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Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, saved at least 300,000 education jobs, such as teachers, principals, librarians, and counselors that would have otherwise been lost.
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Provided funding to states and the Department of Homeland Security to save thousands of police and firefighter jobs from being cut during the recession.
The Obameter: Increase funding for local emergency planning | PolitiFact
Signed bill to provide extra training for local police forces, especially with regard to active shooter situations.
Obama signs active shooter training expansion bill
China?s largest manufacturer, Foxconn, is building a large plant in Pennsylvania
Foxconn to build plant in Pennsylvania - Nov. 22, 2013
Worked with Apple Computer to get them to build more product here, and the company is building two large plants to manufacture products here; one in Texas
Apple's $100m made-in-the-USA Mac facility will be in Texas | ZDNet and one in Arizona
http://bit.ly/1mXY5Vg
Created an institute to invest in more manufacturing jobs in the technology fields of the future.
http://nyti.ms/1egyXrV
Ordered all federal contractors to pay a minimum wage of $10.10 per hour, leading the way to a national increase.
http://wapo.st/1iaU5kd As a result of this decision, a number of large employers, including Disney and Walmart, have increased their minimums.
http://bit.ly/2c3iwF5
Ordered the completion of the International Trade Data System, a digital trade record book, by 2016. This move will streamline and simplify the process through which small- and medium-sized businesses set up the export of US goods.
http://bit.ly/1nwSRF4
Specific Examples of Economic Improvement
As of August 2016, a record 71 consecutive months of overall job growth.
http://on.msnbc.com/1TKFCPQ
As of August 2016, Unemployment drops below 5% for the first time in eight years and without a significant bubble, remains below 5% all year so far. 4.9%
http://on.msnbc.com/1TKFCPQ
As of August 2016, there have been 78 consecutive months of private sector job growth.
http://1.usa.gov/1Xhizho
In April 2016, new unemployment claims hit their lowest level since Nov. 1973.
http://nyti.ms/1YhZEBk
Since February 2010, when unemployment peaked, 15.6 million non-farm private sector jobs have been created.
http://1.usa.gov/1Xhizho
Oversaw a reduction in the federal budget deficit by two-thirds since taking office.
http://bit.ly/1xKMmjY
Reduced the federal budget deficit from 9.8% of GDP in Fiscal Year 2009 under Bush, to 2.5% of GDP in FY 2015.
http://bit.ly/2cI4ABV
Scolds Congress and gets a $305 billion highways bill passed. This bill has the added benefit of created hundreds of thousands of new jobs and creating incentives for green cars.
http://bit.ly/1NsL2Zq
Addressed Wrongdoing in the Financial Sector
Signed the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act giving the federal government more tools to investigate and prosecute fraud in every corner of the financial system, and create a bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to investigate the financial fraud that led to the economic meltdown.
http://abcn.ws/g18Fe7
Ordered 65 executives who took bailout money to cut their own pay until they paid back all bailout money.
http://huff.to/eAi9Qq
Along with Congressional Democrats, pushed through and got passed Dodd-Frank, one of the largest and most comprehensive Wall Street reforms since the Great Depression.
http://bit.ly/hWCPg0http://bit.ly/geHpcD
Created and implemented rules to reduce the influence of speculators in the oil market.
http://bit.ly/MDnA1t
Created and implemented rules so banks can no longer use depositors? money to invest in derivatives and other high-risk financial instruments that work against depositors? interests.
http://bit.ly/fnTayj
Supported the concept of allowing stockholders to vote on executive compensation.
http://bit.ly/fnTayj
Endorsed and supported the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009 that would close offshore tax avoidance loopholes.
http://bit.ly/esOdfB http://bit.ly/eG4DPM
Negotiated a deal with Swiss banks permitting the US government to gain access to bank records of criminals and tax evaders.
http://bit.ly/2aAwUS5
Signed the American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, closing many of the loopholes that allowed companies to send jobs overseas, and avoid paying US taxes by moving money offshore.
http://1.usa.gov/bd1RTq
Thanks to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, inflation in the healthcare sector dropped to its lowest point in 50 years.
http://on.wsj.com/1E6cYjF
Improved Conditions for Consumers and Small Businesses
Signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act, to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive credit card practices.
http://1.usa.gov/gIaNcS
Guided the housing market all the way back from total collapse, which led to a rally for housing starts.
http://reut.rs/1NTAOVU
Brought airline industry back to their highest profitability since before the recession.
http://lat.ms/1O8H1iE
Created an airline passenger bill of rights, preventing airlines from stranding passengers on tarmac for hours, requiring them to return to the gate within three hours or face stiff fines.
http://bit.ly/2c3jAZi
Blocked a monopolistic merger of Staples and Office Depot, to preserve at least some competition.
http://bit.ly/1kcY2Kv
Stock market has reached record highs, restoring most of the economic losses felt during the Bush Recession.
http://bit.ly/1z4FAtL
Promoted and signed a bill to established the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and implemented it.
http://1.usa.gov/j5onG http://bit.ly/fnTayj
Consumer confidence continues to inch up to its highest level more than a decade.
http://bit.ly/1PZLRcK
Initiated a $15 billion plan designed to encourage increased lending to small businesses.
http://1.usa.gov/eu0u0b
Created business.gov, to allow online collaboration between small businesses and experts re managing a business. (The program has since merged with SBA.gov.)
http://www.business.gov
Took steps to improve minority access to capital.
http://bit.ly/f9xVE7
Used recovered TARP money to fund programs at local housing finance agencies in California, Florida, Nevada, Arizona and Michigan.
http://bit.ly/2b3jKOk
Crafted and signed an executive order establishing the President?s Advisory Council on Financial Capability to assist in financial education for all Americans.
http://bit.ly/eyqsNE
Oversaw the most sweeping food safety legislation since the Great Depression.
http://bit.ly/2aiIPaS
Through the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, extended the False Claims Act to combat fraud by companies and individuals using money from TARP and Stimulus programs.
http://bit.ly/SLTcSa
Set up rules for banks in handling legal marijuana money.
http://nyti.ms/1b80o2K
Added greater protections to consumer financial transactions to reduce identity theft.
http://1.usa.gov/1pjfUFq
Took steps to prevent pirate fishing and protect fish populations, and ordered stricter labeling requirements on labeling of seafood products in stores.
http://1.usa.gov/1BYhTUn
Signed the RAISE Act, which should encourage more people to open small businesses and help improve the economy.
http://bit.ly/1QhTqkF
Signed a bill that allows low-volume vehicle manufacturers that will increase entrepreneurship among small car manufacturers, who often build replicas of classics but who often build green vehicles.
http://bit.ly/1QhTqkF
Signs an Executive Order to strengthen cooperation with regard to global entrepreneurship.
http://1.usa.gov/294u5eI
Signs a law to allow ?ordinary investors? to help a company start up through crowdfunding.
http://n.pr/299eZEn
Blocks the merger of several health insurers to ensure that competition remains in the health insurance business.
http://bit.ly/2cvHV9P
Signs a law to strengthen American economic competitiveness. ,
http://bit.ly/2932zfA
Strengthened the Middle Class and Fought Poverty
Worked to provide affordable, high-quality child care to working families.
http://bit.ly/fNfidS
Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, cut taxes for 95% of America?s working families.
http://bit.ly/eSEI4F
Tax rates for average working families are the lowest since 1950.
http://bit.ly/f74pD8
Extended and fully funded the patch for the Alternative Minimum Tax for 10 years.
http://bit.ly/eFeSdP
Extended discounted health coverage under the COBRA health insurance law for the unemployed from 9 months to 15 months, and he?s also extended unemployment benefits more than a few times.
http://aol.it/evtVxDhttp://nyti.ms/emrqKJ http://bit.ly/hOtIpg http://bit.ly/fTT7kz
Provided a $20 billion increase for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Food Stamps).
http://nyti.ms/gfLqyM
Signed an Executive Order that established the White House Office of Urban Affairs.
http://wapo.st/eWECA8
Included the Buffet Rule in his 2014 budget proposal, in order to fulfill a campaign promise to make sure tax rates are fair between the rich and the middle class.
http://1.usa.gov/19PkdQo
Used the fiscal cliff negotiations to extend for five additional years the American Opportunity Tax Credit, which provides tax credits to families for college-related expenses, thus saving those families up to $10,000.
http://onforb.es/17zYg3u