Saturday, January 31, 2009

He supports equal pay for women

"Equal pay is by no means just a women's issue -- it's a family issue. It's about parents who find themselves with less money for tuition and child care; couples who wind up with less to retire on; households where one breadwinner is paid less than she deserves; that's the difference between affording the mortgage -- or not; between keeping the heat on, or paying the doctor bills -- or not. And in this economy, when so many folks are already working harder for less and struggling to get by, the last thing they can afford is losing part of each month's paycheck to simple and plain discrimination. "

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/27/lily-ledbetter-act-the-fi_n_161423.html

Thursday, January 29, 2009

He slams Wall Street bonuses

President Barack Obama says that multi-billion dollar bonuses taken by Wall Street bankers are "shameful" while taxpayers bail out their industry.

The president said their actions "were the height of irresponsibility".
He said his administration would tell bankers they needed to show some discipline and restraint.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/ukfs_news/hi/newsid_7850000/newsid_7859600/7859621.stm

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

He reaches out to the Muslim world

US President Barack Obama has used his first formal TV interview since taking office to reach out to the Muslim world - saying Americans are not its enemy.

Speaking to the Dubai-based Al-Arabiya network, Mr Obama reiterated that the US would extend the hand of friendship to Iran if it "unclenched its fist".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7852650.stm

He wears out his shoes

He puts government spending details on-line

"And we will launch a sweeping effort to root out waste, inefficiency, and unnecessary spending in our government, and every American will be able to see how and where we spend taxpayer dollars by going to a new website called recovery.gov. Because I firmly believe with Justice Brandeis that sunlight is the best disinfectant, and I know that restoring transparency is not only the surest way to achieve results, but also to earn back that trust in government without which we cannot deliver the changes the American people sent us here to make."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/28/recoverygov-obama-putting_n_161943.html