Vickie's Viewpoint

Albert Einstein said, “The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.” In other words, if money is the problem, throwing more money at it is not the solution. Another example is, we cannot get out of debt by taking on more loans. We’re just simply delaying the answer.

It seemed that everyone I talked to, even the Republicans (I hope you realize I live deep in John McCain country, in Phoenix, Arizona) was inspired on January 20th by the ceremony of our President Obama being sworn in.

I've heard the media say the reasons were because:

1. Obama is the first black man to be President.
2. Obama can win over Congress to pass laws that rescues us from this economic crisis.
3. Obama wanted hope, or at the very least someone to tell us not to give up.