President Obama Should Get a Second Term

I guess I will not see my opponent's arguments, but I'll post some on my own.Job Creation and EconomyWhen Obama was elected President, job losses (net) were -750,000 a month, and GDP was falling at a rate of almost -9%. You cannot expect Obama to end this in a snap of his fingers. However, now new jobs are growing, and a recovery (although still is not strong yet) exists. Plus, the new jobs are from the private sector, so they are real and not government jobs. We have being seeing growth in jobs at about 165,000+, and GDP in the 2-3% range. This is progress. [1] The USA economy has added net new jobs for 23 straight months. Obama also saved the auto industry. You cannot deny that importance, it saved literally millions of jobs (as did the stimulus). The Dodd-Frank law also made Wall Street accountable, and ended predatory lending, and regulates some of the financial securities that caused the recession in the first place.Energy and EnvironmentObama coordinated an agreement that makes average fuel economy standards 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016. This is a great move for the environment and reducing imported oil. [2] Plus, with help from the stimlulus in 2009, renewable energy is now 14% of total energy sources, a promise kept as well. Other campaign promises on energy have been kept. Obama has also signed legislation that conserves land, and also the EPA under Obama's administration has proposed first-ever national standards for mercury, arsenic and other toxic air pollution from power plants. The new standards would require many power plants to install widely available, proven pollution control technologies to cut harmful emissions of mercury, arsenic, chromium, nickel and acid gases, while preventing as many as 17,000 premature deaths and 11,000 heart attacks a year. These standards would also provide particular health benefits for children, preventing 120,000 cases of childhood asthma symptoms and about 11,000 fewer cases of acute bronchitis among children each year. [5]Foreign PolicyOsame Bin Laden has been killed, as well as Al Qaeda's second in command. Now, Al Qaeda is severely damaged, with over 2/3rds of senior leadership eliminated. It is unquestionable, that instead of using trillions of US resources and thousands of lives, and disrupting a nation (Iraq), that using several U.S. navy seals to end a terrorist organization was much more effective. [3]The image of the United States has improved markedly in most parts of the world, reflecting global confidence in Barack Obama. In many countries opinions of the United States are now about as positive as they were at the beginning of the decade before George W. Bush took office. [4] Plus, the War in Iraq is over. The War in Afghanistan is scheduled to end in the near future, in 2013-2014. Plus, the military is now not orientation-discrimatory, since D.A.D.T. was repealed. Also a new START treaty with Russia was signed, reducing the nuclear stockpiles of these nations. [5]Health CareThe new law that was signed in 2010 will make the health care system better for the USA. The bill reduces the deficit by about $100 billion up to 2020, then reduces the deficit about a trillion in the following decade. It expands coverage at the same time to 32 million more Americans, getting closer to a Universal Health Care system. This law will also end the Medicare "donut hole" and improves coverage for other Americans, such as college students and people who were previously denied coverage. [6] It also makes the 44 million free riders pay their fair share and fined if they don't, which is a fiscally prudent decision, and frankly, "conservative." [1] Sources:http://www.thedailybeast.com... http://www.politifact.com...http://www.whitehouse.gov...http://www.pewglobal.org...http://www.whitehouse.gov...http://www.whitehouse.gov...