There are 37 million poor Americans. Most poor Americans are in the workforce, yet still cannot afford to make ends meet (one can imagine it by the numbers of house foreclosures each month). And too many poor Americans are single mothers who are raising children, probably depend on welfare and no 'medical coverage'.
There is no more fundamental American right than the right to vote. Before the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act, barriers such as literacy tests, poll taxes and property requirements disenfranchised many Americans, especially minorities. More than 40 years later, there are still numerous obstacles to ensuring that every citizen has the ability to vote. Barack Obama intends to implement a 21st century economic agenda to help ensure that America can compete in a global economy, and ensure the middle class is thriving and growing. He will increase investments in infrastructure (which is falling behind, it's nuclear reactors are becoming old). Nuclear plants, wind produce environmentally clean energy, reduce dependence on foreign oil, improve education, research and development; modernize and simplify tax code that provides greater opportunity and relief to more Americans; He intends to mplement trade policies that benefit American workers and increase the export of American goods. Before the war in Iraq ever started, Senator Obama said that it was wrong in its conception. In 2002, then Illinois State Senator Obama said Saddam Hussein posed no imminent threat to the United States and that invasion would lead to an occupation of undetermined length, at undetermined cost, with undetermined consequences. Since then, Senator Obama has laid out a plan on the way forward in Iraq that has largely been affirmed by the bipartisan Iraq Study Group led by James Baker and Lee Hamilton. Just imagine the amount America has so far spent on Iraq, despite all that the absolute winner is Iran, as Shia majority that is ruling Iraq, has more loyalty to fellow Shia Iran, the invasion induced Al-Qaida to establish in Iraq, the Sunnis are given incentives to contain violence, and even Hezbollah has become part of the Lebanese government. The money saved from Iraq will help American domestic economy. India's domestic economy is flourishing so much, it does not even has to look out for export. In fact when they controlled export of rice, the price went up in no timein Canada! and consumers began hoarding rice! In fact I heard quite a few Americans are working in Bangalore! Finally it is not so easy to abruptly stop the already outsourced jobs, as the cost of relocating them back to USA may be prohibitive. Without prejudice and information obtained from the world Wide Web. Maurice D.