Another Obama Speech

     The speech that Obama made on Fiscal Policy was supposedly suppose to be unbiased but I feel he put a lot of blame on the Republicans.
     Obama first starts out saying:

 "What we’ve been debating here in Washington over the last few weeks will affect the lives of the students here and families all across America in potentially profound ways." 

     Well, I believe that is a given, anything that the government does has a profound affect on the citizens of this country; that is common sense.

     Obama goes on to giving a history lesson, that blames Republicans for the situtation that this nation is in today:

"But as far back as the 1980s, America started  debt at  alarming levels, and our leaders began to realize that a larger challenge was on the horizon."

and goes on, "But after Democrats and Republicans committed to fiscal discipline during the 1990s, we lost our way in the decade that followed.  We increased spending dramatically for two wars and an expensive prescription drug program -– but we didn’t pay for any of this new spending.  Instead, we made the problem worse with trillions of dollars in unpaid-for tax cuts -– tax cuts that went to every millionaire and billionaire in the country; tax cuts that will force us to borrow an average of $500 billion every year over the next decade."
     There was a lot of finger pointing from Obama but I believe not enough explaining how to fix the problems.
     Obama made a comment later on in the speech that this country will "have to live within our means." According to ABC news, we paid at least $255 million for the 161 Tomahawk cruise missiles we used in 'helping' Libya. Could we really afford helping another country when we are in the trouble we are in now?
     The Week reported in July 2010, Obama took 65 days of family vacation. "During the those same 20 months since Obama began his regime, the average American family has taken less that 21 days of vacation, IF they are employed," reports Mark Knoller. Should we be looking at the president to set example by 'living in our means'?

"50 million Americans [would] have to lose their health insurance in order for us to reduce the deficit.  Who are these 50 million Americans?... Many are poor children.  Some are middle-class families who have children with autism or Down’s syndrome.  Some of these kids with disabilities are -- the disabilities are so severe that they require 24-hour care.  These are the Americans we’d be telling to fend for themselves."
      Poor children have poor parents and the special needs children's family already suffer with the amount of doctors bills, special therapy and other essentials they need in order to live. According to Disabled World, "In the United States, caring for a child with special health care needs usually means higher medical expenses for a family, particularly for low-income families, who spend a disproportionally large share of their income on their child's care."

For example: A family with a child that has a cleft palate has trouble getting help from doctors and the government here; but we send our doctors, our money to help the child with the same condition over seas.
     Obama's plan is to reduce the deficit by 4 trillion dollars over the next 12 years; he mentions he was put this plan into effect in his second-term of presidency. He is still in his first how can he be already planning for his second why can't he be able to do a little something now?