Archive for March 2010
BARACK OBAMA: FIGHTING FOREIGN POLICY FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY – PART 1
March 10, 2010 | 
Author Improve Relations with Latin America: It is time for the United States to reclaim and renew its historic roleas a leader in the hemisphere. As president, Barack Obama will reaffirm the importance of our relationship withthe more than 500 million people who live in Latin America. Obama wants to open a new chapter ofcooperation and partnership with our neighbors to promote democracy with social and economic developmentfor the benefit of all who live in the Americas.
Bring the War in Iraq to a Responsible End: More than 128,000 Latino servicemen and women have been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan since 2001. As of March 24, 2007, 347 Latino American troops have died and more than 1,500 have been wounded in Iraq. Barack Obama opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning. In 2002, as the conventional thinking in Washington lined up for war, Obama had the judgment and courage to speak out against the war. He said the war would lead to “an occupation of undetermined length, with undetermined costs and undetermined consequences.” In January 2007, Obama introduced legislation to responsibly end the war in Iraq, with a phased withdrawal of troops engaged in combat operations. Today, Obama has a plan to immediately begin to pull out troops engaged in combat operations at a pace of one or two brigades every month, to be completed by the end of 2008. He would call for a new constitutional convention in
Iraq, convened with the United Nations, which would not adjourn until Iraq’s leaders reach a new accord on reconciliation. He would use presidential leadership to surge our diplomacy with all of the nations of the region on behalf of a new regional security compact. And he would take immediate steps to confront the humanitarian disaster in Iraq.
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BARACK OBAMA: FIGHTING RETIREMENT SECURITY FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY – PART 3
Preserve Solvency of Medicare: Some 42 million Americans are served by Medicare, 3 million of whom areLatino. Ensuring the long-term solvency of the Medicare trust fund may be our toughest fiscal challenge, butBarack Obama is committed to the long-term strength of the Medicare program. Ultimately we need to reducewaste in the Medicare system and tackle fundamental health care reform across the economy. We need toimprove the quality and efficiency of our healthcare system, and put a greater emphasis on prevention.
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BARACK OBAMA: FIGHTING RETIREMENT SECURITY FOR THE LATINO COMMUNITY – PART 2
Barack Obama will eliminate all income taxation of seniors making less than $50,000 per year. This willprovide immediate relief to 22 million American seniors who will not need to file an income tax return, and willeliminate any income tax for nearly seven million seniors at a savings of roughly $1,400 each year. For manyseniors, this will eliminate the need to hire a tax preparer, resulting in even larger savings.
Secure Pensions: Twenty-five percent of Latinas over the age of 65 live in poverty and only 26 percent of Latinas have pension coverage, compared to 39 percent of both African-American and non-Latina white women. Barack Obama will insist that companies keep the promises they made to their employees. He will amend bankruptcy laws to keep companies from filing for Chapter 11 in order to avoid their pension obligations. As a U.S. Senator, Obama worked closely with Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) and the Association of Flight Attendants to help protect flight attendants’ pension plans during the United Airlines bankruptcy crisis. Obama also voted for new rules to force companies to properly fund their pension plans so taxpayers don’t end up footing the bill. He has also voted to shore up the funding of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, the federal agency that guarantees retirees receive at least some of their pension monies if their companies go out of business.
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