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=Obama State Issues=

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What is your change that you are willing to make in these four years?-Maryland What are you going to do with foreclosure rates and prices that people cant pay?-Maryland

__**Energy and the Environment**__

The Issue:

America's extreme usage of oil is causing a problem for our economy. Every day $1.4 billion dollars is spent on foreign oil, that is about $41 million every hour. Climate change is also a problem that American should be worrying about. Glaciers are melting at rapid speeds, trees are blooming earlier, people are dying in heat waves, species are migrating, and soon will become extinct.

Obama's Plan:


 * Reduce Carbon Emissions 80 Percent by 2050
 * Invest in a Clean Energy Future
 * Support Next Generation Biofuels
 * Set America on Path to Oil Independence
 * Improve Energy Efficiency 50 Percent by 2030
 * Restore U.S. Leadership on Climate Change

[|Barack Obama- Energy &amp; Environment] = = =__**Healthcare**__=

The Issue:
The costs of health care are skyrocketing, causes millions of Americans to be uninsured because they cannot afford it. This, and the fact that less than 4 cents of every dollar spent on health care is spent on prevention and public health, is causing a dangerous problem. National epidemics of chronic diseases and obesity are not being prevented by the government as much as they should.

Obama's Plan:

 * ====Quality, Affordable and Portable Coverage for All====
 * ====Lower Costs by Modernizing The U.S. Health Care System====
 * ====Fight for New Initiatives====

[|Brack Obama: Health care plan]

=__**Civil Rights**__= Pay Inequity Continues: For every $1.00 earned by a man, the average woman receives only 77 cents, while African American women only get 67 cents and Latinas receive only 57 cents. African Americans and Hispanics are more than twice as likely as whites to be searched, arrested, or subdued with force when stopped by police.
 * The Issue:**


 * Obama's Plan**
 * Obama will work to overturn the Supreme Court's recent ruling that curtails racial minorities' and women's ability to challenge pay discrimination. Obama will also pass the Fair Pay Act to ensure that women receive equal pay for equal work.


 * Obama will ban racial profiling by federal law enforcement agencies and provide federal incentives to state and local police departments to prohibit the practice.

__**Economy**__


 * Obama's Plan**
 * Provide Middle Class Americans Tax Relief
 * Trade
 * Technology, Innovation and Creating Jobs
 * Labor
 * Protect Homeownership and Crack Down on Mortgage Fraud
 * Address Predatory Credit Cand Practices
 * Reform Bankruptcy Laws
 * Work/Family Balance

__**Education**__


 * Obama's Plan**
 * Early Childhood Education
 * K-12
 * Recruit, Prepare, Retain, and Reward Teachers
 * Higher Education