Obama '08?

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When Obama talked about transparency, I believed him.

When Obama talked about transparency, I believed him

On Tuesday, the Obama administration acts on a promise the president made on his first day in office -- to make government agencies more transparent, participatory and collaborative.

The Open Government Directive will make an Open Government memo released in May operational by directing agencies to take specific actions implementing those principles. It was announced in a live online chat with Chief Information Officer Vivek Kundra and Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra. Kopra solicited public comment on the directive through the White House Open Government Initiative.

• Requires federal agencies to make a minimum of three "high-value" data sets available within 45 days. An example, they said, was data that was released on Data.gov earlier this year by the Federal Aviation Administration about the on-time performance of commercial airline flights, and which was subsequently used by a member of the public to create Flyontime.us.

• Directs that within 60 days, the White House will launch a dashboard on Whitehouse.gov that will be used to hold each agency accountable for the contents of the directive.

• Commits each federal agency to launching its own open government Web site.

• Says that within 90 days, agencies will receive guidance from the federal Office of Management and Budget about creating challenges and contests for how best to use publicly available data.

• And mandates that within 120 days, each agency will create an open government plan geared towards ensuring that the philosophies of openness, transparency, and collaboration are permanently "hardwired."

Obama has done more for transparency at this point than any modern president, period.

Yes, Obama has done more to eliminate transparency than any modern president, period.

Obama is a liar. Obama lied about transparency. Obama lied about letting us see bills. Obama lied and lied……….

Published by csc5502 at 10:10 am under Current Events, Politics Edit This

Obama lied about every government reform he promised us.

Among other things, Obama promised “transparency” and an end to secrecy. He promised to allow us five days online to look at any bill before he signs it. He said “[t]oo often bills are rushed through Congress and to the president before the public has the opportunity to review them[.]“ He said meetings where laws are written would be more open.

Point by point, let’s go over these promises.

Obama signed the SCHIP bill three hours after Congress passed it. What happened to five days? And now the aka “stimulus package.” is set to be signed after being online for less than two days.

Five day online viewing period for bills? Lie.

Obama promised us transparency in meetings where laws are written, yet the Democrat House and Senate conferees met in the dead of night, with Republican conferees not even notified. The House voted unanimously to let the public view the latest government power trip for at least 48 hours prior to passage, and House Democrats promptly broke that pledge. Granted, Obama doesn’t control Congress, but it didn’t stop him from making the promise, did it?

Open meetings and transparency? Lie.

Obama promised us no more pork or earmarks.

No more pork, no more earmarks? Lie.

Obama promised us an end to “too much secrecy in Washington.” Members in the House were being asked to pledge their votes on the Democrat Party Political Payoff bill before it was even printed and then in spite of the fact that members had never read it.

An end to “too much secrecy in Washington[?]” Lie.

Obama promised us no lobbyists. We all know he’s appointed multiple lobbyists.

No lobbyists in Obama’s administration? Lie.

Obama promised the strictest ethics of any administration. He then nominated and supported multiple tax cheats, among other candidates with “issues” or who made “honest mistakes,” such as Bill Richardson.

Obama promised us no more pork or earmarks.

No more pork, no more earmarks? Lie.

"Death Tax" Vote Highlights
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Last week, the House of Representatives voted in favor of the inaccurately titled "Estate Tax Relief Act" (H.R. 4154) by a margin of 225 to 200. Now, the bill moves to the Senate, where a majority of Senators have openly opposed the legislation.

While the bill claims to enact permanent estate tax relief, the legislation puts in place a permanent 45 percent tax on estates over $3.5 million (yes this could easily be you when you factor in property, retirement, insurance, and all other assets). A 45 percent tax is a dramatic tax increase over the zero percent death tax that will be in place in 2010, when death will no longer be a taxable event. As you may know, the 45 percent death tax rate is set to temporarily expire in 2010 for a period of just one year.

Unless Congress actually abolishes the death tax permanently, the federal estate tax rate will skyrocket back up to the 55% rate which was in effect in 2001.

While we are disappointed with the final outcome of the vote, we are encouraged by several trends.
• 26 Democrats voted against final passage. The Democrat caucus is divided on the future of the estate tax, which is good news for those of us who just want it to die.
• 18 Democrats voted for an amendment to extend the 2010 repeal through 2011. We were encouraged that this amendment received a vote and that eighteen Democrats went public in support of it.
• Not a single Republican voted for the bill.

The Death Tax battle will now move to the Senate, where we have much more support. Even if the Senate can hold all Democrats and Independents in line, there is still a majority that opposes a 45% permanent estate tax.

It's a long way from over! We will keep you posted!

Herman Cain - Head Coach

A 45 percent tax is a dramatic tax increase over the zero percent death tax that will be in place in 2010, when death will no longer be a taxable event. As you may know, the 45 percent death tax rate is set to temporarily expire in 2010 for a period of just one year.

H2O MAN wrote:

Yes, Obama has done more to eliminate transparency than any modern president, period.

You also said McCain had a huge lead the night before the election.

The 'death tax' is just a scare title that Republicans decided to put on one of the longest-standing taxes our country has - one which harms nobody at all.

It takes time to make major changes on the governmental level, especially when you are requiring the units who are forced to change to put out several other work products simultaneously. Have a little patience instead of throwing your lot in with the group who hates Obama implicitly.