform was passed, he said that the mandate was
not a tax. However, after it was passed, the Obama administration argued in
front of the Supreme Court that the mandate really was a tax.
94 ) Lied about being his “brother’s keeper”
Although Barack Obama likes to cite the Bible phrase “We are our brother’s
keeper,” when his real life poverty stricken brother George Obama needed
$1,000 for health care bills, Barack Obama refused to pay it, so
conservative author Dinesh D’Souza paid it.
95) Punishes hospitals for saving the lives of patients with heart disease
Obama’s health care reform contains a provision that reduces Medicare
payments to hospitals with high 30-day readmission rates. Sunil Kripalani,
MD, a professor with Vanderbilt University Medical Center, said of this,
“Among patients with heart failure, hospitals that have higher readmission
rates actually have lower mortality rates. So, which would we rather have —
a hospital readmission or a death?”
96) Supports guns for himself and his wife, but opposes them for everyone
else
On January 10, 2013, President Obama signed a bill that provides armed
guards to himself and his wife for the rest of the lives.
However, in 2004, when Obama was an Illinois state Senator, he voted
against allowing people in their own homes to use guns to protect
themselves and their families from rapists and murderers.
97) Falsely claimed that he “cut spending by over a trillion dollars in
2011″
On “Meet the Press” on December 30, 2012, Obama said:
“I cut spending by over a trillion dollars in 2011″
In reality, spending during that time period was not cut at all, and was
actually increased by $147 billion.
98) Practices environmental hypocrisy
In May 2008, Obama said, “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we
want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect
that other countries are going to say OK.”
However, just one week later, Obama was photographed exiting an SUV.
In addition, Obama keeps the White House thermostat turned up so high that
David Axelrod, Obama’s senior adviser, said, “He likes it warm. You could
grow orchids in there.”
Environmentalists criticized Obama for eating Wagyu beef, which was called
“the Hummer of beef.”
Obama had a chef fly round trip from St. Louis to Washington D.C. so he
could make Obama’s favorite pizza.
99) Pressured public schools to replace Catcher in the Rye with a book on
window insulation
The Huffington Post reported that Obama’s education policies
“are increasingly worrying English-lovers and English teachers, who feel
they must replace literary greats like The Great Gatsby and Catcher in the
Rye with Common Core-suggested ‘exemplars,’ like the Environmental
Protection Agency’s Recommended Levels of Insulation.”
100) Approved giving 20 F-16 fighter jets to a Sharia dictatorship
Obama approved giving 20 F-16 fighter jets to Egypt, which is a Sharia
dictatorship.
101) Falsely claimed that his “Cash for Clunkers” program would help the
environment
Although Obama claimed that his “Cash for Clunkers” program would help the
environment, it actually caused net harm to the environment. Because the
program required cars to be shredded instead of recycled, it wasted 24
million barrels of oil. Many of the cars that were destroyed were in
perfectly good condition. Because the program’s minimum requirement for
so-called “fuel efficiency” was only 22 mpg, the reduction in pollution was
negligible.
102) Violated the very same campaign finance laws that he claims to support
In January 2013, it was reported that Obama’s campaign had been fined
$375,000 by the Federal Election Commission for violating campaign finance
laws.
103) Lied about how he had answered a questionnaire on gun control
In 1996, when Obama was answering a questionnaire on his political views,
one of the questions was “Do you support state legislation to: ban the
manufacture, sale and possession of handguns?”
Obama’s answer to the question was “Yes.”
However, in 2008, Obama said “My writing wasn’t on that particular
questionnaire.”
However, ABC News later reported that the questionnaire “appears to have
Obama’s handwriting.”
104) Falsely claimed that his 2013 inauguration was not funded by lobbyists
Although Obama claimed that his 2013 inauguration was not funded by
lobbyists, its sponsors had actually spent $160 million on lobbying during
Obama’s first presidential term.
105) Encouraged medical device manufacturers to lay off employees
In November 2012, it was reported that in response to the medical device
tax that is part of Obamacare, some medical device manufacturers had
announced plans to layoff employees, including Welch Allyn (275 planned
layoffs), Stryker (1,170 planned layoffs), and Medtronic (1,000 planned
layoffs).
In December 2012, Al Franken, Elizabeth Warren, John Kerry, and 15 other
Democrats who supported the passage of Obamacare wrote a letter to Harry
Reid, asking him to delay the tax on medical devices, claiming that the tax
would hurt job creation in their districts.
In February 2014, it was reported that Obamacare’s medical device tax had
destroyed 14,000 jobs, and prevented an additional 19,000 new jobs from
being created.
106) Encouraged employers to switch their employees from full time to part
time
The New York Times reported that Obamacare
“sharply penalizes full-time employment in favor of part-time employment.”
In response to the employer mandate of Obamacare, some restaurants have
announced plans to switch some of their employees from full time to part
time, including some franchises of Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Wendy’s, Taco
Bell, White Castle, and Fatburger.
Community College of Allegheny County switched 200 professors and 200 other
employees from full time to part time in response to Obamacare. Clint
Benjamin, an English professor at Community College of Allegheny County,
said that this would reduce his own monthly pay by $600.
Also in response to the employer mandate of Obamacare, other colleges have
announced plans to switch some of their employees from full time to part
time, including Florida’s Palm Beach State College, Ohio’s Youngstown State
University, and New Jersey’s Kean University.
In Virginia, thousands of government employees had their hours reduced
because of Obamacare.
The Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh reduced the hours of 48 of its employees
in response to Obamacare.
Regal Entertainment Group, the largest chain of movie theaters in the
country, announced that it would be switching thousands of its employees
from full time to part time in response to the Obamacare mandate.
Utah’s Granite School District reduced the hours of 1,200 of its employees
in response to Obamacare.
In response to Obamacare, many Wal-Mart stores have stopped hiring full
time workers.
In July 2013, leaders of the Teamsters, UFCW, and UNITE-HERE sent a letter
to Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi which said that Obamacare will
“destroy the foundation of the 40 hour work week that is the backbone of
the American middle class… the law creates an incentive for employers to
keep employees’ work hours below 30 hours a week. Numerous employers have
begun to cut workers’ hours to avoid this obligation.”
In response to Obamacare, Forever 21 reduced its employees’ hours.
As of September 2013, more than 200 public-sector employers had reduced
their employees’ hours in response to Obamacare.
Sea World reduced the weekly hours of its part time employees from 32 to 28
in response to Obamacare.
Lands’ End limited its part time employees to 29 hours per week in response
to Obamacare.
As of September 2013, at least 34 universities and colleges had reduced
some of their employees’ hours in response to Obamacare.
On October 23, 2013, Investor’s Business Daily wrote:
IBD has a running list that now includes 351 employers that have opted to
cut work hours below 30 per week or take related steps to limit liability
under ObamaCare’s employer mandate. Each entry is documented with links to
news sources and public records.
About 275 entries on IBD’s list come from the public sector, including more
than 100 school districts.
107) Broke his promise to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first
term
On February 23, 2009, Obama said “Today, I’m pledging to cut the deficit we
inherited in half by the end of my first term in office.” Obama broke that
promise.
108) Had Freedom of Information Act record worse than Bush’s
In September 2012, it was reported that when it came to honoring requests
under the Freedom of Information Act, Obama’s record was worse than that of
George W. Bush.
109) Supports installation of hidden cameras on private property without a
search warrant
In October 2012, Obama’s Justice Department argued in favor of installing
hidden cameras on private property without a search warrant.
110) Used “stimulus” money to pay people to play cards, board games, and
video games
In October 2012, it was reported that LG Chem, a lithium-ion battery plant
in Holland, Michigan, was using money from Obama’s “stimulus” to pay its
employees to play cards, board games, and video games.
111) Spent half a million tax dollars on “Prom Week” video game
In 2012, the Obama administration spent $516,000 on a video game called
“Prom Week.”
112) Hypocritically paid his female employees less than his male employees
Although Obama claimed to support equal pay for men and women, his own
administration paid its female employees 18% less than its male employees.
113) Falsely said that Romney’s pension was bigger than his own
During a debate in October 2012, Obama falsely stated that Mitt Romney’s
pension was bigger than his own.
114) Has a double standard for investing in China and the Cayman Islands
Although Obama criticized Mitt Romney for having in
Puppet Obama didn’t lie at all about his record he is good and liberal like
Cenk
Tyt are so desperate to find dirt on Republican presidential candidates. I
mean these two quotes is that it? I bet Elizabeth warren lying about being
a Native American wouldn’t “disqualify” her for a presidential run in tyt’s
mind. SMH.
LOL only *The Young Derps* could claim a MD doesn’t have enough education.
“A M.D. Degree is the study of biomedical sciences according to the Duke
University School of Medicine. In other words, a M.D. is a biology degree.
Merriam-Webster defines biology as ‘a branch of knowledge that deals with
living organisms and vital processes.’ Dr. Paul never said he had an
undergraduate degree in biology, and it is accurate for him to say that he
has a biology degree. You are making inferences from his statement that are
unwarranted. It is common knowledge that the study of medicine is the study
of human biology, and a MD has a doctorate degree in one area of study of
the science of biology.” -Paul’s staff
A pre-med degree, *IS* a degree in biological sciences. And his quote on
the english degree never said he is a Baccalaureate in English. Paul’s
minor was in English Lit.
When is Obama going to release his college record?
Could this blatant stab be a more obvious smear at a potential presidential
candidate that they happen to not like. I don’t give a god damn what the
mans degree is in, by nit picking everything he does you end up losing my
attention altogether.
TYT truly is the leftist version of Fox News.. What a fucking joke this
network is
Another dumb act by a terrible presidential candidate.
you libtards should major in something other than music appreciation,
womens studies, or liberal arts, then you might not have to slave your life
away serving mochas at starbucks
I hope Rand becomes the next president and Cenk Uygur gets sent to a fat
camp.
I mean who cares Obama never supplied his birth certificate
Cenk: We aren’t liberals, we are progressive, see we criticize the left too.
*Elections are coming up*
WAIT, RAND PAUL FARTED?!! RUN THAT STORY!!! FUCK HIM WE NEED A DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENT NO MATTER WHAT! CLINTON, WARREN I DONT CARE WE NEEED A DEM TO
BLINDLY SUPPORT!
well I see the Rand Paul fanboys are out in force, as usual. “Yes but……”
The man claimed he had degrees in English and biology, from Baylor, but he
does not.
He does have a medical degree from Duke but that is not the same thing.
Bullshit, Bullshit Bullshit!!! No way in hell he was accepted into Medical
School without a undergraduate degree! He had to have lied on his
application. Background checking was not as sophisticated back in Eighties
as it is now. This shit is going to blow up in his face!