Barack Obama's Presidency, Ten Predictions

Mr Nice Level 1 Commenter 3 years ago

Very funny but some of your predictions might prove to be true. Excellent hub keep writing stuff like this.

Mr Nice Level 1 Commenter 3 years ago

Obama didn't win or McCain has not lost the election. Here is my personal theory about this election. The truth is Republican lost & Democrats won. People wanted change if McCain was a Democrat candidate he was going to win, on the other hand if Obama was a Republican he was going to loose. Election is all about part platform & their policies. Although not many black people vote in election all the time but the one’s who do vote majority of them always vote for Democrats. In this election more black people voted than in any election in the past. I agree with chef Jeff that he has no choice but just to vote for Democrats.

Here is a paragraph from Docuticker website. Visit the link for further details.

According to study, African-Americans cast nearly three million more ballots nationwide in 2008 than in 2004—an increase of 21 percent. The total votes cast by Latinos went up by sixteen percent—more than 1.5 million—and young Americans aged 18-29 cast 1.8 million more votes, a nine percent increase. That the overall number of ballots cast did not increase significantly compared to 2004 was in part due to a decrease in voting by white voters.

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agvulpes Level 3 Commenter 3 years ago

hey mate you forgot the one about making Australia the 350th State or was that 351st?

Mr Nice Level 1 Commenter 3 years ago

agvuples & sschilke don't worry Australia or Canada will not become 51st & 52nd state because America never colonized any country & don't need to do so too. American imperialism is totally different than European. America Americanized the whole world with it's mega economy. America propagated economic through it's multi-national corporations , social, cultural and political ideology to a huge population of this world. Much more can be written on this subject but not in the comments, may be a new hub.

Happy holidays to everyone. Peace & love for all

Mr Nice Level 1 Commenter 3 years ago

sschilke, Thanks for your feedback. I enjoy all your hubs they are unique. Thanks for sharing your ideas with everyone. It's not only Australia or Canada the whole world is Americanized the way I explained in my previous comments.

Hi,  Lgali! How are you ? Taxes in USA is the lowest in the whole world. I guess you are talking about Canadian taxes right ? 

Merry Christmas & happy new year to everyone.  

Mr Nice Level 1 Commenter 3 years ago

sschilke ! There was a change in the American history in this election, 3 million more black people voted. I guess they just liked Obama it was not racism I mean black & white thing. At the same time less white people voted too, again it was not white & black thing. I guess they just didn't like McCain. This is what I think may be some one else has better views.

Merry Christmas & happy new year to everyone.

tobey100 Level 3 Commenter 2 years ago

I could care less about any president based on their personality or what they say. At 55 years old, to me its what they do. How many of you lived through the Carter years? I'm guessing not too many. The concept of government 'leveling' the playing field doesn't work and has never worked in any country in the world its been tried if people put their emotions in check at look at facts. Look at Obama's plan to save us logically, not as a democrat, republican, liberal, conservative, whatever:

What’s wrong with the Obama's and other's view on taxes? What’s wrong with their constant vow to tax the ‘rich’? What’s inherently wrong with their proclaimed intent to ‘level’ the playing field? Here’s a simple, logical example that any open minded individual can understand explaining the fallacy behind ‘taxing the rich’.

Suppose that every day, ten men go out to eat. The bill for all ten is $100. If they paid their bill the way we currently pay our taxes, it would go something like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.

The fifth man would pay $1.

The sixth man would pay $3.

The seventh man would pay $7.

The eighth man would pay $12.

The ninth man would pay $18.

The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.

This seems like a good plan so it’s what they decide to do. The ten men eat at the same place every day and are quite happy with the arrangement until one day, the owner throws them a curve. “Since you are all such good customers I’m going to reduce the cost of your meal by $20.” The meal for the ten men is now only $80. The group still wants to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first four men are unaffected by the change. They will still eat for free. But what about the other six men – the paying customers? How could they divide up the savings so that everyone would get their ‘fair share’?

They realize that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But, if they subtract that from everybody’s share, then the fifth and the sixth man would each end up being paid to eat as they were only paying $1, and $3. So, the owner suggests that it would be fair to reduce each man’s bill by roughly the same amount or a percentage of the savings which he proceeds to do and it works out like this:

The first four men (the poorest) again pay nothing.

The fifth man now pays nothing (100% savings).

The sixth man now pays $2 instead of $3 (33% savings).

The seventh man now pays $5 instead of $7 (28% savings).

The eighth man now pays $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).

The ninth man now pays $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).

The tenth man now pays $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).

The first four still eat for free and the remaining six are better off than they were before. But, once they leave the restaurant the men begin to compare their savings. “Hey, I only got $1 out the $20 discount” declares the sixth man. He points to the tenth man and says “but he got $10!”. “Yeah, that’s right,” exclaims the fifth man. “I only got $1 too. It’s unfair that he got ten times more than I did.” “That’s true!!” shouted the seventh man. “Why should he get $10 back when I only got $2? The wealthy always get all the breaks!” “Wait a minute,” yelled the first four men, “We didn’t get anything. The system always exploits the poor!”

So, the nine men surround the tenth man and beat him up. The next day the tenth man doesn’t show up to eat, so the nine men sit down and have a big meal without him. However, when it came time to pay the $80 bill, guess what? The nine men discovered something very important. Without the tenth man (the richest) they don’t have enough money to pay even half the bill. And, that, boys and girls, is how tax system works. In spite of the Obama and liberal mantra of ‘tax the rich, tax the rich’, the people who pay the highest taxes logically get the most benefit from any tax reduction. Those that pay nothing or very little receive little or no benefit. Common sense! Tax the ‘rich’ too much, attack them for being wealthy, accuse them too much and they may not show up to play the stupid game anymore. In fact, they may just starting eating in a restaurant overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier. Makes sense to me!