President Obama's speech to the nation

[jollyman069]

Tonight the United States of America, and the whole world witnessed history, as the first African- American president addressed the congress and the american people. The speech wasnt his greatest ever but i beleive he was trying to calm the people down and leen their fears. Now without bringing any race isues into this thread i would to see what members here at MH thought of his speech.

Personally i am wondering how the gov"t purposes for all these things they want to do is going to be paid for? We are running up national debt at an alarming rate. Many of things the President wants to do need to be done but we also have to have a way to able to pay all this back. Passing it on to our children and grandchildren is not the right thing to do. I know he is saying that they will cut 2 trillion off the debt in the next 10 years, but if they keep spending the way they are, how are the going to cut debt.

So i would like to hear from other members if they are less fearfull, and what you think about the spending they are doing. Again please leave any race issues out of this thread and if you plan on being nothing but nasty about our new President please dont....  thanks

[VicUser]

Oh, I also meant to say that if you can take even one class at a time in the evening that it is a good way for you to get out and your hubby to do more with the youngins. I liked that time, ours were in HS when my wife went back but it was fun anyway.

[HelpinUtah]

I'm concerned about how we will pay off our national debt with all the spending.  Someone told me and I can't remember who that we have spent more money in the past 38 days than we have on both Iraq and Afghanistan wars and Katrina all together.  Does someone know if that is true?  With that kind of spending I don't see how we can pay off the debts we have.  

My brother told me he had heard that China is not expecting us to pay them back that all they want is for us to continue to use "Made in China" products.  Has anyone heard about that?  If that's true, then there has to be some other agenda?  

I just know that there is no way that we can pay for the plans made by this administration.  It concerns me very much!  I'm not trying to be doom and gloom, but I only see things getting worse.  But, even saying that, I'm willing to give it a chance.

[VicUser]

Check out the pell grant, as Lonelymom said, and if there is a community college in the area they are typically lower cost and a great way to get your first two years done before transferring. I am glad you and your hubby have chosen for you to stay home with your kids. I also think it is important for Mom to be there.

[Angelinthemorning]

Thanks.  I have been looking into grants.  I haven't found one yet...We really don't want to take out a loan b/c I don't plan to go to work till later in life when kid's are grown.  So, we don't want to be stuck with another bill to pay and me not working.  

[Lonelymom]

ok I stopped reading all the post and I have been sick the last couple of days so I did miss the speech last night however I would like to comment to the mother who says she is a stay at home mom who can not afford to go to college. I too was a stay at home mom and thought there was no way I could ever afford to go to college. Boy was I wrong. There are many different places that help women to go to college. They have Pell Grants that will pay for your classes and some material and then you have Stafford Loans that help to pay for other costs while you attend school. In Texas they have EAOC Child Care assistance that help pay for child care while you go to school.

Please don't think you can't go to school because of your situation. If you truly want to go back to school then you can. Look into some of these programs to help you.

I do not discredit you being a housewife and full time mom. I sometimes miss those days but I knew that I had to go to college to help my family do better in life.

[VicUser]

All the handouts reminds me of an old saying, "Give me a fish and I eat for a day, teach me to fish and I eat for a lifetime". If our Gov't keeps giving fishes and thus the people keep looking for more fish have we done them any favors?

I don't believe for a second that all of this can be funded by the top 2% or 5% of the wage earners with higher taxes without hurting the country in the long run. If corporate taxes are raised, more corporations will leave the country.

I think it is time for the "Fair Tax", get the book and read it or get it on audio and listen to it. It makes sense and will bring more jobs back to this county and will make sure everyone, even illegal’s pay there fair share.