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THE ECONOMY: (Seventeen items) Illegally, and in defiance of Presidential powers, ordered Boeing to fire 1,000 employees in South Carolina and shut down a new factory because it was non-union. Illgeally implemented a moratorium on offshore drilling after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill with no statutory authority, and continued to enact new moratoriums after federal courts repeatedly invalidated them. Illegally took benifits from secured creditors and allowed unsecured creditors to benefit during the Chrysler bankruptcy. Illegally terminated the pensions of 20,000 non-union Delphi employees in the GM bankruptcy. Illegally ordered Federal SWAT teams to raid a Gibson guitar factory and seize property, on the purported basis that Gibson had broken India’s environmental laws—but no charges were ever filed. Illegally orderd Federal Law Agencies to conduct “Operation Choke Point,” where said agencies pressure banks to “choke off” financial services to customers engagied in targeted conduct such as otherwise legal “ammunition sales.” Signed a stimulus bill that spent money on bonuses for AIG executives (many of whom were Obama supporters), and then acted shocked and outraged when the excessive bonuses were reported. Gave $535 million in stimulus money to Solyndra, which went bankrupt, while Solyndra officials and shareholders profited, many of whom were substantial doners to Obama’s campaign. Reneged on a campaign promise to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term in office. Increased the national debt more in one term than President Bush did in two terms. Extended mortgage assistance to people who bought multiple homes during the housing bubble. Proposed rules that would have decimated family farms, by prohibiting children under 18 from doing many forms of farm work. Spent $7 million per household in “stimulus funds” to connect a few Montana households to the Internet. Spent $205,075 in “stimulus” funds to relocate a shrub that sells for $16. Fired an inspector general after investigating an $850,000 AmeriCorps grant received by a nonprofit run by former NBA star and Obama supporter Kevin Johnson (now mayor of Sacramento). Spent $7 million per household in “stimulus funds” to connect a few Montana households to the Internet. Spent $205,075 in “stimulus” funds to relocate a shrub that sells for $16.