President Obama — First term promise of unemployment.

How did President Obama complete his first year as president in the opinion of the people? Let us look back to Obama, the candidate and the President who now occupies the Whitehouse. For some answers.

During the 2008 presidential election campaign for the presidency, candidate Obama promised hope and change will be coming to Washington. The reform legislation that Obama and the majority Democrat party are pushing for have confirmed his intentions of changing the economic systems in the American government.

In November 2008 Barak Obama was elected President by the people to serve all the people in governing our great nation. Obama was elected either because of his color, because of his political parties affiliation or because of his promises to bring change to Washington.

[pullquote align=”left”]Each of these suggested reasons helped him to become the nations 44th President and the first black President in US history.Let us look back to what candidate Obama pledged to the American people if elected. To bring back the jobs lost in 2007 and 2008. In 2009 the nations unemployment went from 7% in 2008 to 10%( in some areas 17%.[/pullquote]

Obama’s administration bailed out the auto industry, banking industry, saved the union workforce and even helped the unions get ownership in the companies by forcing the creditors to lose their financial investments in the companies.

The Obama administration has increased the size of government by 10%, added more union jobs and commissions. Government unemployment stands at 3% and government employees and Congress did get a raise. in 2009 while the deficit increased.