that began in 1984. Today though‚ President Obama has been dealing with much different circumstances. Upon entering office during the “Great Recession” he was faced with an exploding unemployment rate‚ a crashing stock market‚ as well as a decrease in national GDP. In order to prop up the economy‚ Obama continued the stimulus packages enacted towards the end of the Bush administration. Instead of the climbing inflation rates that Reagan faced‚ Obama
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Barack Obama was an influential person because of his contributions to not only America‚ but the world; despite the harsh racism and criticism. One of the first accomplishments of Barack Obama was becoming a Presidential candidate for the Democratic Party and eventually becoming America’s first black president. This proves that Barack Obama succeeded with becoming the first black U.S. president‚ even though he struggled against bigotry and the doubt of other people. This is still affecting the world
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When Barack Obama was nominated the 44th President of the United States‚ he became “the first African American to serve in that office_ on January 20‚ 2009 ”.After his election as U.S. Senate he became the “highest ranking African American office holder in the country ”‚ Ahead of his presidency his political career was rather abridged yet impressive. During his active years as a politician Barack Obama established himself as “master of the craft” and a seasoned politician “Over the course of his
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Barack Obama. The Congress diversity of Democrats vs. Republican’s was very similar in both Clintons and Obamas time in office. There were many steps that were taken in creating this policy‚ and some of those steps succeeded‚ and some of those steps failed. Any new process would be expected to have some issues to work through as it was created. The Affordable Health Care Act still has some issues to work on‚ but many steps succeeded and that is why it has been implemented during Obamas term.
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In “A More Perfect Union’”‚ a speech given by Barack Obama‚ there are multiple issues addressed‚ with race being the biggest of them all. In Obama’s speech‚ his main focus is the issue of racism‚ and he touches on the examples of racism today and how we should cope with these problems. Obama uses various tones and experiences in both his life and the lives of others as well‚ to portray his thoughts on the subject. Obviously in a speech about racism given by an African American man‚ there are going
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analyze 2 presidents from the past 60 years‚ which are Barack Obama and George W. Bush. I am going to discuss how they charge citizens and compare which had a bigger impact on the nation. First of all‚ I am going to discuss on Barack Obama’s time in office‚ which tends his terms has finished recently. When Obama was in office back in 2008‚ he was making a change in the tax. He decided to tax on the rich more while taxing on the poor lower (Obama White House). Graphically‚ it looks similar to an exponential
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Chris Terzic Part 1: Speech Critique Studying the Rhetoric of Barack Obama Barack Obama’s Address at the Associated Press Luncheon on April 3‚ 2012 covered a vast variation of topics that we will dissect throughout this paper. However‚ first and foremost‚ Obama’s initial speaking time lasted about 38 minutes. 38 minutes of articulated word choice‚ calculated arguments and style‚ and composed speaking presence is something every aspiring public speaker should be salivating at‚ not to mention be
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ALL HAIL KING OBAMA It is hard to ignore the problems in Washington when everyone is talking about them. From the corrupt democrats to the right wing extremist republicans‚ everyone seems to have a problem with the people that are in government seats in Washington. The speaker of the house seems to be getting a lot of the attention recently‚ being called a number of derogatory statements. Yes it seems everyone has a problem with the government of these United States. Still however the
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Obama vs. Marx Alan Wolfe firmly believes that liberalism and socialism are not the same and it’s ludicrous to think that they are. I agree with this fully‚ they are two totally different political philosophies. Wolfe uses President Obama as his prime examples in comparing how these philosophies are indeed different‚ almost opposites. Take for instance his proposal for the healthcare reform. Obama’s form of liberalism would offer a healthcare program with several choices as opposed to a socialist
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Barack Obama is the 44th President of the United States of America. Obama is the first African American to be elected to office and the first president the United States. Obama Nation on August 4‚ 1961 in Hawaii. Obama’s defense work led him to run for the Illinois State Senate. He served as a Democrat and won the 1996 elections. During his years as a state senator‚ Obama worked with Democrats and Republicans to draft ethics laws‚ as well as expand health care services and early childhood education
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