What does Obama know about government grants?

Why is Obama so big on government grant and assistance programs? Why is he adding more government funding programs to the stimulus? Does he really know what people need, or is he just putting our country further into debt by giving away free grant money to people who don’t deserve it?
When I think about government grant programs it brings to mind the type of people who would qualify for them, and what the requirements should be. Who would know best what funding is needed, but someone who has worked closely with those individuals for any great length of time.
Over his career, Obama has devoted countless hours to developing community projects. Because of his close interaction with the public, I think he better understands what is happening behind the scenes in these low income areas. He has seen-first hand-what assistance people are in need of because he has been “in the trenches” and interacted personally with those who are truly in need of help.
If we take a look back through his educational and political history, it is evident that he has an in depth understanding of the need for public assistance.
After graduating from high school in 1979, Barack moved to Los Angeles and went to Occidental College for two years before transferring to New York’s Columbia University. He majored in political science and international relations. He was involved in the Developing Communities Project in Chicago. With his help, the program set up job training programs, college prep tutoring programs, tenant’s rights organization, etc. for individuals in low income neighborhoods to have the chance to help themselves and their families into a better living situation.
In 1988 he studied law at Harvard. He worked for several law firms in Chicago during his summer breaks. After graduating, he went back to Chicago and began writing a book about race relations called Dreams from My Father. He then set up a voter registration drive to get unregistered African Americans to vote.
Barack taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago before joining a law firm that focused on civil rights cases and economic development. He was on the board of directors for the Woods Fund of Chicago, the first program to fund the Developing Communities Project, the Joyce Project-gun violence prevention and awareness, the Chicago Annenberg Challenge-a public school reform project, the Chicago Lawyers committee for Civil Rights, and Center for Neighborhood Technology-a non-profit to bring internet access to underdeveloped communities.
Obama has been involved with many other community development projects prior to his election into the Illinois State Legislator. Once in office, he sponsored legislation increasing tax credits for low income workers, monitoring of racial profiling by law enforcement, welfare and the “social safety net” reform, childcare subsidies, predatory mortgage and payday loan regulations, etc.
He has voted in favor of funding energy production of various types to overcome the current problems our country faces, and also a Federal Funding Transparency Act-requiring full disclosure to the public-how organizations use the government funding they receive. Obama sponsored a bill for State Children’s Health Insurance Programs and has supported the elimination of taxes for senior citizens with annual incomes less than fifty thousand.
Throughout his career he has had involvement in numerous programs aimed at creating a better community and a better country for us to live in. I would say he has a pretty good understanding of what types of federal assistance different areas of this country need, and what the qualifications of those grant programs should be.

President Obama’s Grant Program

President Obama’s Grant Program: A beacon to us all
Since his election to office, President Obama’s primary goal has been to revitalize the economy. It was no secret that America has been in financial turmoil over the past couple of months. American’s knew they needed to make a change in the government, and that would most likely include a change in Presidency. We needed a President who was totally unique, someone to had the positive energy and ability to turn our economy around. That’s probably why Obama was the best candidate. He focused on the fact that “it is time for a change”.
So, how does President Obama plan to do this? By putting more money into the hands of more Americans in the form of government grants. The President and our new government understand the hardships that most American’s have had throughout the past few years: raising gas prices, the sub-prime mortgage crash, unemployment, and record highs of unemployment.
The housing market seems to have completely crashed. Most people seem to owe more money than their house is even worth in places like California, New York, Florida etc. Different states have come up with different attack plans on fixing their economy. California has doubled registration fees, increased gas prices all over the state, and of course it is inevitable that they had record high layoffs for all in State jobs. But, is this enough? This may help the state but what are people doing to help out the consumers who are upside down on their houses, without a job, etc. I mean really, if every state increased their gas prices, there would be a lot of people who wouldn’t even be able to afford transportation.
This is where President Obama’s plan is unique. He plans to help the economy by actually helping the people which will in result help our economy. People WANT to stay in their homes, they WANT to be able to make payments. What better way to fix our economy than to enable these honest people to make their payments. If they make their payments it will be better for the bank too and little by little we will see less foreclosures.
So, you may be wondering, “how do I go about applying for a grant”? Or, you may be concerned that the government only gives out free government grant money to a very select few. Well, I actually spent some time researching online and I was shocked to see how easy to apply for grants and right now everyone qualifies. Now it is just a matter of getting the word out. During my research, I found a site that was most helpful. They actually offer step by step tips on how to get the most free government grant money possible. Here is the URL https://secure.securesiteorders.com/grants/1231/100/index1104-1.html?subid=xxagentidxx&subid2=xxc1xx?=&hitid=jjhitjj .
So, if you are like the millions of other American’s struggling to get by in this economy you should go to the site and stop missing out on anymore free money.