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Posted by: darald staley | Feb 26, 2011 3:03:10 PM  Dear Mr. President Obama, I am a Father who's been out of work for the past year, as a Sr. Dimensional Designer, or Mock-Up Artist in Chicago. Being older makes it harder for us to get jobs because of our age. Nevertheless, I am still searching, especially since I have a daughter in Grad School, elementary school, and a 9 month old son. I don't blame you for the job situation at all, or the lack of employment. I know within your heart of hearts, that you are working on getting this economy back together as best you can, despite all the conflict and rejection your getting from every avenue. Im praying you and the Government, and hoping you all can eventually come together and bring us back to greatness. I believe, and I stand hopeful even in My demise. If I may suggest one tiny thing which may help the invironment and put money in the unemployed hands on a daily basis... and i've suggested this to others and submitted as a suggestion...BUT, just as we've done with cans and scrap metal and obstacle's, furniture and what have you's, why don't we set up dumpsites for recycled garbage bought in from the streets, highways, lots, sidewalks, and where ever, which by the pound or 25lbs bags would net them ONE US DOLLAR. One dollar for every bag of garbage picked up up from the streets of our cities, and highways. Kids, adults, homeless, campers, picnic'ers, fathers, mother's daughters will start to clean up America and put money in their pockets. This is an unsupervised effort to clean and work and get paid until we either get clean or run out of money. By then we will teach people to hold on to their trash and get paid while disposing it at proper wastesites. Maybe the can recieve food couponds at favorite fast foods, and feed themselve if homeless. Either way, we get clean, we get a little money in our pockets, and creat jobs and not eliminate other workers. Get back to me. Lets make it work for us. Thank you Posted by: wilbert pritchett | Feb 9, 2011 12:19:56 PM  Mr. President, I believe in everything you an your administration is doing. I and my family are behind you 100% Tuesday, February 1, 2011 America What's More Important! Let me just start out by saying I own a car, by law I am required to have Insurance on that car before I can get a registration and /or Inspection. It is a requirement in most, if not in every State in this Country. Americans are on board with this, and to my knowledge, their has been no lawsuits, protests, or any backlash too this mandatory requirement. I own a dog, if you are a dog owner and you just happen to own a certain breed of dog, say a Pit bull! you are required by law to have Insurance on that dog. There is however punishments if you are caught driving without the mandatory insurance coverage and if you don't have the necessary coverage on your Pit bull.. Most States are currently suffering a budget shortfall due to the rising cost of goods and services, payroll, maintenance etc. Hospitals are having to do more with less due to the astronomical increases in operating cost, mainly due to hundreds of thousands of patients throughout the country who when getting sick, have to go through the emergency room, most of them without insurance. The only consequence too this situation is and increase in the cost of the services which is passed on too the America people. The question then becomes why is everything so costly?! America! why is it acceptable to be required to have coverage on a car and a dog, but somehow requiring Humans to have coverage on themselves and their love ones invokes outrage and suddenly becomes unconstitutional!!? Whats wrong with this picture!!? Have we descended into such a uncaring and heartless nation that we put more value in things rather than each other!? All people at some point in their lives will get sick and need to see a health care provider, it is inevitable. I personally feel better knowing that when that situation arises I have coverage for myself and my love ones. There are those who feel that they don't need are want health insurance, I say!" they don't until they do"! Some Americans feel that it is not the Governments place to tell them what to do, you have that right, but on that same note, we have the right to not have to suffer the increases in the cost of everything across the board as a result of all of those who's chooses not to have coverage. I'm just saying!. 