Obama's optimism towards the economy

Today, President Obama asserted in his speech his optimistic viewpoint towards our economic issues and the stimulus plan he proposes. He plans on correcting the economy, or helping to correct the economy, through improvements on energy, health care, and education. Obama has pointed out that he already sees "$2 trillion in government spending cuts that can be made over the next decade." Through his stimulus plan, Obama predicts that within three years, America will have doubled its supply of renewable energy and have invested $15 billion into technological advances in green technology. In terms of health care, Obama has made large predictions. He believes that, if the bill goes as planned, we will have either found a cure for cancer or be far down the road to getting there (perhaps a bit of a farfetched prediction, but one that most of us would like to see happen). Many excellent goals were proposed in Obama's speech and hopefully we will see most of them happen.

This is a refreshing take on our current issues. It is nice to see in a president such dedication to the improvement of the lives of America's citizens. Even though I believe a few of his ideas tend to be a little "out-there", I praise him for his substantial magnitude of optimism and the fact that he has the confidence to believe that we as a nation can fight our problems and pull through.