Hope for the Economy from Obama's Own Mouth

We may be in the middle of the worst economic crisis our country has ever seen since the Great Depression, but hope may still spring eternal.

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/economy/

Barak Obama's plan to rescue the economy is outlined in the link above, from his own website section "on the issues": This includes plans to rescue housing, heating and other survival needs by federal aid, with funds obtained by taxes on big oil companies; a plan to increase jobs in the green movement, particularly aimed at disadvantaged youth; to improve the highways and bridges as a basic means to assure economic movement; plans to crack down on mortgage fraud as a criminal act; to withdraw from Iraq, and more.

For those of us who have been concerned about looting, homelessness, etc Obama's plan to help with federal aid should bring some hope. Because it would look like at least a certain number of dependent people would not lose their homes due to cutbacks from federal aid being prevented by Obama's proposed funding. Thus the whole mess we may all be fearing could be prevented by Obama's plan.

That is, so long as Congress at large backs it. That' the key issue, of course. More about this later, in bold print.

Obama continued to portray the economic crisis as an opportunity to rebuild the country, structurally and culturally, and he said the situation today is not as grave as that facing Franklin D. Roosevelt before he took office in 1933, in part because of "social safety nets" created by Roosevelt's administration.

But he mentioned that he and his wife, Michelle, have discussed opening up the White House to musicians, artists, scientists and poets.

"Historically, what has always brought us through hard times is that national character, that sense of optimism, that willingness to look forward, that sense that better days are ahead," Obama said. "I think that our art and our culture, our science, that's the essence of what makes America special. And we want to project that as much as possible in the White House."

I suggest that in order to assure passage of Obama's (genuinely!) hope-inspiring plan for the economy, we all commit to teaming up with local activist groups and meeting face-to-face with Congress members.

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