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Author: John F. Wasik
Publisher: Bloomberg Press
ISBN: 978-1-57660-356-7
If you want an accounting of what was proposed and what was enacted (at the time of the writing), then this book provides a good source. If you are looking for anything else, then you might as well look for another title
Author: John F. Wasik
Publisher: Bloomberg Press
ISBN: 978-1-57660-356-7
Click Here To Purchase The Audacity of Help: Obama's Economic Plan and the Remaking of America
Author: John F. Wasik
Publisher: Bloomberg Press
ISBN: 978-1-57660-356-7
John Wasik tackles a huge task in The Audacity of Help, taking it upon himself to both outline and follow up on all the campaign promises made by Barack Obama. Wasik divides the book into chapters covering each of the major thrusts of this administration’s policies such as infrastructure, small business, energy, health care and home ownership. Within each chapter, a preface to the scope and what Wasik sees as the need for the spending are reviewed then a list of promises and outcomes (at the time of the writing) are covered.
After having read the book, I must say that the gargantuan scope
of the policies and initiatives of this administration are even
broader and more costly than most can imagine. When the numbers
expand into the trillions of dollars, as these numbers do, there
is a real danger in becoming somewhat detached from reality. Yes,
the numbers are real and the money is being spent. There are
companies that are benefiting from this spending (as outlined in the
book) although their stock prices most likely already reflect these
expectations so the possibility of discovering a great
investment through this effort is not realistic.
What is
more useful, although sobering, is the state of the nation
that we live in. Since this book is all about spending, you
naturally read about project after project that is needed and the
implication that many, many things that are broken. From
schools, to water pipes - bridges to lack of health care coverage. It
is an endless presentation of so many broken systems in
need of repair. After reading the book you are left with a sense of
wonderment as to how this nation continues to function!
Most
disappointing is that the author is a true-blue "Obamaholic"
- and it bleeds into most of the writings. The chapter
prefaces are almost propaganda for the spending that follows. Sure,
there are many programs that have great worth but I'm afraid
there are just as many that add little value. They may sound good at
10,000 feet, but the devil is always in the details. A more objective
examination of the programs would have made for a much better read
rather than a blatant display of endorsement for any and
everything that the administration has proposed. It is on this front
that I find the book disappointing. If you want an accounting of what
was proposed and what was enacted (at the time of the writing), then
this book provides a good source. If you are looking for anything
else, then you might as well look for another title.
Click Here To Purchase The Audacity of Help: Obama's Economic Plan and the Remaking of America