Be sure to read the following article about the things President Obama has done to help small and large businesses across this great nation.
This White House has "vilified industries," complains
the Chamber of Commerce. America is burdened with "an anti-business
president," moans The Weekly Standard.
The reality is that America's supposedly anti-business president
has led an extremely pro-business recovery. The corporate community
has recovered first, and best.
Would that all presidents were this anti-business: according to the St. Louis Federal Reserve, corporate profits hit $1.37 trillion in the first quarter--an all-time high.
Businesses are sitting on about $2 trillion in cash reserves. Business
spending jumped 20 percent last quarter, and is up by 13 percent
against 2009. The Obama administration has dropped taxes for small businesses and big ones alike. Maybe the president could be anti-me for a while. I could use the money...MORE
I wish more of the media would report these facts. Most are reporting the opposite like The Weekly Standard.
The article points out that the Republicans won't allow anymore
stimulus to help get the economy going in the way of consumers spending
so it's up to "we the people".
Perhaps President Obama should do what everybody faulted George W
Bush for not doing -- ask Americans to stand up and serve their nation.
Back then they were talking about the fact that Bush never took
advantage of the patriotism that was out there right after 9/11. He
just told everybody to go shopping. He should have asked Americans to
serve their nation, join the military, help their community, help their
family, etc..., instead he asked them to go shopping.
Well, perhaps President Obama should take advantage of the anger,
frustration, disgust and sadness out there about the economy because of
the lack of jobs. Perhaps he should use the bully pulpit on live
television some evening and ask , "We the People" to step forward and help to finish pushing this, the worst recession since the Great Depression, back into the dark ages.
He should tell the nation what would have happened if not for the
bailouts and stimulus package (show Americans that it could have been
even worse).
He should then show what each package ended up doing in the way of
jobs and companies. He should tell us what he's done for small and big
businesses (give examples). He should tell us how many homes have been
saved because of his and Congress's actions and admit that there are
many still losing theirs.
He should then use what this writer for Newsweek pointed out --
remind folks of our history of recessions and what comes back first,
second and last (jobs).
After explaining what's happened, what he's done, what history tells
us -- he should immediately say something like the following:
"My fellow Americans, Congress and I are not miracle workers, we cannot solve it all. That my friends takes 'We the People", each and everyone of us as a group.
Now is the time to step forward out of the shadows of fear with courage
and a simple plan. A plan to get our nation back on track to it's
fullest capacity.
If we all stepped forward and bought something we've been waiting
to buy but shied away from doing so because we feared losing our
jobs...just imagine the impact.
As former President Bush said immediately after 9/11......."Go Shopping".
Stop being afraid. Even if just once a week or once a month. Go buy
something you've been holding off buying. Go buy that dress, that suit,
that new television or radio.
Imagine what doing that could do for our nations businesses.
They'd have to restock and hire helpers to sell those products. People
would be needed to make those items, etc... Jobs my fellow Americans--
that simple plan would create jobs again.
I'm going to quote another former President, John F. Kennedy. He once said, "ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country".
I've said from the time my presidential campaign started back in 2007 that 'change' will require patience and 'your help'. Time is of the essence,
now is the time for you, me, our families, our neighbors and our fellow
Americans to get up off that couch and recliner and start getting this
country back on its feet with an economic backbone stronger then ever
before in it's history.
I
and your representatives in Congress need your help. We will do what
we can to get the ball rolling; but it takes all of us, "we the people", to make it truly work again.
I sincerely hope you will stand up with me to the call of duty."
While my words may not be even close to the way he should put it, they give you the gist of my idea. Think it would help?