Obama Demands Immediate Action

At a ceremony in the White House, Barack Obama discussed the importance of immediate action for his economic recovery legislation in Congress. During the ceremony Obama reminded his audience that some 3.6 million Americans had lost their jobs as the economy has gone into a free fall and that “the package is the right size, it is the right scope, and it has the right priorities to create 3 to 4 million jobs.” Well this sounds like good news, but we still have to wait for Congress to pass this stimulus package. I would have assumed that Obama’s economic recovery plan would have been passed quite quickly since America is in a deep economic crisis. Obama is frustrated about the inaction of Congress and he warned that “inaction would only deepen the problems.” Obama really wants to help America through this crisis and wants to do so quickly. During the ceremony Obama also said that “it is inexcusable and irresponsible for any of us to get bogged down in distraction, delay or politics as usual while millions of Americans are being put out of work” and “now is the time for Congress to act.” It’s calming to see that or President is adamant about progress and change, but it seems like Congress is only delaying him from passing his proposals quickly.