Obama's Economic Stimulus
It is unprecedented in my memory for the press and the opposition party to come out so strongly against a president within his first 30 days ["Gallup Poll: Obama Approval Down, Disapproval Up," usnews.com]. This amazing man has accomplished more in one month than most presidents accomplish in one year. Yet the naysayers are chomping at his heels 24 hours nonstop. In spite of his detractors, I believe this president will move this economy into the positive column and make fools out of them. But I think his detractors know this and are trying to take him down now while he is fresh and new. The sad thing is that he is a genuinely nice guy in a pit full of snakes. He's trying to reach out to the Republicans who want no part of bipartisanship.
Comment by Shana Smith of MD
I think the "blame Bush" tactic has already reached its expiration date. Obama likes to keep saying he "inherited" the economic mess we are in, but rehashing the past does nothing to fix today's problem. Don't tell me that Bush is to blame; tell me what you are going to do to fix this mess. Spending billions on left-wing pork is not a solution.
Comment by Fred of MI
I think Obama is doing a great job. He does need to offer us more hope, but he has made a lot of change in this country. He's also kept promises. No, he isn't always going to do everything that we want him to, but he is moving very quickly, and perhaps he just needs to slow down a little. I have read a great deal of the stimulus package. Money is going to just about everything that is going to give you a good job. There is very little pork that I can see. Everyone is feeling the pinch, and his broad stimulus is getting to all America so that he can prevent job loss. There is investment here that will create money in the future. I don't believe that he will cut the budget too much in four years, but those who want to create doom and gloom, can live in their own pot. I can see a lot of good coming in the long run. He is too compassionate of a man to stick it to us middle-class or poor people. Those who swindled everyone will be answering for it, sooner than later.
Comment by Sue of NC
We were alerted to Obama's lack of experience, past associations, and the fact that he arose from a corrupt Chicago administration. In spite of this, he has been put on a pedestal that will collapse. Those who voted for him thought he would enrich their incomes—the reality is that he will take it away. No way can taxpayer money be borrowed in such humongous sums and not bankrupt our grandchildren (and us). Shouldn't it be against the Constitution that one person and his party can implement such debt without our OK?
Comment by Jody of MO
It's really too soon to be supercritical of President Obama as he's been office a little over a month. From one who lived through the Great Depression, I'd say give him a break. Negativity is a poor attitude for Americans to take, when so much is at stake. Let's wait until we're down this rocky road a little further before we give up on him.
Comment by Julian Morgan of MS
I think he expended some of his political capital in getting the stimulus package passed, which is what political capital is for, to be expended to get things done! If the people I know are representative, this is not a right-of-center nation and people are giving Obama the benefit of the doubt. Nobody knows if his proposals will work. What is clear, though, is that we are in a very bad situation that was inherited not just from the irresponsible Republican Congresses (12 of the 14 previous years) but from 50 years of Cold War and post-Cold War military spending, and the associated over-commitment worldwide, that is bankrupting the country. Something so large, so long-term, cannot be the fault of one or the other political party, and people are not so stupid as to think it is—unless they only talk to others who think the same as they do.
Comment by Frank DeMarco of VA
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Asenine.
Hahaha.... How can anyone say that Obama "...has accomplished more in one month than most presidents accomplish in one year."
Do you know your history? Do you realize that presidents of this country have faced civil wars, attacks on our soil, worse depressions than this, and terrible world conflicts? Please. Obama has done nothing that I would consider a great act thus far as president. It's politics as usual in Washington. I will bet my life that all this year brings is a further depreciating dollar and worsening relations with the rest of the world.
Just because the man is black doesn't mean that he's any different from any other politician.
Oh, and to blame the rich for your problems... You do realize they are the ones that create jobs, right?
Let me put it in a way you might understand. By spreading money around to the poor and middle class (of which I am a part) you do not create jobs.. How could a poor person (or a middle class individual struggling to make ends meet) living off of government checks possibly employ anyone else? Isn't the idea to create jobs?
Think about it.
/Begin random anecdote/
At a restaraunt the other day, I witnessed the following:
An obviously homeless man walks in and orders his food.
He eats, and when finished, proceeds to walk out without leaving any money at his table. He turns to the hostess on his way out, and I kid you not, says "Obama's got me."
Spending our way to bankrupsy?
Spending our way to bankruptcy?
The spending philosophy does not work if you look at history…My childhood was met without the use of credit cards. My mother would buy us new school clothing every year though the lay-a-way system. This is how I was raised…paying cash for goods. Therefore, my parents were able to provide for their family and we never went without.
Our country today is charging up debt on our children, grand children, and great grand children’s future. Our off spring will have to go bankrupt in order to survive because of this out of control government spending. What will our children have to give up…the farm; meaning the real estate/land in our country? Will our borders be redefined? Who knows how the future generation will pay our debt?
The Obama administration will undoubtedly raise the taxes on the rich to pay for much of the debt. It is discussed that the rich may loose their taxable donations and mortgage interest deductions too. The charities that raise monies to help people in our society will become non-existent and the government will have to take care of those who are benefited by those charities.
Please exercise control and do not let Obama change our society and country by his out of control spending and new taxation policies…I beg you to forget your party affiliation and do what is best for our country. Think of what this will do to our children’s futures.
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I hated to see the stimulus plan passed. Obama even said after it went into effect that it was just one part of what needs to be done. Now my children and grandchildren are going to pay for our stupid mistakes. And pork this stimulus plan is loaded with it. Money for birth control and stop smoking is absurd. I do not see how this will help stimulate the economy. We are in a bad way and Obama and Congress are just putting us further in debt. We need to balance the budget and start paying down on the deficit. We need to stop giving money to other countries and start getting money back from them. We need to stop the NAFTA free trade agreement and keep everything American made and this will stimulate the economy and creat many jobs for Americans. This would solve all our problems without going further in debt as a country.
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