Obama’s 2008 Promises To Labor Unfulfilled
It’s promises noted in Barack Obama’s 2008 “Blueprint for Change.” Obama promised that he would protect striking workers by banning the permanent replacement of them while on strike. As of today Congress hasn’t acted on the promises, and Obama hasn’t pushed them to. Obama also promised to raise the minimum wage, and adjust it to inflation in both stump speeches and his campaign booklet, saying at times he would raise it every year. As of today the minimum wage remains the same level it was after the last set of raises signed into law by President Bush.
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dorothycharlesbanks a year agoI have to keep scratching my head when I read the media and pundits say that President Obama has not kept his promises. I remember when he wanted to have trials for terrorists New York, thus eventually shutting down Gitmo. Republicans had fits, citing trials would be too dangerous. There are no prisons secure enough to keep them, they said. That is a lie. But the stonewalling worked. The President has been stymied at every turn by Republicans. They have made no secret that their goal is to make sure he does not get re-elected. They are not concerned about the needs of the people, yet they say they are doing what the American want them to do. When I attended high school I learned there are three branches of government, and not one of them is separate from the other. A president cannot force Congress to act on his agenda, nor can he write legislation and sign it into law without cooperation from the House and Senate. If President Obama had the power to act alone the country would be in a much better shape today. Unfortunately, there are people who believe whatever the media and pundits tell them.
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