Friday, April 3, 2009

Obama's budget plan was passed

According to the article Budget Passes House, Senate With No GOP Votes , Obama's budget passed. Supposedly this means a 3.6 trillion dollar plan with a defficiet of 1.2 trillion dollars. Wow isn't that a lot of money? Imagine how this is going to affect our country and how long it will take to dig ourselves out of the hole.
Apparenttly it wasn't completely agreed on between the two parties of Democrats and Republicans. No republicans backed the plan which included taxing the wealthy and other strategies. Furthermore all Democrats were in favor except for two of the representives. Amazing. This was definitely a split down the middle.
Nancy Pelosi was not going to apoligize for the disagreement between parties she stated in that same article "The American people want us to find our common ground where we can, but they did not send us here to split the difference," Pelosi said of the budget, which won House approval in a 233-196 vote. "They want real change, and we have come here to make a difference."
She seems to agree in what we the Americans want is relief.
Among other things there is a mention of war in the budget, saying it could mean sending another 10,000 troops across the seas. This is definitely not what most people are expecting. We would like to bring our troops home quickly, but efficiently,getting the job done there as quickly as possible and sending those guys home. The new budget says alot whether it's good or bad is pretty much made up by the minds of the American people. I just hope it does what it is suposed to. LINK

1 comment:

  1. After the Republican debacle under Bush #2, I suppose the Democrats are entitled to their turn at the plate. If, God forbid, they fail as miserably, Americans may rightly conclude that little, if any, relief is forthcoming from their government.

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