Blue Balloon

From time to time, I try to get a better idea about who Obama Barack is and what he would possibly do if he became a president.

I saw parts of his speech in Southern Carolina. Part 1 Part 2 I didn’t like it because, as most the events of its kind, it was held mainly to create hope - but not by providing rational solutions.

However, I found out about a bill he passed in September 2006 with Republican senator Coburn and I found it rather impressive. The bill’s aim is “to establish federal searchable databases of all government contracts, loans, grants and special-interest spending”. You can find it here.

Furthermore, I like the fact that, as I can read in his senate webpage, he “worked with both Democrats and Republicans to help working families get ahead by creating programs like the state Earned Income Tax Credit, which in three years provided over $100 million in tax cuts to families across the state”.