Obama's 10-Year Budget Proposal
Leading by Example
On February 26, 2008, President Obama gave the nation yet another glimpse of not only how he envisioned changing the way business is usually done, but how he is actually going about making those changes a reality when he truthfully revealed his first budget for the U.S. while in office. The president was candid-he didn't tell the nation what they wanted to hear, but he told them what they needed to hear-and his budget reflected items that his predecessor kept on separate books, so to speak, including funding of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as noted by newsday.com, among other major line items.
President Obama outlined a 10-year budget plan that includes his pledge to halve the budget deficit by 2013. He and the nation face a tight-rope walk with the current economy. Refreshingly, the president gave the information straight on the chin. For every change that is desired, there are choices to be made and costs to be incurred-that's the way it is in the real world. As individuals, we face these realities every day when we choose whether or not to purchase a new car, whether this week we will eat bologna or steak, or even if we can afford to refill our prescriptions.
For the first time in a very long time, it feels as if Washington and each citizen of the U.S. is in this situation together. It's not a pretty place to be, but it is together that as a nation we have the greatest strengths.
The proposed budget must first, of course, make it through Congress. It's time for each of us to examine the president's proposals and write our senators and representatives to let them know what we do and do not support about the budget so they can act accordingly. That is how a democracy is supposed to work and finally, American citizens have someone in the most powerful position in the nation who is leading by example.
Published by L.L. Woodard
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33 Comments
Post a CommentNice piece, and I agree that we put Obama in office for massive change, and this is what he is attempting.
Great article. The man, President Barack Obama has a huge monumental challenge ahead of him and I am with him all the way.
This is a great piece L. L. By the way thank you for reading my stuff, I appreciate it. At this point with everything up in the air and Obama trying to acclimate to being commander and chief. I think as things began to settle and the changes start to work, People will perhaps stop pointing fingers. I think many thought the change wouldn't affect them but were all going to be affected and it isn't always going to be a painless endeavor but hopefully the outcome will be better.
"The proposed budget must first, of course, make it through Congress." *Groan* By the time it's done winding its way through there, not even Obama will recognize it.
Obama is making progress. But we have a long way to go. It will take time to get our budget and our country running smoothly and financially sound, once more.
Thank you for the article!
Great analysis! Obama seems to be making progress.
Jennifer, I'm with you. Politicians and many people in general want to condemn the president for not following through on campaign promises, such as moving towards nonpartisanship, and yet many of the very people complaining are doing so along party lines, on either side.
Nice job! I wrote a piece on this topic recently. I'm an independent, however I find it amusing (actually, irritating) that the Republicans want to bash Obama's proposals even as everything he does is an effort to UNDO their party's folly from the last eight years. People in glass houses....well, we all know the rest. Good luck to our President as he endeavors to fix our problems, and to all of us in this turbulent time!
Ron Paul in 2012!