The Obama Inauguration

What are your thoughts on this historic occasion for the United States? Currently the United States is in the worst recession since the Great Depression. The government is using the philosophy of John Maynard Keynes to deficit spend its way into a recovery. Over 45 million Americans are without healthcare - and when they need to go to the doctor the government has to pay for it through medicare, medicaid, or tax write offs from hospital profits. The Food and Drug Administration, Environmental Protection Agency, and Securities and Exchange Commission have not enforced protections for Americans as evidenced in the importation of toxic toys and food products into U.S. markets, lower air and water quality standards, and allowing Ponsi schemes like that of Bernard Madoff to bilk $50 billion from investors. Social Security will not be solvent by the time most of us need to use it. Around the world we are still involved in two wars, and our credibility is shaky due to new policies like extraordinary rendition and preemption.

Do you think Obama will be able to address all of these problems? What should be his priority? Are we expecting too much from our President? Predict where the United States will be in four years.