When President Obama began talking about fixing the economy before his inauguration, everybody said, "Okay, let's work together to get this done. We are going to set aside our differences and our politics and try something different."
Obama gets inaugurated.
He begins to try to push for something new.
Not one republican vote.
What happened?
When Roosevelt came into office, we had hit rock bottom. There was nothing more to do than to set aside our differences and try something different. Now, we are headed in the same direction, and we can't work together to make sure we don't make another great depression.
We have had 8 years of not getting along. Can we start acting like adults and make a compromize? I realize that the arguement is that Obama's budget plan is more than what Bush was asking for, but it's not how much he's spending, it's where he's spending it. Bush wanted to put a greater portion of our budget into the Iraq war, which means that the citizens wouldn't be receiving the money and, thus, not spending it where it's needed.
To be able to fix the economy, we need to "prime the pump." We need to be able to put money back into the economy so that people can spend it where it is needed. This is what the stimulus plan is talking about.
Are we too afraid to take a chance and try something different, or are we going to do something before it's too late? Right now, Obama wants to be our Robin Hood: he's going to tell the wealthy that they should be paying taxes that they had been cut from and give them back to our less fortunate.
Let's work on getting people to buy stuff.
Right now is the best time to buy a house. Don't worry about where the money's coming from, go buy a house! Let's stop being afraid to ride the bicycle and work on getting back on it.
You can agree or disagree on me, I don't care. I feel as though I had to get my opinion out there. Let's get a good discussion going, but no flaming please.
