WHAT OBAMA SHOULD SAY IN HIS JOBS SPEECH [AXXel's draft for the President - no charge]

First of all, I want to acknowledge that the Republican side of the aisle has made some very good points in their discussion about the deficit and our very high $14 trillion debt load.  It is too high and to just keep throwing our money around, that we really don't have and must borrow, is not a prudent way to jump-start an economy that is basically afraid to invest their already large cash hoard. 

I can understand why business is reluctant to invest in new projects and hire people to effect those expansive plans.  Business does not know where our government is heading, they are afraid of our overspending on needless foreign adventures and simply giving money away to those that are not contributing to society. 

Resultantly, I will order the following departments to reduce staff and expenditures by the following percentages effective immediately:

DEPARTMENT                                                       IMMEDIATE REDUCTION %

• Department of Agriculture (USDA)                       20                               
• Department of Commerce (DOC)                                     20
• Department of Defense (DOD)                                     30
• Department of Education (ED)                            0
• Department of Energy (DOE)                                     0
• Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)             20
• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)             +10%
• Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) 20
• Department of Justice (DOJ)                                     0
• Department of Labor (DOL)                                     30
• Department of State (DOS)                                     30
• Department of the Interior (DOI)                         30
• Department of the Treasury                                             20
• Department of Transportation (DOT)                         30
• Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)                0

Further, I will propose that we become energy self sufficient within ten years with a jobs program that will train and install solar and wind installations along every rational mile of the Interstate Highway System and encourage farmers to install solar collectors on their farmland.  I will also develop plans to retrofit every house in the country with solar hot water heating and solar heating wherever rational.  I will propose that all new construction must be designed to accept solar panels and that panels must be installed and hooked up to the electric grid prior to occupancy.  All of this will cost money/  Money that we don't have, but money that we can and should borrow at these historically low rates and give us an investment that will actually give us a real return on that investment.

I have asked that the Department of Defense set their Garmins to "Go Home" and get the hell out of Iraq and Afghanistan.  I have also cut off all foreign aid funding effective immediately and this includes the two largest recipients of that aid, Israel and Egypt.  Countries that desire foreign aid should knock on someone else's door.  Historically, we have shouldered most of that burden.  Perhaps in the future we will again.  But we will not so do now.

In other small measures, I will suspend Saturday mail delivery, adopt two hours of Daylight Savings Time to encourage families to relax outside rather than sitting inside looking at television because it is dark when they get home.

I will encourage high schools and colleges to compact their teaching and adopt teaching via the Internet using technology such as Ipads.  I want to reduce the time spent to acquire a college education by half.  I further will offer mandates that will move us to a four-day work week giving our people three-day weekends year-round and eliminating the cost of commuting to work by 20%.  I want to encourage companies to allow employees to work from home to further reduce the cost of commuting and the waste that goes with it.

Written for the President by Axxel Knutson, Warren, NJ