It’s the Worldview, Mr. President
An Open Letter to President Obama
Dear President Obama,
During president Clinton’s election campaign, the very effective slogan, ”It’s the Economy, Stupid” was coined. Your slogan, “Change that you can believe in”, although perhaps not as provocative as Clinton’s, was not so entirely bad either. It worked, didn’t it? Even so, I think the phrase “It’s the worldview, stupid! ” would have been more relevant. Please hear me out.
Now that you are at the helm of the country and have started to institute changes, your changes more and more seem to be a mixed bag of ideas. Almost everybody that voted for you and still supports you, feels a little unsure if he or she can believe in all of the changes you have begun. In some of them,yes; but in others, we are not so sure.
Speaking specifically, the required changes needed are about meaning and values. When you were campaigning, you got that one right Mr. president! When you put programs forward in favor of the middle class, universal health care, education, or green economy, you are unambiguously siding with meaning and values. No confusion there. But when you side with programs for bailing out the financial investment banks like AIG, are you supporting meaning and values? Continue reading…
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