Honors History Blog#2

Dear President,
The time ahead for your presidency will be filled with many difficult issues. America is not fairing well at all, with many economic problems, separation between congress, and much more. I have a few ideas of how to handle your first term and possibly your second term in office.

With regards to Congress, which has a split momentum of Republican and Democrat congressmen, you should advocate by-partisan ship, but do it in a way that benefits more than harms in terms of bills that are passed. The Republicans and Democrats are separate with their goals and will go only for those goals. You as president need to advocate the point that both parties need to make compromise, and not go for the minor issues at hand but prepare to serve the country, like FDR's ideal saying that "the United States is one organic entity, that no interest, no class, no section, is either separate or supreme above the interests of all” [1]. Dwelling the fight between parties will make it easier to help support the bigger plans ahead.

 The American public, as citizens, can support you. Many influential presidents in history have been supported by movements of people; this is your chance to start your own movement and influence on America. You have a following movement out there, and since your election it has died down in voice. Now you have to bring up that movement and have it assist your relationship for the public, because the Republicans have already begun a media-based public war against your presidency. Advocating for a cooperation in Congress deters some people, but providing your insurance to the people, like FDR "used radio and Reagan television to speak to the public without going through the press, [you] could do the same with the Web" [1].

If you can shape the economy to better fit both sides, then strive to. The Republicans want the Bush tax cuts, free-enterprise and business, while the democrats shoot for a more activist publicly run healthcare and governmental control on the economy. You need to make congress see the larger problems at hand, not just the instant gratifying missions that they have. A system for rebuilding the economy needs to in place, one that will somehow provide taxes to decrease the deficit but also provide to keep stability in an already shambling economy.

We need a "society that works for everybody" [1], and still gets the job done. President Obama, it is  your time now, time to reverse the economic stress left behind by the conservative era, and time to begin a new era, one that suits your American citizens.


Thank you for your time and consideration.


Sincerely,


You advisor Mr. Pena




CITATIONS
[1] http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/17/081117fa_fact_packer?currentPage=all