http://politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/browse/
After reading the first half of the list, I can safely say I wish that he would break 84% these promises, and most of the 16% that I wish he would keep will probably be among the ones that he doesn’t.
Here are about 40 of the promises that I wish he would keep:
Eliminate all oil and gas tax loopholes
Close loopholes in the corporate tax deductibility of CEO pay
End no-bid contracts above $25,000
Enforce pay-as-you-go (PAYGO) budget rules (This doesn’t nearly go far enough, of course.)
Forbid companies in bankruptcy from giving executives bonuses
Eliminate the higher subsidies to Medicare Advantage plans
Allow imported prescription drugs
Increase the Veterans Administration budget to recruit and retain more mental health professionals
Expand Veterans Centers in rural areas
Fully fund the Veterans Administration
Assure that the Veterans Administration budget is prepared as 'must-pass' legislation
Allow all veterans back into the Veterans Administration
Reduce the Veterans Benefits Administration claims backlog
Direct military leaders to end war in Iraq (This promise is listed as “kept”, but what really matters is the actual ending of the war, and not the talk.)
Begin removing combat brigades from Iraq
Present Iraq status-of-forces agreement to Congress for approval
No permanent bases in Iraq
Bring military pay more in line with the private sector, as measured by the employment cost index
Allow reserve families to take leave under the Family Medical Leave Act
Fully and properly equip troops
Review weapons programs
Establish transparency standards for military contractors
Set standards for when the government should hire defense contractors
Clarify legal status for defense contractor personnel
End the abuse of supplemental budgets for war
End the use of extreme rendition
Close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center
Develop an alternative to President Bush's Military Commissions Act on handling detainees
Revise the Patriot Act to increase oversight on government surveillance (This doesn’t go far enough. We should completely get rid of the Patriot Act.)
End warrantless wiretaps
Restore habeus corpus rights for "enemy combatants"
Mandate standards for securing personal data
Work to persuade the European Union to end credit guarantees to Iran
Grant Americans unrestricted rights to visit family and send money to Cuba
Urge China to stop manipulation of its currency value
Press China to end its support for regimes in Sudan, Burma, Iran and Zimbabwe
Centralize ethics and lobbying information for voters
Allow five days of public comment before signing bills
Require more disclosure and a waiting period for earmarks
Release presidential records (Promise kept according to politifact.com, but will he continue to keep it?)
Tougher rules against revolving door for lobbyists and former officials (He has already compromised on this promise according to politifact.com.)
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I hope the best for this nation at home and in the world as a whole. However, at my age I have heard so many campaign promises made and campaign promises broken that it seems foolish to believe anything a politician claims.
ReplyDeleteI can not even be sure that the people really elected this man into office with all the voter fraud going on. However, he is here, so we best just make the best out of the situation.
It occurred to me that the Bush administration was the staged bad cop, and now the old adage of the good cop perception is here.
Time will tell, I see much change coming, but is it what is best for all the people of this world, or rather change that further benefits corporations. Time will tell. I will not be holding my breath, but I will be sleeping with one eye open.