Obama's Presidency
Channel: Just A Thought
Date: 2016-01-21

Just a thought on Obama's Presidency. Be sure to like, comment and subscribe for more.
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Script: 

Welcome to Just A Thought, in honor of President Obama’s last State Of The Union Address, we will address some of the popular things he did as president. Whether what was done was positive or not is entirely up to you.

Starting off, he brought our troops home, like he said he would. Well he did half the job, he was able to withdraw our troops from Iraq but had to put a delay on withdrawing our troops from Afghanistan. He was, however, able to increase the amount of drone strikes, having a direct effect on how many troops we have on the ground, which is also his game plan against ISIS. He also gave the order to take down Osama Bin Laden which is a huge plus.

He passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010 as he said he would. The 5 presidents before him failed to pass any health care reform. Whether you think Obama Care is good or bad depends completely on your side of the bipartisan spectrum but it's definitely a start.

He declared he would fix the economy and the job market and well, ever since he took office, 7.2 million jobs have been created and the unemployment rate has dropped from 7.7% to 5.5%, which is the lowest it’s been since 1948.

Obama focused a big part of his second campaign for office around gun control. He has issued a total of 23 executive orders on gun control and from the looks of it, has tried to do his best but due to congress not agreeing to help him there isn't much else he could do.

He officially repealed the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy on September 20th 2011. He also greatly helped veterans by offering more benefits and signed a new G.I Bill.

People say that Obama has done all he can for Immigrants, but that's up to you. He passed an executive order, known as the D.R.E.A.M Act, that, among other things, allows illegal immigrants that can prove they have resided in the U.S for 5 years to apply for a temporary 3 year visa in order to obtain legal residency. 

Since Obama was elected in the wake of a recession, the first thing he did as president was to pass a multi billion dollar stimulus package to kick start the economy but looking at how things are now it didn’t seem to do much.

Obama also swore to close down Guantanamo Bay and to keep the NSA under control but neither of those happened. 

These are just some of the things Obama did as president. Its up to you how well he did as president. 
That’s all for now, I hope you guys enjoyed this episode. Be sure to leave your suggestions for next video down in the comment section and also be sure to leave anything I missed on Obama’s presidency. Be sure to like, comment and subscribe for more.