An Appreciation Thread~ Our President Barack Obama~ [View all]

I was planning on posting an appreciation thread of my own today, when I was able to return to DU. My connections have been down for a few days. However, I could not have planned anything more powerful than this link from TOD~

rise and shine….happy father’s day!
By utaustinliberal

Thank you utaustinliberal, for saying it better than I ever could! This is every reason that I Appreciate Our President.

Thank you President Barack Obama.

Please take the time to read the rest at the link below~



A president is often referred to as the father of the country. He nurtures it, guides it in the right direction, lays down policies that will not only help the country in the interim, but also ten, twenty, thirty years down the line. When his term is done, (the formative years of a child’s life) the country has either regressed or grown in leaps and bounds. In that vein, let’s take a look at how far America has progressed under Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States.



Economy

Passed the Stimulus: The Bush-led Great Recession was costing the economy nearly 800,000 jobs per month by the time President Obama took office. Signed $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009 to spur economic growth amid greatest recession since the Great Depression. Weeks after stimulus went into effect, unemployment claims began to subside. Twelve months later, the private sector began producing more jobs than it was losing. The economy has now created over 6 million jobs.



Women

Signed the Democratic-sponsored Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which restored basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers; giving women who are paid less than men for the same work the right to sue their employers after they find out about the discrimination, even if that discrimination happened years ago. (The first bill he signed into law)

Much More Here~

http://theobamadiary.com/2013/06/16/rise-and-shine-happy-fathers-day/#more-124262

This is POSTED in THE BARACK OBAMA GROUP~

BOG
To you all~