What I expect from the Obama administration
Stay Tuned — Coming Tomorrow: 10 Things to Expect from an Obama Administration
Comment: See my comments on Dan Burrell's blog
- 2 Supreme Court nominations in 1st term
- Immigration reform (some way to permit 10-12 million illegals to be on a “path to citizenship”
- Carbon tax
- Largely out of Iraq by end of 2009
- Health care reform that brings more under a government program
- “Mean’s testing” of Federal benefits
- Handgun legislation: bullet registry; waiting periods, national database, enabling cities to sue the gun manufacturers
- Higher taxes (and not just on the rich)
- Support for Israel balanced with Palestinian rights
- Rapprochement with Iran
- Possible offensive in the mountainous Afghanistan / Pakistan border region
- Labor legislation favorable to unions
- Trade protectionism - possibly even reopening NAFTA
- Environmental legislation to stem “global warming”. Basically higher taxes on energy
- Legislation protecting homeowners facing foreclosure. This will basically make borrowing more expensive for everyone
- There will only be lip service to bipartisanship. Republicans will be shut out.
What do you expect?
I expect huge taxes related to energy and the myth (in my opinion) of global warming. Does this mean gas will go to $9.00 a gallon or something like that? I have no idea, but somehow, someway, energy will be taxed heavily.
ReplyDeleteI think we might invade Pakistan and have a much greater presence there than we have now.
I also think we will have a new world reserve currency. World leaders are meeting in November to talk about the economic crisis.
I expect massive fights with the GOP come filibuster time, and massive prayer come that time that the GOP will stand before the media and the Democrats (in that order) for what's right and sensible.
ReplyDeleteI also expect a few big losses, and about 1/4 of what my gracious host predicts. Which fourth, I don't know. Depends on how many seats Obama's willing to lose in 2010; if he goes after abortion and gun owners, you've got two very motivated groups who don't need to agree on one national candidate.