Thomas L. Friedman’s article for the New York Times makes a good point. For a good while America has been going downhill and there has not been much to help in cementing the cracks that have been getting bigger and bigger. First and for most let me point out that bush did try to help with a short term solution which was the stimulus package. The stimulus package was a 150 billion dollar package to help boost the economy’s turmoil. The package sent money to business to regroup and to send out one to three-thousand dollars to lower and middle income families. The bill was signed on May of 2008. With good intentions the money didn’t last long and people mainly paid their bills instead of spending the money and Capitol Hill failed to give out any more ideas on what would happen to our troublesome economy.
Therefore, Friedman is stating to Americans that action must be taken place immediately because if the moment is put aside our nation might as well burn. Friedman also points out that Obama needs to decide which problems he can handle first. I was not at the inauguration so I did not have the moment like Friedman did. I did however was able to watch the speech at home and see as Friedman explains Oboma’s gift of oratory. I hope that with this gift he can bring congress together and instead of putting the main problems aside for a later discussion, Obama will make them realize just how huge our Nation needs to be resolved so business can have jobs and people can work and families will not have suffer with tight budgets. This article I read was urgency to Obama and an overview for Americans that our economy has suffered enough. I can only hope that Obama will have good judgement when laws are to be made and no corruption is played into his mind.
