On What I Think The President Should Do...

WillyT

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Wed Jan-05-11 08:44 PM
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On What I Think The President Should Do...

What I would SUGGEST he do... since the campaigning for 2012 starts pretty soon, is demonstrate by words and deeds, which side of the class war he is on!

I would do what FDR did by hiring Joe Kennedy.

Kennedy's first major involvement in a national political campaign was his support in 1932 for Franklin D. Roosevelt's bid for the Presidency. He donated, loaned, and raised a substantial amount of money for the campaign. Roosevelt rewarded him with an appointment as the inaugural Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Kennedy had hoped for a Cabinet post, such as Treasury. After Franklin Roosevelt called Joe to Washington to clean up the securities industry, somebody asked FDR why he had tapped such a crook. "Takes one to catch one," replied Roosevelt.<12>

Kennedy's reforming work as SEC Chairman was widely praised on all sides, as investors realized the SEC was protecting their interests. His knowledge of the financial markets equipped him to identify areas requiring the attention of regulators. One of the crucial reforms was the requirement for companies to regularly file financial statements with the SEC, which broke what some saw as an information monopoly maintained by the Morgan banking family. He left the SEC in 1935 to take over the Maritime Commission, which built on his wartime experience in running a major shipyard.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_P._Kennedy,_Sr .

I'd get Joseph Stieglitz, Paul Krugman, William Black, Elliot Spitzer and others to team up with Elizabeth Warren into an Economic Kitchen Cabinet, and I'd put the corporations on notice that they ain't running the show any longer...

And... I'd have regular public appearances (Press Conferences, Addresses to the Nation, even Fireside Chats) keeping the nation informed on how the rich and corporate America are coming to the aid of the Nation that has GIVEN THEM SO MUCH!!!

Or... how much they are not!

For starters.

:shrug:

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elocs

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Wed Jan-05-11 08:46 PM
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1. I don't think many of us would want Obama to demonstrate which side of the class war he is on.

At least not any further.

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WillyT

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Wed Jan-05-11 08:49 PM
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2. I Make My Decisions Based Upon Truth...

as much as I can determine it.

And since I cannot determine it so far...

:shrug:

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GeorgeGist

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Wed Jan-05-11 10:27 PM
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3. Apparently he's on both sides, like Switzerland.

Either way HE wins ... and that's what's important. Isn't it?

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TBF

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Sat Jan-08-11 11:29 AM
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5. On both sides - do you have any evidence whatsoever to show his concern for the workers? nt

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janet118

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Sat Jan-08-11 11:25 AM
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4. I want Obama to announce a New Manhattan Project for Energy and the Environment

Take defense money and put it towards research, development and manufacturing of alternative energy sources and conservation. Global warming and dependence on oil ARE national security issues. I would also like this emergency project to include protection of water resources and investments in desalination and reuse of grey water. According to many, water rights are going to be the major reason for wars in the future. (See http://countrystudies.us/iraq/58.htm">Iraq.)

In one swoop this project would create jobs, provide a national focus, bring the left on-board, help fend off impending disaster and, if Obama announces it in the SOTU address, it might even win the election for him in 2012. He'd better get moving though. The hour is getting late.

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katnapped

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Sat Jan-08-11 11:30 AM
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6. You and your friggin ponies!

Sheesh he gave you a 2% payroll tax cut! What more do you want? :sarcasm:

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