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Originally Posted by nation-x
I respect anyone's opinions... really, it's true. What I don't like, from either side, is when anyone makes generalizations or assertions about policies or positions that aren't based in fact and reality. Specifically, what policies do you not support? From the discussions that we (everyone) has had on this board, I have rarely read that the opposition has a factual view of Obama's policies. What I normally read are false characterizations or speculation. I would LOVE to have an actual policy debate based on fact... so if you please, provide a few examples of the policies (not proposals or characterizations of proposals) that you feel that Obama has created that are a complete offense to your own position.
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It would be much easier to make a small list of what I agreed with but here is a small sample of his domestic or economic policies I oppose:
$750 Billion "Stimulus" plan
2009 $1.85 Trillion budget deficit (proposed $9 trillion+ budget deficit over 10 years)
Government takeover of Chrysler and GM
Intimidation of secured bondholders to achieve a 55% ownership interest in Chrysler for the UAW
Refusal to accept TARP repayments from JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs
Using TARP loans to pressure banks to support government policy (see Chrysler and GM)
Card Check (eliminates secret ballot and requires mandatory arbitration for union organization)
Minimum Wage Increase (proposed increase to $9.50 per hour)
Cap and trade carbon limitations (proposes reducing carbon emissions by 80%)
Opposes domestic oil drilling (offshore and Arctic Wildlife Refuge)
Opposes oil shale development in Colorado
Government funded health insurance (paid for with penalty taxes on small businesses who don't provide health insurance)
Increasing the capital gains tax
Increasing marginal tax rates on families earning over $250,000
Reduction of the charitable giving tax deduction
Applying FICA taxes to income over $102,000
Amnesty for Illegal immigrants
Drivers Licenses for illegal immigrants
Opposes state initiatives banning affirmative action
Supports renewing the assault weapons ban
Supported DC handgun ban
Opposes legalization of marijuana
Here is a good graph showing Obama's proposed budget deficits that sums up my opposition:
On foreign policy I oppose the following:
Closing Guantanamo Bay
Releasing Guantanamo prisoners onto the US mainland
Releasing memos detailing enhanced CIA interrogation techniques
Engagement with Syria and Iran
Support of the International Criminal Court and the authority of international law over US law (See Harold Koh nomination)
Pressuring Israel to negotiate with Hamas and the PLO
Supports cuts in missile defense funding
Supports cuts in overall defense spending
Opposes missile defense systems in Eastern Europe
Supports increases in foreign aid administered through the UN (see Global Poverty Act of 2007)
I am sure there are countless others I could mention if I had more time.
To be fair I do support his position on relaxing restrictions on Cuba, his engagement with Russia, his use of airstrikes against enemy targets in Pakistan and his continued use of "renditions" for enemy combatants.