An Open Letter To Pres. Obama

This morning, I received this e-mail from Pres. Obama's people.

Mayana --

Americans have organized Economic Recovery House Meetings in all 50 states -- including 382 in California, 255 in Florida, 115 in Ohio, 199 in New York, 105 in Washington, and 149 in Texas.

That's more than 3,587 meetings in 1,579 cities and 429 congressional districts.

This past weekend, meeting hosts and guests watched a video of Governor Tim Kaine answering your questions about the president's recovery plan. Then they shared their own stories about how the crisis has affected them.

Watch Governor Kaine's video and share your economic crisis story.

The media is filled with numbers about the economic crisis. But the numbers do not tell the full story.

The story of this crisis is in homes across the country -- homes where a family member has lost a job, where parents are struggling to pay a mortgage, and where college tuition has slipped out of reach.

That's also where the story of our recovery begins -- in communities where repairing roads and bridges, manufacturing green technologies, and rehabilitating our schools and hospitals will directly impact the lives of ordinary people and their families.

President Obama's recovery plan will help struggling families right now by saving or creating up to 4 million jobs. But it will also help strengthen our economy for the future by investing in crucial infrastructure projects in health care, education, and energy.

Share your story about how this economic crisis is affecting you and your family and join your fellow Americans in supporting bold action to speed our recovery:

http://my.barackobama.com/sharestories

Thank you for organizing so much support at this crucial moment for our country,

Mitch

Mitch Stewart
Director
Organizing for America

Usually, I just read these things, run off a hard copy for my husband and then file them. Today, I replied. Here is my e-mail reply:

To start, we are low income to begin with, my husband earning only $9.75/ hr at a job with no benefits: no health or dental insurance, no sick days, no paid vacations, even though it is a Union job (Teamsters). Still, we are not complainers. Until now.

His hours have been cut from 40 per week to 28. How are we supposed to live on that? I am disabled and cannot work. Fortunately, I do receive Medicaid, but he cannot afford any medical care at all.

He goes to work every day and works hard. As I said, I am unable to work, as the result of a major stroke. Please do not forget us and people like us. There are millions of us in this country, and we voted for Pres. Obama, expecting that he will help us.

We await with hopeful expectations.

We wait. And wait. And wait! We have been waiting now for all of three weeks.