I read through this page and have come to a resounding conclusion: inflation is going to skyrocket into new found territory where its never been. With all these programs (and I'm sure I've only scratched the surface with regard to all his "programs"), where is the money going to come from? If he's going to offer tax credits and breaks and reductions, and blah blah blah, who's going to pay for all these amazing initiatives? Print more fake money could only be the main solution.
Take a look. I'll highlight some things I found quite interesting (eye brow-raising that is).
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Fully Fund the Community Development Block Grant: In the long run, regions are only as strong as their people and neighborhoods. The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is an important program that provides housing and creates jobs primarily for low- and moderate-income people and places. President Obama will restore funding for the CDBG program.
This is under the opening bullet points. Reading beyond that details out many programs from building new communities to restoring existing inner city areas, to creating urban pockets that will pay the way for kids from birth to college, and so on.
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Strengthen Core Infrastructure: President Obama and Vice President Biden will make strengthening our transportation systems, including our roads and bridges, a top priority. As part of this effort, Obama and Biden will create a National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank to expand and enhance, not supplant, existing federal transportation investments.
What the heck is that?
And this scares me the most:
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# End the Dangerous Cycle of Youth Violence: Obama and Biden support innovative local programs, like the CeaseFire program in Chicago, which implement a community-based strategy to prevent youth violence and have been proven effective.
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# Address Gun Violence in Cities: Obama and Biden would repeal the Tiahrt Amendment, which restricts the ability of local law enforcement to access important gun trace information, and give police officers across the nation the tools they need to solve gun crimes and fight the illegal arms trade. Obama and Biden also favor commonsense measures that respect the Second Amendment rights of gun owners, while keeping guns away from children and from criminals. They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof. They also support making the expired federal Assault Weapons Ban permanent.
Making guns childproof? Does that mean revoking every citizens' right to carry concealed? What does that mean exactly?
Yep. Let's face it. Change is a comin'!
Yikes.
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They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof.
You would have gotten that same thing from McCain. He was in favor of the assault rifle ban as well, at least 'certain' assault weapons, until he went sucking up to the NRA to get their endorsement. Like I was saying before the election, choosing between McCain and Obama on gun control was six of one, half dozen of another.
They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof.
You would have gotten that same thing from McCain. He was in favor of the assault rifle ban as well, until he went sucking up to the NRA to get their endorsement. Like I was saying before the election, choosing between McCain and Obama on gun control was six of one, half dozen of another.
McCain wasn't nearly as bad, and you know it. Even if you were to assume that both favored all of the same policies, which they don't, Obama's likely SCOTUS nominees will be a 2nd Amendment disaster.
By the way... McCain voted against the AWB. Or, are you suggesting he started sucking up to the NRA to get their 2008 presidential endorsement all the way back in 1994?
They support closing the gun show loophole and making guns in this country childproof.
You would have gotten that same thing from McCain. He was in favor of the assault rifle ban as well, at least 'certain' assault weapons, until he went sucking up to the NRA to get their endorsement. Like I was saying before the election, choosing between McCain and Obama on gun control was six of one, half dozen of another.
Just curious, what are your thoughts on Obama and Biden supporting "innovative local programs, like the CeaseFire program"?
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I mean what I said, ipsc, though you probably were probably in hysterics over what I said and were typing while I edited my post to clarify. He has publicly stated he voted against the original AWB only because it was too broad. He also said he would vote to ban some undefined 'certain' assault weapons. Not to mention being opposed to inexpensive handguns.
I've read his record on gun control and, while his voting record has been pretty good, he's flip flopped several times in public statement of policy. I didn't trust him. I know the way folks are. They'd have voted him in thinking they had a solid 2nd Amendment President, gotten complacent and relaxed their guard. When some gun control legislation came along, it would depend on which way he was flipped when it hit his desk whether it was signed into law or not.
At least Obama has been consistent in his opinions on gun control and we know to keep on our toes.
As for the Cease Fire program, badshot, all I know about it is what's on the website. What's there looks fine to me, and it says nothing about gun control.
Ipsy and Arthur: McCain voted against the AWB. McCain sponsored the putrid Lieberman-McCain "gun show loophole"bill.Thankfully it failed. McCaintold the NRA in an interview last year that hefavored the closure of the "gun show loophole."Many Republicans stayed at home on election day because of Mccain's support for gun control, citizenship for illegal aliens and his campaign finance finance reform law.
i did vote for McCain because he was the "lesser of two evils." From now on i will vote against all evil, however slight.
Hysterics? Where does that come from? I've got disagreements with McCain on a number of policy issues, as I have with Bush. I was simply pointing out that anyone who thinks McCain equals Obama on gun control doesn't have a clue what they're talking about. The two aren't even vaguely similar.
As the same money backed both the RepubliCrat parties' horses, those wishing to
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vote against all evil
will have to do so outside the box.
One option is the Constitution party's candidates. http://constitutionparty.org/
They actually back the founders' ideas.
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