A Call for a National Economic Recovery ActArthur Blausteinbyline‚ Nov. 13‚ 2008(Ed note: Blaustein was chairman of the President's National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity during the Carter Administration) Make no mistake about it, this election was won on bread and butter economic issues. While John McCain and Sarah Palin focused on the rhetoric of patriotism, "trickle-down" economics, "staying the course" on Bush's tax cuts and family values; they also embraced the very economic policies that both undermine the middle class and subvert the security of American family life. American families voted with their feet and pocket books. They wanted less pious rhetoric, and more policies geared toward a healthy economy, secure jobs, decent health care, affordable housing, quality public education, renewable energy and a sustainable environment. Barack Obama understood that. |