1) Well I firmly believe that education - since it's been rulled unconstitutional to have a federally mandated cirriculum - therefor should fall purely to the states to impliment programs AND funding.
If funding comes from the government it should be one calculated request package put forward by each state - negotiated if necessary - and paid for to the state education department.
This will localize education and remove government's sticky fingers from our schooling.
2) Also - Race to the Top, Head Start - all these things - these aren't for girls-ONLY.
They serves both males and females. I'm bothered they're trying to turn it into a female-only thing because it's not . . . now whether or not it's beneficial is up for another debate. Or whether or not states can't decide on their own without federal government umbrellas what to do with their own programs for their own people is also another debate.
3) Healthcare - this is up to the Supreme Court . . . at present the entire healthcare bill that was passed is on the chopping block because the ignorant Democratic Congress failed to make it portionable- that means if it's ruled against the *entire* thing is ruled against. Any future president will have 0 controll over the health insurance mandate if it's deemed Constitutional and permitted to stand. Why didn't the government just provide their own health insurance from the start instead of governing and dictating everyone else's to comply with government-opinions? If someoen needs affordable healthcare then why doesn't the government just OFFER affordable healthcare?
4) Lilly Ledbetter act - well - it did pass *by Congress* and so whether Romney would have signed it or not doesn't matter. He cannot undo it now that it's in place, can he? No.
5) Federal budgets are passed by CONGRESS - in fact - everything that's questioned in this thing are Congressional measured. The President can only suggest *his* budget - and veto it if he doesn't agree with what Congress decides and votes on. To pretend the President is royalty and has *the most* say over these things is petty. . . No Child Left Behind, for example, is a Republican disaster - passed by Congress.
6) If the Opportunity Tax Credit worth up to 10K, Pell Grants - isn't enough to cover the cost of college so that at the end Julia still relies on student loans to cover the rest of hte cost - then evidently we have a serious problem of college being too damn expensive. What does Obama or ANY president have to say about this? Nothing - it's not like any of them could do anything, anyway . . . because college costs, tuition is a STATE issue and a STATE issue only to be decided and voted on.
7) She started a career as a web designer - hopefully she's aware of the efforts put in place now to limit internet 'freedom' as well as to charge extra for access to certain websites, government oversight, and the liabilities anyone that's accessing and using hte internet might face even if they just inadvertantly link to questionable web content. Also: web designing isn't as profitable of a career path as it use to be - maybe she should be worried about being able to pay her loans back on time and keep a job instead, eh?
8) Pregnancy is covered - now - by every single health care plan out there as far as I'm aware. . . if the supreme court rules the health care bill unconstitutional it won't CHANGE THAT at all. . . pregnancy will still be covered.
9) President Obama didn't all on his own work with the SBA to create incentives for women to get loans for businesses - and the SBA doesn't actually give out loans, by the way. . . what they do is *gaurantee the amount of the loan - or a portion* so loan-providers (banks, etc) will still get paid their interest/loan amount *if your business FAILS and you can't pay it back yourself!* (I know this because I'm doing research on opening my own business)
10) Medicare - no - it won't end as we know it . . . And around $7K for healthcoverage per year for a single person should be more than enough :shrug:
11) Social Security - going bankrupt because it's overbloated and unmanageable right now - the government borrows excess and 'pays it back later' . . hardly a Presidential problem and hardly something the President can 'fix' or 'end' - CONGRESS can make changes and CONGRESS can end it - not the President. It doesn't work that way. . . aside that: right now the pay-out per month (from what I hear) is inferior and doesn't compare ot a paycheck. . . I hope Julia also PLANNED for her own retirement with careful investments and consideration all on her own and didn't expect SS to be enough!!
The only thing I agreed with was the concern over charging women more than men for basic healthcare - but since health insurance is a region/state concern the feds should *stay out* of it and so should employers . . . for her cost, herself, she's facing a few hundred a month - if she chose a better career path she could likely easily afford her own coverage and not have to worry about what others have to say! And again - if they were more thoughtful when they wrote up the lengthy bastard of a bill we could overturn the parts we DON'T approve of and leave other parts in tact. . . and see # 3
What they COULD do is make insurance accessible *nationwide* - accross state lines - more competition = more flexible coverage choices.