Friday, July 22, 2011

Where are the Jobs?

Some of my friends are disappointed in President Obama because he didn't solve our problems, that is our country's problems in two years. Jobs haven't come back, the budget isn't balanced, the medical bill doesn't have a public option, etc. On the other hand he did get DADT passed the right way which was slow but steady, he did get a medical bill passed, he is winding down two wars, etc.

Maybe he should have concentrated on jobs, but he didn't. The Republicans said they were only interested in jobs. What did they do? More government in the bedroom with stricter abortion laws, abolishing unions, and now failing to pass a bill to ward off default.

The President didn't bargain with freshmen Congressmen in the House who want everything their way or there is no way. Maybe he should have been more far sighted and tried to accomplish everything in the first year and a half, even during the deepest recession since the big depression. I believe he has had a plan and he did not allow for a totally intractable group with whom their is no reasoning.

The Republicans were ready to cut Social Security and Medicare and Medicade to ribbons. Some recipients only receive $400 to $500 a month and they must live on that. I hope we remember that he stopped the gutting of Social Security when it is time to vote again.

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