The Obama Cabinet has now launched a website called Recovery.gov, which enables regular citizens to track their tax dollars in the new Stimulus Package. Ever since President Obama took office a month ago, he has promised that his cabinet will be a very transparent one, a new look for the US Government. In the Bush administration, transparency was obviously the last thing on their minds as they conducted 8 years full of shrouded cover-ups and lies.
And now, the launching of Recovery.gov is a great example of how hard the Obama cabinet is working to fix the downward economic spiral that the US is in. Even with the signing last week of the $787 billion Stimulus package brought together by Obama's economic team, people were still pretty nervous about the Stimulus package, and I am sure the launching of this site will help ease quite a few nervous minds out there. The website itself is a very efficient and organized one, and greets all visitors with a personal address given by President Obama, discussing the launching of the site.
I for one have been pretty skeptical about all the Stimulus packages and bailouts, but now my confidence is starting to build up and I find myself being more and more in favor of the package. The new website shows exactly how the Stimulus package is being allocated, and I was happy to see that $144 billion is going to State and Local Fiscal relief. This comes in light of California's big budget crisis that had dominated US news for the past week or so.
Overall, I must say that this was very positive move, and I look forward to more actions of democracy from the Obama Cabinet.
Visit the website; http://www.recovery.gov/
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True, the stimulus package is somewhat perplexing in what it attempts to do: the problem so profound, the package so costly. However, if this new website can guide people as to where and how tax money is being utilized, it will truly be a confidence-building measure, that is most needed to unite people and lead them towards a goal. Way to go, Obama!
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