by Cheryl Burger

Created on: February 05, 2009

President Obama will definitely improve our country, and establish the long lost respectability that we were noted for as the world leader. He has not been in office for even a month and it seems that he is coming up against so many obstacles that the former administration left behind. Obama is as real as anyone gets, and he has the right attitude and vision to lead us to a better life. However, we must all pull together, or his plan no matter how grand, will not come to fruition if we all do not support him. The economy is as bad as most has ever seen it, and it seems everything is going down hill right now, from stocks, jobs, real estate, it seems bleak and without question it is, and more.

One thing we all must do is try to shop! Keep money in the flow, so that we can and must stay afloat. It is sort of like this: Have you ever tried to save money in a piggy bank, and then you see a sale at one of the chains and it sounds too good to miss. So you open the bank take out the money, and it is gone in one spending spree. But, if you go and really look things over and spend on what you "only " really need, you will still keep money invested in America, and still have some in your piggy bank. And the best part is you found a great handbag at a fraction of a price. You see, everyone wins!

Most are guilty as ever when it comes to the famous dollar stores. Everything is only a buck, and you go in for just a few things, yet you drop over thirty to forty dollars. Forty dollars that most of the monies go to China. Check it out, and see how many of the products are made in America, dollars that should be spent on our products. Even if it does cost more for us in a short, it protects jobs, keeps the money in our country, and again helps stabilize our economy. Barack Obama can only be successful if we all rally behind him and remember this, if he fails we all lose too. Think of it in another way, if you take a glass, and drop it on the floor, it will never be the same, no matter how hard you try, you would never be able to take a drink from it again. The point being, if we don't start thinking about everything we do, it could cost us more than our jobs, it could cost us the safety and freedoms we all know and love in America.

You can't expect Barack to bail us out, if we throw him both ends of the rope, when our economy is drowning. We have to meet the challenges that are before all of us now, or we and our children will never get out of the debt that "W" will be famous for getting us into, and he left for the new administration to fumble through. So be fair and give him time, President Obama will be one of the best presidents in history, if everyone supports him. One last thought, it will not just benefit our country, but those other countries that have learned to rely on us too, and in keeping their jobs secure also.

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