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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTwenty five accomplishments we can thank Pres. Obama for
Donald tRump will NEVER be our President !!!Barack Obama was hands down the GREATEST United States President over the past 100 years. We Americans take Obama for granted and will sorely miss his contributions when he is out of office. After the end of his term, Obama belongs on front of the $20 bill along with Harriet Tubman or atop Mount Rushmore alongside other pantheons of greats like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Let's just look at his vast list of proud accomplishments here:
1. LOWEST unemployment claims in 42 years
2. STRONGEST dollar and LOWEST inflation rate in 12 years
3. CHEAPEST gas in 11 years
4. Stock market has TRIPLED and are at RECORD highs since 2009
5. BEST auto sales in 10 years after General Motors was rescued from bankruptcy by our beloved Commander-in-Chief
6. HIGHEST housing prices since the 2008 Recession
7. RECORD 74 STRAIGHT MONTHS of economic growth
8. Federal deficit has decreased annually for the past 5 years
9. Endorsement of Affirmative Action policies in our colleges and universities to further strengthen diversity in our higher education and future workforce
10. HIGHEST high school and college graduation rates with more financial assistance granted to students than ever before
11. More open, honest, and transparent discussions regarding Race relations with the Black communities
12. More deportations of illegal immigrants than all previous presidents combined
13. California DREAM Act to help disadvantaged minorities fulfill their educational and professional goals
14. Universal health care for everyone in the form of the Affordable Care Act regardless of pre-existing medical condition
15. Extensive investigations into Police Brutality cases with the aid of the Department of Justice
16. Better national security after the capture and execution of Osama Bin Laden, whose relatives interestingly had close ties to the Bush family
17. Ongoing commitment to the eradication of global terrorism by authorizing strategic airstrikes against ISIS and killing its leaders such as Jihadi John, Abu Bakr Al-Baghdad, and Omar Shishani
18. Withdrawal of US troops from O.I.L. (Operation Iraqi Liberation) in Iraq since there were no evidence of the existence of WMDs which were fabricated by the Bush administration
19. Tighter background checks on religious extremists and NRA gun owners than ever before to enhance public safety and reduce instances of mass shootings
20. Lifting of the historic ban on same-sex marriages and restroom restrictions in numerous states across the country to promote LGBT equality once and for all
21. Long-awaited removal of the divisive Confederate flags and statues from the grounds of our state and federal government buildings in the South
22. Restoring relations with Cuba after more than half a century of Cold War/trade embargo and ending a decades-long arms embargo with Vietnam
23. Maintaining favorable relations with U.S. allies in Europe and the Middle East while saving thousands of American soldiers lives by avoiding significant military entanglements overseas
24. FIRST U.S. President to visit Hiroshima and rightfully pay homage to the victims of the only atomic bomb ever dropped on an innocent civilian population
25. ONLY THE 4TH U.S. president to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize and the 3rd to become a Nobel laureate while in office, a feat even his predecessor George W. Bush was unable to accomplish
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In other words, Pres. Obama gave a damn about the American people. Look at this long list of just 25 of his many accomplishments!
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