Saturday, January 3, 2009
Saturday Bolitics: Obama Urges Stimulus Plan
President Obama addressed the nation last night. He is asking Congress to pass a Recovery and Reinvestment Plan aimed at the common American:
President-elect Barack Obama urged congressional leaders Saturday to move quickly on an economic recovery plan, even as some Republicans are saying they want more time to review the details. Obama said Congress should pass an American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan designed to create 3 million jobs. The Democratic president-elect hasn’t announced a final price tag on it, but aides said the cost could be as high as $775 billion. “For too many families, this new year brings new unease and uncertainty as bills pile up, debts continue to mount and parents worry that their children won’t have the same opportunities they had,” Obama said in an address taped Friday and distributed on radio and posted on YouTube Saturday morning.
It’s getting hard out there for regular folk ya’ll. Let’s keep our fingers crossed…
The actual video of President Obama addressing America when you
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