“I don’t want to send another generation of American children to failing schools. I don’t want that future for my daughters. I don’t want that future for your sons. I don’t want that future for America” (“Obama,” n.d., para. 3). President Barack Obama is an advocate for better and higher education. Among all of the issues that he speaks on throughout his campaign, education is continually at the forefront. He has taken all laws and concepts that have been implemented the past several years and explains how they have failed to work. He wants to ensure that the next generation has the stability and ability to have an affordable, world-class, life-long, top-notch education, from early childhood to high school, from college to on-the-job-training. President Obama has also expressed his views on illegal immigration and energy efficiency.
In the worldwide economy today, a high-quality education is no longer just an advantage to success being successful- it’s necessary. As opposed to generations of the past, high school graduates today are unable to obtain the number of high-paying jobs that were once available. The U.S. has been transformed from a manufacturing-based economy to an economy based on knowledge, and the importance of a college education today can be compared to that of a high school education decades years ago. It serves as the gateway to better options and more opportunity. President Obama has proposed revisions to the federal No Child Left Behind law to focus more resources on turning around the lowest-performing schools and give emphasis to standards that prepare students for higher education and potentially careers.
President Obama has proposed revisions to the federal No Child Left Behind law to focus more resources on turning around the lowest-performing schools and give emphasis to standards that prepare students for higher education and potentially careers.
The President has articulated a goal for America to lead the world in college achievement by the year 2020. All of President Obama’s education efforts aim toward this overarching objective. One of the main concerns for America’s youth is price. He created a tax credit for college students worth up to $10,000 over four years. He pushed for a law that will enable some students to cap their loan payments at 10 percent of their disposable income. The remainder of their loans will be forgiven after 10 to 20 years of reliable repayment. The Obama administration also changed the loan system so that all federal loans originate directly with the federal government, rather than through private banks. The shift away from the subsidized middlemen is expected to save about $60 billion over 10 years (Sanders, 2009, para. 7).
Obama declared plans for a national fuel-economy and greenhouse-gas standard that would considerably increase mileage requirements for cars and trucks. The Obama administration finalized new fuel economy rules August 28, 2012 that within 12 years will almost double today's standard for cars and light trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon. He called it “an historic agreement to help America break its dependence on oil, reduce harmful pollution and begin the transition to a clean energy economy.” These new standards mark the first time there has been a nationwide requirement for emissions of greenhouse gases.
The federal government has announced a new fuel efficiency standard with the support of manufacturers in the auto business and groups of consumers. With a plan to build vehicles that achieve an average of 54.5 miles per gallon by the year 2025, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates a $6,600 savings in fuel costs over the life of a 2025 model-year vehicle when compared with a vehicle made in 2010. It also will reduce our need for foreign and domestic oil-drilling and transportation operations.
Illegal immigration is one of the main concerns in the presidential election. Immigration is the passing or coming into a country
