Obama’s broken promises

Before people vote for president in November, they should recall President Obama yucking it up with his cohorts about there weren’t as many shovel-ready jobs as they thought in the stimulus bill. Wasn’t that what he promised before this bill was passed — more shovel-ready jobs? What a joke on the American people! It’s easy not to laugh.

Obama also promised five days for Congress to consider bills, and on one or both of his more than 2,000-page bills were given only overnight to be voted on by Congress. Another of his many broken promises! As it has turned out, there was much to be glossed over in both the stimulus bill (a slush fund for Obama?) and Obamacare. Especially for seniors in the latter, since $500 billion is to be deducted from health care providers when at the current rates, some providers are not taking new Medicare patients.

Michael A. Smith
Rockford

From the March 14-20, 2012, issue

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2 Comments

Delbert Insko commented on March 18, 2012 | Permalink

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich should a required read before high-school graduation. Some very scary simillarities.
Susan commented on March 21, 2012 | Permalink

The letter makes no sense in light of how government actually works. The real shame is that the Republican Party could not come up with a viable candidate. If they had, the Republicans could have won. They spent the primaries tearing each other to shreads.