President Obama has been on the job for a week. How do you rate his handling of the economy?

Kodydogg - I see you are unable to provide us with the proof (website link or newspaper article) where it says Obama is going to spend 600M to 'sell the idea of universal health care, when Americans have known for years that some form of universal health care is coming.

Kodydogg - I am glad we agree the health care system in the USA needs reform.

The topic was how do you feel Obama is doing on the economy and I say give him some time and he may even surprise you.

Kodydogg - you must think the constitution of the United States has tenet of marxism, because it is full of verbiage regarding "equality."

What? I know for a fact many hospitals, specialists and other health care providers certainly DO restrict needed tests and procedures, urgent care and especially preventive healthcare to people without insurance. They even restrict preventive healthcare to people with insurance but that don't have enough coverage. What do you think, they take IOU's? No pay = no service. Do you really believe people receive 'equal' 'quality' health care, regardless of whether they have insurance or not? If you do you are sadly mistaken.

Kodydogg - I know you are pretty slick to change the subject from the economy to health care, but please provide with the proof (website link or newspaper article) where it says Obama is going to spend 600M to 'sell the idea.' Why the need to 'advertise it?' Americans have known for years that some form of universal health care is coming.

Kodydogg - I knew it would not take long for us to disagree. When the government allocates money to help millions of uninsured Americans get the adequate health care coverage they need, of course your inconsideration for your fellow man, women and children then you say it is 'money that is thrown away." By the way, most of the money you are referring is for uninsured children living in America in poverty. Show just a little care and concern for children please. Many Children are born into poverty not by their choice and we as Americans should make sure there is adequate health care coverage for every child.

Of course, only time will tell. Give the man a little more time, perhaps 100 days to start judging his performance. I do like that he is implementing safeguards to crack down on lobbyist influence over the program, including restricting contacts with lobbyists in connection with applications for, or disbursements of federal funds designed to shore up the financial system. Obama is adopting policies that established and well-capitalized banks to be part of the solution to our economic troubles. There seems to be confusion out there about banks that have accepted TARP funds, so here is an excerpt of the recent testimony of the CEO of the American Bankers Association

The CEO of the American Bankers Association (ABA) testified before the U.S. House of Representatives on Jan. 13 about widespread public confusion over the U.S. Treasury's Capital Purchase Program (CPP). The CPP is part of the Treasury's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which was created with the passing of the E...(Read more of this comment)mergency Economic Stabilization Act last fall. The CPP is a voluntary program designed to provide capital to healthy banks to loosen up credit and stimulate new lending. This distinguishes the CPP markedly from the use of non-CPP TARP funds to support troubled institutions like AIG, General Motors and Chrysler, and from the capital injection programs for weak banks in Europe and elsewhere. 'There are real differences between the CPP — a voluntary program for healthy banks — and the various injections of TARP money into troubled institutions; and yet the media, in particular, often lumps them together,' said Edward L. Yingling, President and CEO of the ABA. 'The bottom line is that the traditional banks that have been making loans in communities for decades should not be lumped together with other institutions that are in need of financial support,' Yingling said. 'Traditional banks and bankers are a major part of the solution to our economic difficulties, and policies should be designed to support their efforts.'
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Hey, got to give him a chance. Nobody else is doing any good.

Well if you want to look at the indexes since he got in office, then horrible haha.

Definitely too soon to tell.