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In reply to the discussion: Don’t You Dare Conflate MLK and Obama [View all]obama2terms
(563 posts)I am sure there would be some things MLK would be upset about with Obama. When you actually look at Obama's record there are plenty of things MLK would probably support such as: The ACA especially the part that expands medicaid, if MLK would be a gay rights supporter like his wife was he would support that Obama repealed DADT, made it where gay people have visitation rights with their partners in the hospital, stopped defending DOMA, and of course supporting same sex marriage. Also, it doesn't take a historian to know MLK would be livid at the GOP's voter suppression efforts and proud that our president and his admin. sued to combat it. I shouldn't forget about education, kicking banks out of student loans, improving school nutrition ( with Michelle of course), and expanding pell grants. He also signed the Lilly Ledbetter act, expanded hate crime protection, expanded health coverage for children, and ended one war and is about to end another war. When it comes to our veterans Obama improved the post 9/11 GI bill, the Veterans Job Corps. act ( which failed to pass sadly), Obama has done nothing with SS and medicare as far as cuts go, according to politifact this is what Obama did for veterans benefits: Obamas proposed budget for fiscal year 2012 increases the overall Veterans Affairs budget by more than 10 percent. The numbers are big: from $53 billion in FY 2010 to almost $59 billion in FY 2012.
It provides new benefits for veterans caregivers, including health care and mental health services, and invests nearly $1 billion in VA services for homeless veterans and those at risk of becoming homeless.
The White House pointed us to several examples of how VA services have been beefed up, summed up in a comment Obama made in 2009:
"We dramatically increased funding for veterans' health care: more care for women's veterans, for our wounded warriors from Iraq and Afghanistan suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries," Obama said at a 2009 signing of a bill that funds veterans medical care a year in advance.
Separately, PolitiFact has given Obama seven Promise Kept ratings on pledges he made to improve services to veterans, compared with zero Promise Brokens. You have a right to your opinion but I hate to piss on your party but you should really find a better source of information, I don't know where you get this stuff from. No hard feelings though