Obama encourages hope for bleak economy

Americans watch with desperate hope as the economy grows dimmer and dimmer. Some pray that President Barack Obama is the answer to our nation's problems, but while his ideas are innovative, Republicans criticize that even his creative plans can’t remedy the seriously bleak economy. Obama plans to focus his strategies on solutions that will not only solve one problem but several, such as unemployment, the economic situation and global warming studies.


Obama sees the economy and unemployment rate as “a bad situation” that “could become dramatically worse” without urgent action. Obama wants an $825 billion stimulus package to give the economy a boost. This would include adding 3,000 miles of electric lines, in efforts to transport an alternative energy source. Obama says that this plan could save taxpayers $2 billion by making federal buildings energy efficient and would save American families on average over $300 on their energy bills. Obama seeks to put more money into science grants to inspire innovation. Obama’s plan would create an estimated 4 million jobs in the next two years.

It seems Obama wants to put money into the economy to create more jobs to relieve the rising unemployment rate, make the nations buildings and homes more energy efficient to save taxpayers money in the long-run and he wants to inspire and reward creative thinking among college students to expand their knowledge to find better solutions to these problems in the future. In my opinion, this plan offers solutions to several different problems, but I am not an economist or a Republican. So I have neither the experience to completely assure that this plan will be as effective as Obama assures, and I also am not stuck inside a box thinking there could only ever be one solution to each and every problem. Tax cuts are not always the answer and they certainly won’t solve the devastation of our economic situation, but that is exactly what Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers offers as a resolution. Tax cuts and balancing the budget is her simple answer to the complex equation of our economy.

I think some Republicans may have a case of temporary tunnel vision, but after Obama’s plan is put into action and starts to boost the economy and create more jobs, as promised, they will be just as thankful as everyone else. There are several things I admire about President Barack Obama, but at the very top of the list is his honesty and sincerity. He truly wants to help the nation rise up and he wants us to know what he is doing to make that possible along every step of the way. I don’t see how Republicans can criticize his plan after promising full accountability for government spending. President Obama wants to create a website to show Americans how and where each dollar is being spent.

While I was unsure of my final thoughts for Bush, I can wholeheartedly say that I have faith in Barack Obama’s inventiveness to help this country succeed.