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Obama's first 50 days show promise
Maggie Riegel
Issue date: 3/19/09 Section: Opinion
• Modernizing more than 75% of federal buildings and improving the energy efficiency of two million American homes, saving consumers and taxpayers billions on our energy bills.
• Making the immediate investments necessary to ensure that within five years, all of America's medical records are computerized.
• Equipping tens of thousands of schools, community colleges, and public universities with 21st century classrooms, labs, and libraries.
• Expanding broadband across America, so that a small business in a rural town can connect and compete with their counterparts anywhere in the world.
• Investing in the science, research, and technology that will lead to new medical breakthroughs, new discoveries, and entire new industries
Without holding him to unreasonable expectations for quick fixes, the $787 billion stimulus plan and a promise to create 3.5 million jobs and the amount of economic progress Obama has made in such a short amount of time is enough to attest to his campaign slogan for "change."
Also under this stimulus package, the public educational system will receive $100 billion and provide "performance pay models for teachers."
Though part of his new push for educational reform includes longer school days and years, it also will eliminate failed standardized testing and provide more money for school improvements, charter schools and teacher training.
He also plans to expand federally funded grant programs for higher education to "make college affordable for 7 million more students."
One of Obama's aspirations as President seems to be relinquishing the title of America being the only industrialized country in the world with no form of universal healthcare.
He wants a health care reform package drafted in early summer, put on the floor by August and signed into law by the end of this year.
Such reforms would include:
• Guaranteeing choice of health plans and physicians
• Making health coverage affordable
• Making the immediate investments necessary to ensure that within five years, all of America's medical records are computerized.
• Equipping tens of thousands of schools, community colleges, and public universities with 21st century classrooms, labs, and libraries.
• Expanding broadband across America, so that a small business in a rural town can connect and compete with their counterparts anywhere in the world.
• Investing in the science, research, and technology that will lead to new medical breakthroughs, new discoveries, and entire new industries
Without holding him to unreasonable expectations for quick fixes, the $787 billion stimulus plan and a promise to create 3.5 million jobs and the amount of economic progress Obama has made in such a short amount of time is enough to attest to his campaign slogan for "change."
Also under this stimulus package, the public educational system will receive $100 billion and provide "performance pay models for teachers."
Though part of his new push for educational reform includes longer school days and years, it also will eliminate failed standardized testing and provide more money for school improvements, charter schools and teacher training.
He also plans to expand federally funded grant programs for higher education to "make college affordable for 7 million more students."
One of Obama's aspirations as President seems to be relinquishing the title of America being the only industrialized country in the world with no form of universal healthcare.
He wants a health care reform package drafted in early summer, put on the floor by August and signed into law by the end of this year.
Such reforms would include:
• Guaranteeing choice of health plans and physicians
• Making health coverage affordable
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kede
posted 4/06/10 @ 10:51 AM EST
Indeed an informative article.
Jennifer
posted 7/27/10 @ 10:59 PM EST
Actually, I suppose that that's not the end of all his so-called plans for reigning. Still thanks for unfolding quite detailed information.
Kathryn
posted 7/28/10 @ 5:51 PM EST
All of so expectant Obama's plans are extremely overrated and must be cautiously assessed.
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