Pearl: He's trying to woo the main street while attacking the wall sreet -的确如此。但是否能真的起作用，很难讲。就说这个child care credit 吧，如果父母双方有一个失业在家，就不能take advantage of it。所以说到底还是就业的问题。这是关键。但正如小U 上面说的那样，这又是最难的一点。
U: Very true. It's not just the tax policy. That's the dilemma
with immigration, it's not going to help if he grants all the undocumented people refuge, because those people will need jobs too, can the current Econ handle that ? if not then they will have to claim help as well....
job creation is hard to do at this point i think, especially for these big corps, i think maybe he can like propose some plan for these businesses, for instance, like with every dollar or they gain or profit upon, there has be to .5 person been hired etc, like a trade.
just by cutting taxes i dont think is going to help anymore than it already has, because people will be focused on saving no matter what for the next 10 years
Just read this from today's news, looks like he's trying to at least give the middle class something as a gesture. Too bad many of us still cannot benefit from these moves, because we are considered "too rich" by the statistics. We are increasingly becoming the so called "HENRY" class - "high earning, not rich yet", unfortunately. But I guess it is a move in the right direction. He cannot ignore the tightly squeezed middle class for too long. Otherwise, the drama in Masachusettes will play out again and again.
Thanks for visiting and commenting! I totally agree with your assessment of his first year. That's exactly why I said he was a bit arrogant - he has his own agenda, and keeps pushing it, despite changing circumstances. That's not very wise in my opinion.
I agree that he is probably trying to give his supporters things he promised during the election/campaign. But the timing is just too bad.
Many members of the elites can be arrogant, that's true. But I think as a top politician, one has to learn how to be diplomatic and use tactics when needed. The impressions I have for Obama now is that he's increasingly getting impatient and that's only goin to make things worse.
College professors are arrogant group too? Hehe, I'm not offended at all, even though I don't think that should be over-generalized:).
