If I were Obama's Economic Advisor

Intro: President Obama it is a pleasure having this conversation with you today.

First and foremost I am concerned about the rate of the unemployment rate today in the United States. More Americans are loosing their jobs causing them to be unable to pay for mortgages as well as health care. I've read in the Washington Post that just last month 598,000 jobs were shed and the unemployment rate raised from 7.2% to 7.6% in the last couple months. I, along with almost the rest of America, agree that this is a serious problem that you would need to fix during your term as president. I've read that the 900billion dollar stimulus plan failed to be passed by the congress just recently.
You stated "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," "Now is the time for Congress to act" and I agree, the congress needs to take into action what is best for this country and what can fix the unemployment rate from exceeding it's highest point, which is at 10.80% in 1982.

Now I'm not entirely sure if a huge stimulus package would fix this problem but we should take that idea into consideration because it seems as if any other things the government tries to do makes the situation worse. For instance giving more money to companies (that are in debt and loosing money) so that they can get out of the situation but they end up loosing more money. I think the government should enforce laws and regulations for the loans given to those big companies so that they don't just throw their money around and end up loosing it causing the economy to fall.
You said that further delay on the economic plan could turn a "crisis" into a "catastrophe". The United States government has to act fast to save the economy.

Mr. President you stated "If we do not do anything, millions more jobs will be lost," "More families will lose their homes. More Americans will go without health care. We will continue to send our children to crumbling schools, and be crippled by our dependence on foreign oil."
Which brings me to my next subject, our economy's dependence on foreign oil and our energy usage today. According to NationMaster in 2007 the US consumed 20,680,000 barrels of oil per day. Our dependence on oil is becoming a problem. The United States has had the solution to this problem a long time ago, ALTERNATIVE ENERGY. I actually work for The California Center for Sustainable energy and believe me alternative and sustainable energies are the future. Today we now have companies such who create and harness alternative energies that will lower our oil usage and green house gas emissions as well as recycle energy to be used over and over again.

I hope that you will take these idea's into consideration and I wish you luck on your plans on stabilizing the United States economy. Thank you for your time Mr. President.


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