How Is Barack Obama Successful

President Barack Obama Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States of America on January 20, 2009. Obama is the first African American to become President. With his presidency, he promised to make changes that would liberate Americans from crisis and into a new beginning, despite some unsuccessful policies along the way. Taking a look into how he rose to be successful, the triumphs he has provided, and some of his unfortunate improprieties, helps to paint a better picture of the man we call our President. Growing up as a child, Obama prepared himself through his academics to beat the odds, and one day become president. He was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii to Ann Dunham and Barack Obama, Sr (“Barack Obama: Life Before the Presidency”). Even …show more content…
Despite success in being able to stimulate jobs through his Recovery Act policy in 2009, it has done very little to change the rate of unemployment. With the implementation of the Recovery Act stimulus, Obama’s economic advisors promised that the unemployment rates would stay below 8 percent and fall to 6 percent by the year 2012 (“The Five Biggest Failures From President Obama's Stimulus Law”). This has proven to be a huge failure today. Over 12.8 million Americans are unemployed, more than 8.2 million cannot find enough work to sustain their household. More than 1.1 million Americans have ultimately given up hope of finding steady work. The average unemployment rate still holds high at 8 percent. The Recovery act, if anything, has caused our nation to fall further into debt, continuing to push us into a depression, and into poverty. Obama stated in 2009 that the stimulus would lift approximately 2 million Americans out of poverty, but since that day more than 6.3 million Americans have fallen into poverty (“The Five Biggest Failures From President Obama's Stimulus