It's the Economy, Stoopid!

Anyone remeber that phrase? Turn on your way back machines and transport yourself back in time to when Bill Clinton ran against GW Bush. Remember now?


Congress has a vote this week to pass continuation funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and other fronts. Why can't we sway Congressional Democrats to vote NO on this legislation, then immediately withdraw and re-prioritize to cut the military spending bill, put the money to work on pushing through the national healthcare agenda, and push through immediate legislation to force the domestic auto companies to retool into making mass transit available to the public. Like in the run-up to WW2, have the industries retooled to produce energy efficient buses, high speed rail, and light rail. Some of the idle factories could be utilized to build solar and other energy efficient means of providing electricity. The displaced workers whose jobs were shipped off to Mexico reemployed to work for the US in these factories. It could revitalize cities such as Detroit and create new jobs. Put displaced GM and Chrysler workers to work along with the nationally unemployed, to begin construction on high speed rail corridors like they have had in Japan for over 40 years now. America has none. Zero. This public works initiative would not touch the amounts of money being spent on waging war overseas. Bring those soldiers home; keep them under contract with the US to engage in the new warfare- the war to save our ailing cities and infrastructures. We could still maintain an adequate military presence overseas while doing so.

This radical refocusing of our national priorities would dovetail nicely into President Obama's agenda for real change, and could take his leadership of the country to new heights.

And, it's economically feasible. Instead of growing the military, shift the funds into waging peace on the home front in the biggest public initiative since FDR.
And history will be made, as the American people will support it. Obama has the numbers in Congress. He has the bully pulpit, and he has the momentum. The time is ripe to take this huge step away from business as usual and introduce his own new deal with the citizens in full support of his efforts.

Let the special interests fight it, but persevere, Mr. President.
This is the kind of real change a hopeful America was pulling for when I and others voted for you to take over the highest office in the land.