There has been a lot of discussion about the way President Obama has handled the stimulus package. I am one of those people who believe he was too worried about the false idea of bipartisanship and not worried enough about passing a stimulus package that would work. His next bill to be passed will be the Housing Bill. I have a simple but I feel effective solution to passing this next bill.
The main goal of the housing bill as I see it is to make sure that many Americans who are about to lose their homes because of the predatory mortgage brokers do not end up homeless. Many Americans would and will support a bill that will help with this issue. However Republicans and Blue Dogs will not. So what is the president to do? Simple, President Obama should follow these steps.
- Call the bill Save American Houses Now Act
- Hold a press conference where he simply outlines the details of the bill and calls for all of congress and the senate to help the american people.
- make the bill so simple and so direct that it is the shortest it can be ( ie absolutely no pork and easy for the american people to understand)
- Have his people go on the news channels explaining the bill and if someone is against it ask them "why they dont want to save American Homes? and if they say they want to take time on it. bring up that we rushed to save the banks why cant we be as fast with this bill for the american people, do you want to take away the American Peoples houses?
By enforcing these 4 steps President Obama will place those against the bill in a hard political place. Think about it. Congressmen and senators against it will have to show that they are against the american people, both in their votes and on tv.
Tell me what you think.