Stimulus Package Could Be Only the Beginning

Author: Abby Taylor

Obama’s stimulus package is one of the largest plans for public spending seen since as long ago as the Second World War. The aims fall on two sides: to produce jobs and quickly raise confidence in the general public – but also to put down some of the initial disbursements for President Obama’s targets for renewable energy, health care and education.

However, when Obama set forth this package he claimed it to be the beginning of the first steps, which he intends to use to snap the US out of an economic disaster. Many believe this desperate situation to be largely the cause of the previous government and president Bush.

In a press conference around February of 2009, the White House commented that Obama would carry out all steps necessary to jump start the economy and get it on good footing once again. This included the possible addition of a second stimulus plan, although no specific plans were in place at such time.

The current stimulus package has mostly been aimed at aiding the automobile, real estate and financial industries, which suffered worst as a result of the credit crunch. It took Obama much lobbying to pass this package and in many ways, his presidency will ride on its success or failure. Either way, there is no doubt that it will add some 11 trillion dollars to the country’s current debt. Fortunately, Barack Obama seems well aware of this and is equally determined to bring back restraint and decency to the financial world which has been sorely lacking in recent years.

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Dreaming Up A New And Better World

Author: Arthur Levine

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© Copyright Arthur Levine, 2009

It’s not that I’m tired or bored or unhappy with the world we live in, it’s just that I’m aggravated because I think we could do so much better.

Every time I turn on the TV and hear about congress or the administration proposing some program that will cost us or our children money they can’t afford to spend, I start dreaming about living in a world that wouldn’t make all these mistakes and wouldn’t put our families and us at risk.

I have so many ideas to make things better that I think would cross party lines. Maybe you have ideas too that can help us create a better Country and world to live in.

To start with I would like to change election to both houses of Congress to run for only one year. If our elected representatives can’t do something in our best interests in a year than why should we trust them to ever get anything right? One year, they perform, or they’re out.

Both houses of congress must vote by a two thirds majority in favor of any bill including spending money or raising or lowering taxes or changing or creating any entitlement program before it can become law, and presidential vetoes in these cases are out.

If congress sits frozen and can’t enact any needed legislation like the budget, a twelve person citizens committee elected by Internet vote on five days notice to the public will have the people’s power to make the necessary decisions by fifty percent vote or by national Internet referendum if they can’t make up their minds.

On the international front:

No country in the world should be allowed to create a trade deficit. Either we trade even or else we stop trading when we reach an imbalance and learn to rely on our own resources both natural and man-made.

We will not purchase any goods made with child labor or products manufactured in foreign countries to obtain lower labor costs.

We will not go to war or fight on foreign soil for nation building purposes, or to bring our culture of democracy to anyone, but only to protect out national security interests in defense of our nation.

Let’s go viral with our new world. Let’s build a better place to live in for our families and for ourselves. Let’s try and preserve our democracy, our freedom, and the principles of our constitution that made this Country great.

About the Author:

Hi. I’m Arthur Levine, the author of the novel Johnny Oops. I’m sure a lot of you have even better ideas. Please add them to the comment section and we will use them as part of a revised article. Let’s go viral on http://johnnyoops.blogspot.com.

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This blog is dedicated to all people who are tired of electing good people to office and later finding out that they were weaklings. To discovering the puppet master who is pulling strings behind the scenes. Welcome to my journey!