5 Things I Want President Obama to Do

Why would Obama bother Congress about passing a budget? Passing a budget would place severe limits on his ability to throw money around at will. Think about it. A budget categorizes money and says how much Obama can spend in each category. Increases in the debt ceiling simply allows him to spend money as he sees fit (up to the amount of the ceiling). The last thing Obama wants is for Reid and Boehner to hand him limits to his spending spree.

If I thought after reading what he did the last couple of days that he really intended to create jobs, I would be sadly mistaken. I still am upset over him awarding a plane contract to Brazil and not allowing American contractors to even bid on it, more than 300 billion for it is going to Brazil with a budget we can't balance. Tell me how that helps employ Americans? Oh yeah, he says it creates 1200 American jobs, please, give me a break that doesn't even begin to help the problem. So far, I haven't seen him do even half of what he has promised to do and he keeps saying he is. But his actions speak louder than words. Frankly, I can't tell much difference between the Republicans and Democrats anymore. They switch sides so often to which ever one they think will keep them in office. If he just did one thing he promised WELL, it would be better than what I've seen lately. My list reads like this: 1. Revise Immigration.......not just illegals, but the whole process allowed more than all those unemployed to enter the USA in 2007. 2. Infrastructure repairs would help to employ Americans. 3. Get out of Afghanistan.... other countries have gone broke there, are we dumb enough to think we are going to change them, and the amount of money we are spending there is part of the reason the budget is so bad. 4. Healthcare... a viable plan that doesn't deny anyone coverage and makes it affordable. 5. Quit using social security to give congressional raises and return the funds to it that they have borrowed and now say we are running out of funds for social security recipients. As the President, he needs to spend time doing his job and not playing everywhere but in Washington. Oh yeah, I forgot, the congress, President, and Supreme Court justices, need to pay into social security and I bet they would fix it rather than cause problems for all the rest of us who don't have private retirement funds due to the economy bust. 401K's haven't proven to have been the solution for many who are retiring now and have lost everything but social security.

My top 5 would be... 1-Enforce our immigration laws. Illegals are one of the biggest problems our country has to deal with. 2-Raise minimum wage to at least $12 an hour. No one can live on $7.25 an hour. 3-Repeal Obamacare. This is a no brainer. 4-Pass a real budget and stick to it. 5-Step down as President. The United States can not survive another 4 years under a socialist President.