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any serious answers?
Obama will do the best that he can possibly do . . as far as we all know his current tax and health policies remain unchanged . . but with the state of the economy that he has been left to handle the truth is that no one really knows what is going to happen. His plans to give tax breaks to the lower and middle class and small businesses remains . . his only ‘change’ will be to allow the upper class tax breaks to expire as scheduled in 2011 instead of when he immediately takes office.
"Obama said he would direct his economic team to craft a two-year stimulus plan with the goal of saving or creating 2.5 million jobs. He said it would be “a plan big enough to meet the challenges we face.”
Mr. Obama said he hoped to sign the stimulus package into law soon after taking office on Jan. 20. He is already coordinating efforts with Democratic leaders in Congress, who have said they will begin work next month.
Advisers to Mr. Obama say they want to use the economic crisis as an opportunity to act on many of the issues he emphasized in his campaign, including cutting taxes for lower- and middle-class workers, addressing neglected public infrastructure projects like roads and schools, and creating “green jobs” through business incentives for energy alternatives and environmentally friendly technologies.
In light of the downturn, Mr. Obama is also said to be reconsidering a key campaign pledge: his proposal to repeal the Bush tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans. According to several people familiar with the discussions, he might instead let those tax cuts expire as scheduled in 2011, effectively delaying any tax increase while he gives his stimulus plan a chance to work."
There is also no change in his health care policies and word has it that Tom Dascle (as Sec of Health and Services) and Ted Kennedy will lead that charge. Healthcare reform is still a major issue that Obama plans to tackle when he first assumes office. Obama now has the support of many groups that originally opposed Bill Clintons healthcare reform. Many of the issues have been resolved over the years and the reform is more likely to pass.
"Reasons for the support vary, observers told the newspaper, and include lower costs, improved quality, broader access and affordable rates.
"You see a range of diverse stakeholders trying to work together to achieve healthcare reform," said Karen Ignagni, president of America’s Health Insurance Plans. "You see it on (Capitol) Hill, off the Hill, in various coalitions. And that’s very different than what we saw in the early ’90s."