An Obama administration check list to access 2nd term agenda

 

That isn't exactly what the exit polls said.  To the question "should taxes be raised to help cut the budget deficit?" only 33% answered "yes" while 63% responded "no." 

Can Obama be stopped now?  We see him making more and more decisions by Executive Order or by fiat through his czars in the various departments and offices.  If he can’t get it from Congress, he will do it anyway.  No one has stopped him in the last four years; can anyone stop Obama during his second four-year term?

 

According to OIRA data (Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs), as noted in a Heritage research report by Diane Katz dated October 31, a whopping 78% of the 151 regulations awaiting review have been pending at the office for more than 90 days -- thus exceeding the maximum time allotted under executive order.  The evidence suggests that a multitude of major rules are simply awaiting release next year.  

 

Even more disturbing is how an overwhelming percentage of the voting public have no idea what they have done by reelecting Obama for another four years.  Some might get it, but most won't. Why such a grim assessment?   Left wing democrat/socialist needed to create an environment by which they could best survive and advance their agenda.  This seems to have been achieved when Obama succeeded in taking the 'Curley Effect' nationwide and down its wretched path.

 

The Curley effect, historically, has been an urban phenomenon, defined by Harvard Scholars Edward L. Glaeser and Andrei Shieifer in 2002.  The Curley effect was named after James Michael Curley, a four-time mayor of Boston in the first half of the 20th century.  It is a political strategy of "increasing the relative size of one's political base through distortionary, wealth-reducing policies." 

 

Translation:  A politician or a political party can achieve long-term dominance by tipping the balance of votes in their direction through the implementation of policies that strangle and stifle economic growth" (and by being Santa Claus to those who want Santa Claus (big government) to take care of them!).  Sound familiar?  

 

What should provide "Food for Thought" for those who blindly voted for Obama is the Department of Labor report issued on Thursday, Nov. 15, where jobless claims rose by a staggering 78,000 in the first week after the election, reaching a seasonally-adjusted total of 439,000.  The highest filings for new claims came from Pennsylvania and Ohio where there were thousands of layoffs in the construction, manufacturing and automobile industries. 

 

Do we have faulty memories in recalling pre-election media proclamations that unemployment had reached its lowest level in more than four years?  How quickly this rosy scenario has changed.  It only took an election!

 

In keeping with creating an environment in which the Curley effect could take place nationwide, the Obama administration requested that some defense contractors delay announcing layoffs until after the election. Within 48 hours after the election, more than 40 corporations announced layoffs.  Additionally, small business owners are closing their doors, companies are cutting employees, or reducing the employees from full time to par time, to avoid providing health insurance.  righthook38.wordpress.com, 

 

The checklist below represents what we think may happen over the next four years.  Action already in the works, or which seems assured, are in bold type.   Both of us will periodically review our notations and predictions throughout the next four years.   If an item listed actually happen, we will change to Red; to Blue if it does not happen; to Green if no action yet; and to Italics if we add items to our original checklist. 

 

It might be of interest for Illinois Policy readers to take note of our checklist, as it stands now, comparing it to how accurate we were in predicting what the next four years of the Obama administration will reap.  

 

One of Saul Alinsky’s theories (Rules for Radicals) is that you keep everything in a state of constant confusion and uproar and then slip changes in when no one is watching.  That has been Obama’s habit during his first term. 

 

May our chart help others keep track of the Obama administration, as its dangerous philosophical and unorthodox rulings, not in keeping with this nation's Constitution, unfold.

 

Administration

 

□ Expect more Executive Orders, if Congress won’t act, Obama will.

□ Student loans will be waived by Executive Order.

□ Home mortgages under water will be forgiven by Executive Order.

□ 2-3 Supreme Court Justices will be chosen, all Liberal.

□ Fast and Furious additional investigation will be squelched.

□ Same-Sex Marriage will be established nationally by Executive Order.

□ Illegal immigrants will be granted amnesty and citizenship.

□ Keystone Pipeline will eventually be approved by Obama.  

Voter Fraud to continue while DOJ thwarts Photos ID laws in court.

 

Budget/Financial

 

□ Unemployment will rise again and remain high, around 8-10%.

□ Medicare, reduced benefits, increased requirements, no money.

□ Social Security, reduced benefits, no money.

□ Medicaid, reduced benefits, more beneficiaries, no money.

□ Debt ceilings will be raised whenever the limit is reached.

□ Trillions more will be added to the debt; deficit will continue to grow.

□ Obama/Democrats will continue to borrow from other countries, primarily China.

□ US Credit rating will continue to be lowered.

□ Fiscal Cliff will just barely be avoided, taxes will be raised but spending cuts will be spread out over 10 years and will never happen.

□ GDP will stay under 5% growth.

□ Congress and Obama will once more attempt to grab private pensions, IRAs, 401Ks and investments using a GRA (Guaranteed Retirement Acct)/Social Security type promise.

 

Foreign/International

 

□ Benghazi – watch for 9/11 attack cover-up to quietly go away and disappear, Obama will stifle/thwart it, Congressional investigations will fail to get the truth.

□ Israel – will hit Iran’s nuclear sites, Obama will not help or support.

□ Israel – Obama will finally visit Israel.

□ Israel – Obama will once again push 2-state solution, with 1967 borders.

□ Iran –  gains nuclear power, will change face of Middle East; Obama will do nothing.

□ Syria – Obama will not intercede in their civil war.

□ Egypt – Obama will continue to recognize and support Muslim Brotherhood control.

□ Other Middle East – Yemen, Djibouti, Somalia, Niger, Mali – terrorist control will increase in these countries.

□ Afghanistan – US will leave in 2014; Taliban will take over again in 2014, Obama will do nothing.

□ Iraq – will degenerate with possible treaty/pact with Iran, Obama will do nothing.

□ Unemployment will rise again and remain high, around 8-10%.

□ Medicare, reduced benefits, increased requirements, no money.

□ Social Security, reduced benefits, no money.

□ Medicaid, reduced benefits, more beneficiaries, no money.

□ Debt ceilings will be raised whenever the limit is reached.

□ Trillions more will be added to the debt; deficit will continue to grow.

□ Obama/Democrats will continue to borrow from other countries, primarily China.

□ US Credit rating will continue to be lowered.

□ Fiscal Cliff will just barely be avoided, taxes will be raised but spending cuts will be spread out over 10 years and will never happen.

□ GDP will stay under 5% growth.

□ Congress and Obama will once more attempt to grab private pensions, IRAs, 401Ks and investments using a GRA (Guaranteed Retirement Acct)/Social Security type promise.

 

Government

 

□ US Constitution (200+ years old) will be turned into a living, breathing document which will change whenever the moods of the Supreme Court, Congress, White House or population feel like it.

□ Department of Business created, adding a whole new department.

□ Bureaucracies will continue to expand.

□ More czars will issue more regulations without Congressional input or approval.

□ Watch for EPA regulations that have been sitting, waiting until after the election.

□ Watch for Energy regulations that have been sitting, waiting.

□ Watch for Transportation regulations that have been sitting, waiting.

□ Watch for Interior dept regulations that have been sitting, waiting.

□ Electric costs will soar as coal and gas plants are closed.

□ Homeland Security will leave southern border open.

□ Fairness Doctrine will limit/wipe out talk/conservative radio.

□ Cap and Trade will be implemented by EPA and Executive Order, crush business.

□ Dodd/Frank will be fully implemented, will crush business.

□ Department of Justice will push for gun control and get it by Executive Order.

□ More and more bills will be 2-3,000 pages long; voted on unread by Congress and the President and left to bureaucrats to establish rules and regulations to implement them.

□ Welfare state will continue to grow with number of food stamp recipients rising dramatically.

 

Military

 

□  Continued reduction of staff.

□  Continued reduction of military pay.

□  Continued reduction of equipment, ships, planes, etc.

□  US will be unable to respond to multiple attacks around the world, especially terrorist attacks.

    Obama goal of zero nuclear weapons for U.S.

 

Obamacare

 

□ Obamacare will be implemented by 2014; costs already soaring.

□ 30,000,000 Americans will continue uninsured, even under Obamacare.

□ Employers will cut staff or lower status to part-time; cannot pay Obamacare costs.

□ Obama will extend Obamacare to the parents of DREAMer illegal children, by Executive Order.

□ Unions, states, cities will receive waivers from Obama to exempt or lower Obamacare requirements.

□ Insurance companies will begin to fail, leading to Single Payer (federal government) health care.

□ College loans now controlled by Obamacare will lead to federal control of who gets money, what fields they can study in, where they can practice – especially medicine.

 

Politics

 

□ The Chicago Way/Thugs will gain more power, influence, control:  Rahm Emanuel, David Axelrod, Valerie Jarrett, David Plouffe.

□ Bill Daley, brother of Mayors Richard J, Richard M. will run for Illinois Governor in 2014, will win.

□ Unions:  Card Check for union elections will be passed/ordered.

□ Lying and hypocrisy, especially in the press, will continue unabated.

□ Bill and Hillary Clinton will continue to ‘advise’ Obama and will become familiar with all the inside action in the government, then:

□ Hillary and Rahm will run for White House in 2016 and will win.

□ Voter ID laws will not be passed.

□ Michelle will continue her programs on food control and obesity rules.

□ Republicans will continue to cave in on every issue; will lose the 2014, 2016 elections.

□ Obama will thank and pay off the following categories (some mentioned already) with funds, special bills, Executive Orders and new laws:

• Unions – SEIU, Auto Workers.
• Women – more special free ‘rights’ for women in health care and work sites.
• Youth – will write off student loans.
• Latinos – amnesty and citizenship for all illegals.
• Gays – Executive Order for marriage, nationwide.
• Blacks – nothing will be done; they will continue to support Obama.

States/Cities

 

□ Taxpayer funds to bail out failing Democrat states:  New York, Illinois, California, possibly Michigan, Maryland.

□ Taxpayer funds to bail out cities:  Noted in Chicago Tribune of 11/8/12.

□ Unions:  Attacks on Right to Work states w/Obama’s help.

□ Medicaid – no money, more needy, Obama will bail out the states (already helped Illinois and other states with stimulus funds). 

 

Taxes

 

□ Obamacare will bring 21 new taxes.

□ Taxes will go up on everyone, including the middle class.

□ VAT (Value Added Tax) will be added.

□ AMT (Alternative Minimum Tax) will continue.

 

Terrorism

 

□ Expect another terrorist attack on US soil from terror cells which have crossed the open border, already in US, waiting.

□ Obama will continue use of drone attacks – other countries angered.

□ Obama will close Guantanamo Bay and move terrorists to Thomson prison in Illinois

 

United Nations

 

□ United Nations will pass Freedom of Religious Speech act (especially protecting Islam); Obama will agree to it.

□ US will sign on to the International Court at The Hague and be subject to it.

□ Watch for several UN treaties, especially maritime pacts, which will be approved in the Senate, subjecting our sea vessels to UN regulation.

□ UN will pass an international tax on all stock trades and money will be redistributed to poorer countries.

□ US sovereignty will become subject to the United Nations rules.

□ UN will push again to get climate change laws passed.  This time the US will approve them and the UN laws will supercede ours. 

 

Other

 

□ The liberal mainstream media (ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, LA Times) will continue to protect and promote Obama.

□ Obama and Michelle will continue to have White House parties, play golf, travel, use Air Force One and Two as their personal jets; will live high on the taxpayer dollar and enjoy their second term.

□ Obama will continue to appear on celebrity shows even though he’s no longer campaigning, because he loves it; so does Michelle.