In my fellow classmates editorial blog titled, Unemployment Hurts he stresses on the pros and cons of the unemployment rates. I do agree with the fact that employment rates are slowly increasing from earlier years. In one of my recent blog’s, I researched the ways that the Recovery Act and many different tax credit programs are helping families and small business recover from the strains of the fallen economic situation that this country is in.

I agree that the political parties are pointing the finger at the opposing parties’ opinions, but merely as means of attack advertising to win more votes during the most recent elections.

Getting political leaders together as one government seems to be impossible because they would have to agree on every situation at hand and neither political party believes that the views of the opposing party would work. Political parties have different priorities they want to see accomplished when they are voted into office. If one party is in office for one term and loses in the next election, then the priorities will change.

I have to disagree with the argument that the stimulus program was just brownie points to win the favor of the public. I have noticed the economy slowly rising out of the shadows of the recession. For example, I have recently seen numerous construction projects, which to me is not a sign of recession but rather states using federal and state taxes to provide jobs to people that would probably be unemployed.

Unfortunately stimulating the economy will take time and has put stress and burdens on many families and businesses. I believe the Recovery Act has provided many different programs to help these families and business get through this tough economic time and as i.house has said, “only time will tell”.