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| Contributor | Jason |
| Last Edited | Jason Oct 10, 2010 10:33pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, October 6, 2010 04:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In 2008, following eight years with George W. Bush as president, the American voters wanted a change. Barack Obama promised us a “change.” He won the election with 53 percent of the vote and became the 44th president of the United States of America. He had also promised us a non-partisan, open and transparent administration, that six months after his inauguration our combat forces would leave Iraq, and that he would close the terrorist prison at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base by the end of 2009. I guess he’s changed his mind regarding the last three pledges. But, he has kept his vow to “change” America. The direction in which he is leading us is towards a European-style socialist democracy. That has reduced his support among independent voters, and it will be part of his legacy.
The continuing recession, which began under President Bush in 2007, has been prolonged because of President Obama’s policies. He likens himself to President Franklin D. Roosevelt; we can only pray that this recession will not end, as did The Great Depression, with another world war. In 1939, after six years of the New Deal, unemployment had climbed back over 17 percent. It has been speculated that if World War II had not started in September of that year, FDR would not have been re-elected in 1940. But as America began to rearm itself, commercial activity increased, and unemployment declined. It was the preparation for war which ended the Great Depression. FDR’s economic agenda — the New Deal — was a failure, and only deepened the Depression. The W.P.A. (Works Project Administration), the C.C.C., (Civilian Conservation Corps), and President Obama’s stimulus packages have all provided employment for many people. A large percentage of those endeavors were for civil projects, roads, bridges, etc., which were sorely needed. But, they generated only a minimal amount of commercial activity. |
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