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 has been a great figure for the American citizens in this country. People focus on the wrong things. Even with all of the education that we are provided with lack of common sense is a major problem in the world today. Barack Obama is former president of the United States of America. He was born of a black man from Kenya and a white lady from Kansas. Obama’s arguments deal directly with his emotions. Obama believes deeply in solving problems together‚ inferring that they can be fixed
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well-being is currently skewed‚ and there is need for immediate reformation in policy. One man promising to address this problem‚ and bring on this change in the government‚ is current Democratic Presidential Nominee: Senator Barack Obama of Illinois. Barack Hussein Obama was born August 4‚ 1961‚ and lived much of his childhood in the state of Hawaii. Being the son of a black Kenyan father and a white American mother‚ he has been able to live a very culturally diverse life‚ and also has had the chance
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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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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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Linchpin First Lady Michelle Obama Who is First Lady Michelle Obama? She is a mother of two. The former Chicago city administrator and community outreach worker. She is the wife of a former U.S. Senator and the current First Lady of the United States. She served as the Executive Director for the Chicago office of Public Allies‚ a non-profit organization encouraging young people to work on social issues in nonprofit groups and government agencies. She serves on the board of directors of the
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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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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‚ “The Nation’s First Black President”‚ exists undoubtedly as one of the faces of our country’s continuous movement toward post-racism‚ but the questions of his impact toward our aspiring post-racial society diminishes his legacy. A common misconception claiming he’s made little progressions toward racial equality throughout his presidency leads to a sense of hopelessness and irrationalism. Americans---minority Americans in particular‚ want post-racialism to be in effect immediately‚
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