THANKS FOR THE HOPE

BB,

You win,  I voted for Barrack.  Most of the reasons for leaning toward McCain withered away …..

I thank you. The rest of my family all voted for Barrack. On their behalf I thank you. Multiplying this appreciation considerably, I thank you on behalf of all those that voted for him.

In a similar manner I thank every one of you that did vote for him.

To those that did not vote for him I thank you for participating in the democratic process, to be the competitive force that drives the incentive to a Democrat President and Democrat Congress to perform for the benefit of all us Americans.

Any incoming President inherits ever so many deep-rooted problems. Of course we want CHANGE and a whole of it! We could not help but buy the HOPE that Obama sold us. My hope is sustained by many positive reasons. It would take an extremely clever person to reverse each detrimental path we are currently headed down. Here is a man who has propelled himself from nobody to President (elect) in such a short duration. A look at his educational past conforms to this possibility. Politicians either succumb or lean heavily to the demands of the private interest that monetarily supports them. Most of Obama’s money came from you and me and the millions who voted for him. HOPEfully he will serve the people. Yet each of our offerings was small change, so HOPEfully he is influenced by the higher purpose of doing the right thing.

We may have picked the right quarterback, but he does have a political minefield to run his plays through. Obama has preached unity. During his campaign he was careful not to demonize either the other side or the other contenders. He did not even refer to them as “that one”. He will have to cleverly negotiate and push his programs through inevitable resistance. He has promised to keep us informed and advised us that it will be up to us to help him. I assume he means when seeking legislation for the benefit of the people but restricted politically we will have to perform en mass contacting our congresspersons. We get to govern beyond the isolated Election Day.

Here is where my HOPE gets stretched but I firmly hang on to. How is he going to perform these miracles with out a handy pot of money?

Post election he has proclaimed the economy as his first priority. We do not know exactly what he will do. Here again I have much HOPE. See attachment: ECONOMY.

Democrats have a history of excelling on the economy. I believe the reason is the Republicans find ways of giving the money to the rich claiming it will trickle down to the middleclass. It does not happen. The Democrats get the money to the masses. In order to reach out for this wealth businesses expand selling goods and services to them. In the process they hire more people increasing the consumer wealth. The spiral continues beneficially. Obama refers to it as the ‘bottom up economy’. See attachment: BUBBLE UP VS TRICKLE DONE. All along Uncle Sam will smile. Each transaction that enriches the middleclass and business Uncle Sam gets a cut. Much needed money will fill the pot.

Obama claimed his second and immediate priority will be the energy problem. Here again my HOPE is high. Even as we make progress, it will reduce import of oil and therefore reduce flow of money out of the country. Evidently he sees this problem as a national emergency. When Kennedy interpreted our position behind the Soviets in the space race as a national emergency he set the targets and spent billions. We achieved our target and raced past the Soviets. The incidental benefit to the economy was astronomical. (Pun intended). Far superior to a stimulus program of onetime checks in the hands of the consumers, that the recipient may or may NOT spend, the space program due to creation of jobs meant repeated checks in the hands of the consumer. The economy broke all records. If Obama does likewise in the pursuit of the energy cure, the economy will bloom and government revenue will escalate accordingly. See attachment: ENERGYSOLUTIONS

Obama has promised to end the Iraq war. As reduction proceeds the monetary strain it has caused will ease.

With a filled pot other promises should be easier to fulfill.

HOPE! We are filled with it. Obama we have faith in you.