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Together We CanA poem by
Peter S. QuinnI want to chance all yes change all
Give me your hope and I have a call
For I am the man for your destiny
Yes sing with me - that's me!
Living isn’t easy if love isn’t growing
We have a new call now worth knowing
I just need to have you by my side
Take a moment and hold me tight
This isn’t easy for me you know
To build it all up and let it grow
I need your help and to be with me here
Stand by my side close and near
The rivers are going to fall a long way
Before we can give a prosper day
But if you will jus build with me
Yes we can! - Yes we can, hope again see
I want to make this a better place
For everyone to have their days
To live and make good of what they do
Together we can! - Yes it’s up to you
I didn't say it would be very easy
We come along way and it’s been breezy
But trust me to build you a hope
And I shall try to be your strong robe
I want to chance all yes change all
Give me your hope and I have a call
For I am the man for your destiny
Yes sing with me - that's me!
Living isn’t easy if love isn’t growing
We have a new call now worth knowing
I just need to have you by my side
Take a moment and hold me tight
I told you yes we can make and stop
Build the future reach the top
I am counting on you to help me
Lent me your hand and it shall be
The rivers are going to fall a long way
Before we can give a prosper day
But if you will just build with me
Yes we can! - Yes we can, hope again see
I want to make this a better place
For everyone to have their days
To live and make good of what they do
Together we can! - Yes it’s up to you
The rivers are going to fall a long way
The rivers are going to fall a long way
Give me your hope and I have a call
For I am the man for your destiny
Yes, sing with me! - That’s me, that’s me
Yes we can, yes we can
Together we can
Build up our hope and dreams
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How big a change
can Obama produce?
Comparisons with presidencies that produced
historic changes in direction are overstated.
More like a rebalancing seems in the cards.
By Ted Van Dyk (*)
National media and pundits have seized on the theme that President Obama's new budget, released last week, represents an historic change of direction akin to those taken by Presidents Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, Lyndon Johnson in 1965, and Ronald Reagan in 1981. It represents change, all right, but a close look at the earlier examples might make it seem less momentous than billed.
More likely, it represents one of the periodic rebalancings we take in domestic policy between those responsibilities taken by the public and private sectors — but never far from a moderate middle. The so-called historic turn being taken by Obama is more a course correction, putting us somewhere between the Johnson and Reagan models
One reason for this prediction is the fact that the Obama budget is based on optimistic assumptions that were dealt a blow Friday when data indicated the economy will be slower than previously anticipated in pulling out of recession. That also means that federal tax revenues accordingly will be fewer than those necessary to pay for the Obama domestic initiatives. Resource constraints, interest-group opposition, and a Congress accustomed to having the final say will certainly slow if not stop much of the Obama program.
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