The Change We Need‏

ROBERT BOROSAGE The Change We Need

Does President-elect Obama represent the change we need? His mainstream appointments have sparked a clamor from worried supporters. But Obama is calling for dramatic and long overdue change. While President Bush continues to oppose any major plan for Main Street, Obama has been calling for a substantial recovery program, focused on public investments rather than tax cuts. A big time recovery plan for Main Street focused on the investments we need is one key element of the change we need. And one that President-elect Obama surely support

MAKING SENSE 2008 Bad Recession Requires Bold Responses

This week we officially learned what most Americans already knew — we've been in a recession for about a year; the second downturn under George W. Bush's leadership. We've lost jobs every month since then, and the last month's losses were the highest since 2002, just after 9/11. It's been a long, painful year-long recession so far. But we haven't seen anything yet. It will be even more painful if our government fails to finally enact a bold, substantial, strategic, and sustained economic recovery program for Main Street, at long last.