Dear Mr. President,
As the financial crisis continues to wear down our nation, tearing us apart at the seams and pitting us against each other in an endless struggle against our ideals, our laws, and our morals, we must look to the past for a way to save ourselves in the future. We have struggled through a financial crisis of a much higher degree than this one in the past, and it is because of this that I say we must learn from our mistakes in order to make our way to a brighter future. Mr. President, I speak not for me but for the entire nation when I say that I am tired of hearing words said but nothing being acted upon. You must gather your strength to bring people together, for only as a whole nation will we be able to push through this time of crisis and become a prosperous land once again.
During the Great Depression, President Roosevelt stepped into governmental affairs to make sure that the banks were held accountable for mishandling money, stepped in to make sure that people were getting jobs, and stepped in to make sure that the people of America knew that he understood their problems and he was going to do everything in his power to help them. In order to pull us out of this mess, Mr. President, you need to do the same. You must hold the banks accountable for their mistakes and stop giving them money that could be put into other resources. By giving them this money, you are only encouraging them to do the same things that they have been doing before, and we are not making any forward progress. Instead, put the money that you are giving to them into other resources – like jobs for construction of hospitals, or schools, which would create jobs for construction workers, teachers, doctors and nurses, and allow people to take those jobs, thus being paid for said jobs and allowing them to pay back the banks for the money that they owe. In the end, the banks still get the money – but this way, other people have a chance to pay off their loans, and have an opportunity to receive health care, or an education, or a job, thus helping stabilize the economy more than simply giving money to banks could ever do. Mr. President, you also need to hold congress responsible for their childish behavior. You must tell them that a massive financial recession – or, as it has been nicknamed, the ‘Great Recession’, is no time to be arguing simply based on what side of the political ballpark they are on. I know you are officially a democrat, but you must hold both sides responsible and tell them that, if we don’t work together, we are not going to be able to get this country out of the financial crisis that we’re in. You must tell them that we have to work together, that we have to pass bills and laws in order to make sure we don’t wind up in a repeat of history, and once we have we can go right back to arguing if that’s what they prefer (although I can’t see why – it would make much more sense to argue based on what is morally right instead of what is politically right).
Mr. President, I ask you not as a single citizen, but as one of many, that you tell people this is not the time to be arguing, and that we must work together to get out of this crisis. I ask that you yourself revise your methods of going about things – because the way you are operating now is clearly not working. I ask this for the sake of our 50 states, I ask this for the sake of our population – I ask that you adjust the way you are approaching the financial crisis to something more firm. It does not have to make you the most popular person in the world, it simply has to help us out of this crisis - and I am sure, after all, that if you are able to help us out of this crisis, that people will look back and say 'You know, I didn't think it was a good idea at the time, but looking at it now, I'm glad that it was done.'
Many Regards, and Thank You for Reading,
Miss Nikita Atrash
Sources:
The Two Emailed New Yorker Articles
Knowledge based on news that I have seen
This article, used for information on Obama's term so far in office
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