What is the ONE THING that Obama could do that would help you the most?

[CTyankee]

So far, I am lucky but I would want good health care for my unemployed daughter and husband and my grandson, if I were forced to name just one thing. I feel so frustrated at not being able to help them more. My daughter suffers from acute migraines and suffers because she can't afford any more treatment. They are barely getting by and I fear they will lose their house within 6 months if she hasn't found a job.

Hopefully, the stimulus will also provide a good job opportunity for her as well, with adequate child care...

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Send me the bailout money and let me figure out how to distribute it.

I would charge no more than a 1.5% management fee.

[merh]

3. I like your idea

can I assist you, be your executive assistant for a reasonable fee consistent with your management fee?

[Jackpine Radical]

9. Sorry. I've already subcontracted that job to a Nigerian gentleman

who has contacts within his country's Treasury.

[merh]

10. well, just for that

if I win the powerball tomorrow night, you don't get to be my account manager.

:silly:

[Zynx]

13. That was Wall Street's great scam. Why not?

[LiberalHeart]

2. I'd appreciate it if he'd buy my house.

[wryter2000]

4. Single payer health care

Ensure that everyone can get health care. I'm fine. I work for a non-profit HMO. As long as I have my job, I'll be okay. But, with people losing their jobs, many of our members will lose their coverage. At that point, we'll be in a lot of trouble. If I lose my job, I not only lose my health insurance, but I won't be able to make my house payments. Thanks to Bush's cronies, my mortgage is upside down, so I couldn't sell the house. I'd go under really, really fast.

[rurallib]

22. ditto.

[Zodiak]

5. Student loans

I am drowning in them.

I really wish I knew that after getting my PhD, my lifestyle would be no different than when I was working at Long John Silvers....part-time.

[gblady]

15. this is one of my big ones....

yes...now after my Masters...I look to be making less than I was before...
and have a mountain of loans to pay back...

also....
increase funding for Mental Health care...
so I can get a job!

[AtomicKitten]

36. My son is the victim of predatory lending.

He attended the Art Institute here in SF for two years and then transferred elsewhere (only 3 classes were transferable). AI neglected to ferret out federal loans (which we now know he is/was eligible for) and instead saddled him with high interest (12%) private loans. That smooth move is supposed to be illegal.

:mad:

[beltanefauve]

6. Uphold the Constitution

and the rule of law and have *ush, Cheney, et al arrested, tried, impeached, tarred and feathered, whatever it takes. It would do wonders to restore America again.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

7. Make Dennis Kucinich the man in charge of health care

because Kucinich understands the importance of allowing all kinds of health care to be covered by universal single payer insurance.

[KansDem]

8. Health care...

It seems that every time I go to my doctor for a checkup, he wants to add something else to my daily regimen of medicines, diet, and exercise.

I almost find myself saying to him what I say to my teen-age daughter: I'm not made of money!

[grantcart]

14. agreed and I haven't been able to see a doctor in years

[polichick]

11. I've worked on behalf of the environment since the first Earth Day...

The dream green team and Obama's green economy plan is a huge blessing imo.

[graywarrior]

12. 500 g's for every man woman and child in this country would help me immensely

[LynzM]

16. Fixing health and dental insurance.

At this point, that is possibly my greatest worry, that if I lose my job, as someone with a chronic illness (Type 1 diabetes), I am uninsurable, and don't have the money out-of-pocket every month to take care of myself appropriately. If we could fix the health care situation, I bet you'd see a lot more small businesses cropping up, too, leading to more localized employment opportunities, as well.

[Jersey Devil]

17. Make breaded veal cutlets like my Gramma used to make

Flour, egg, cracker meal, flour, egg, cracker meal, flour, egg, cracker meal, then cook until golden brown. Yumm!

[Deep13]

18. Three words.

End the war.

[OwnedByFerrets]

43. Which one....there are many.

[Deep13]

44. Well, since you brought it up...

I meant the Iraq war. But the Afghan war is pretty expensive too. I don't think we can just leave and let the Islamic theocrats replace us. So, I would like to end it, but we have to finish the job we abandoned in 2003 first. Unfortunately, voting for the wrong guy has lasting effects that we cannot just escape from when the idiot finally leaves office.

The so-called drug war should have ended years ago. The damage caused by marijuana is insignificant compared to what we spend trying to stamp it out. Remove that from the law and release those convicted for marijuana crimes. This will free up resources for real threats to public safety.

[Blarch]

19. Carpet bomb Kentucky.

Just jokin guys ... :hide:

[Sherman A1]

33. Seems a trifle excessive, but if you insist I would suggest

using a B-36 instead of a B-2, just because I like them more.

[Terran]

20. federally sanctioned civil unions

or same-sex marriage, whichever. It's an economic issue for me.

[county worker]

21. Increase the opportunity for everyone to join the middle class.

The more working and spending people there are the better it is for all of us.

One thing we can do is bring back the manufacturing and the construction sectors. Those industries create jobs of all levels and skills. That would give jobs to many and spending would increase and this economy would have a turn around.

[shanti]

23. yes, health care for my (grown) children

and grandson. i have it with my job, but it's them i worry about. i remember being a young wife/mother with no health insurance, and it was no fun!

[CTyankee]

26. I'm retired so I can't afford to pay for their health care. I was so enraged when Bush vetoed

S Chip so my little 4 year old grandson could get health insurance. They have to piece it together for him now thru what programs of the state and locally are out there.

I can never forgive Bush for what he did to my own granchild. Never.

[ddeclue]

24. Get me a reliable 90k to 100k a year job.

That would be #1.
#2 would be health care benefits.
#3 would be make graduate school affordable so that I could get a grad degree in MBA, law, or engineering and move up the ladder.
#4 would be make home ownership affordable
#5 would be make it possible for me to get out of debt and retire comfortably when I'm 65-70.

Doug D.

[ljm2002]

25. Universal, single-payer health care...

...this would help almost everyone. First it would mean people without insurance could get the health care they need. Second it would mean that people would stop having to pay huge premiums for substandard insurance that barely covers what is needed, and that the consumer has to fight every step of the way to get even that. Third it would give relief to companies who pay huge amounts of $$ to buy and administer coverage for their employees. Fourth, a consequence of #3, it would help our industries to become competitive again in the global economy.

For my money, that would be the very first big ticket item that could really give a boost to this country.

Emotionally, I want to see a withdrawal from Iraq first. And from a practical standpoint I would like to see military spending cut way back. But universal, single payer health care would still be where I'd start.

[laureloak]

27. Don't hire contractors for government projects. Create jobs

paid by the government instead of lining the pockets of contractors. Perhaps it's time for a temporary back-to-work program.

[laureloak]

45. Low interest Home Improvement Loans for a new roof. nt

[jwirr]

28. Health care for my family members. Raising the level of food stamps

would also be good. Help them in getting their education.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

29. Investigate Bushco...

[izzybeans]

30. Delete the student loan industry.

Indentured servant reporting for duty.

[avaistheone1]

31. Single-payer universal health coverage.

Most definitely.

It would definitely take Obama's legacy beyond being the first black president, but make him the president who actually did something to significantly help most Americans in the most meaningful and profound way - giving us health care.

[European Socialist]

32. Make Dennis Kucinich an advisor and do what he says to do.

[Fire1]

34. Jobs!

[dkofos]

35. Cancel ALL H1-B Visa's

[KayLaw]

37. Fund education.

And force states to use said money FOR education.

[opihimoimoi]

38. That and SUCCEED in fixing this Nation...

[jberryhill]

39. Remain calm and keep smiling /nt

[depakid]

40. Stop pandering to Republicans and enabling their policies

That pretty much covers the lot.

[fadedrose]

41. A terrific health plan that includes everyone & JOBS JOBS JOBS

[OwnedByFerrets]

42. From the deep end, forgive all my credit card debts....in reality,

single payer health care for all who want it.