Can “Ordinary” Americans Help Fix The Economy?  Surprisingly -- YES !!!

Although everyone knows America’s economy is in bad shape, most people assume there is nothing they can personally do about it.  Fortunately there is – JOIN HELP FIX AMERICA and participate in the Help Fix The Economy Project.  AND recruit your family and friends as well.  EVERYONE knows someone who has been harmed by the recession and we owe it to each other to try to end it ASAP.

Although Washington has taken steps to try to limit damage and attempt a turnaround, as of mid-2009 it is too soon to predict success.  Administration efforts to try to revive and tame Wall Street are running into enormous resistance because many on Wall Street simply want to go back to “business as usual” from “yesteryear”. (Even though over 6 million of us lost our jobs, millions of our homes are in foreclosure and $7 TRILLION has been lost in personal investment value, pension and endowment funds.)

Although a few “expert” predictors are “guardedly optimistic” about an early turnaround, most others are not and some expect recovery to take several years.  Leaving us with “The only certainty is uncertainty”.  Under such circumstances, it would be mistaken to count too much on Washington, which often seems so “boxed in” thinking about the “financial services sector” that too little attention goes to parallel issues.

Instead of “banking too much” on improvements in the Dow-Jones Average, etc., Main Street Americans need to look out for themselves AND work with each other. Although the recession has done damage nationwide, if recovery is to be realized, it will depend on DIY regional initiatives in many areas.

HELP FIX AMERICA is bringing a wealth of “outside the box” thinking both to Washington and Main Street to Help Fix The Economy sooner, rather than later.  Congress needs to listen less to Wall Street lobbyists, more to Main Street and adopt 6 new programs and make them into laws: “Uncle Sam” Banking, “Uncle Sam” Mortgages, “Uncle Sam” Investments, “Uncle Sam” Asset Exchange, “Uncle Sam” Plastic and “Uncle Sam” Lending.  These can work without increasing America’s National Debt.  Both Senior Citizens and Baby Boomers owe it to Younger Americans to NOT turn them into “Debt Slaves”.

HELP FIX THE ECONOMY & Avoiding “Debt Slavery” For Our Kids

Main Street America Needs BASIC BANKING, But NOT “Casino Banking”

Recruiting 6 Groups To HELP FIX THE ECONOMY:

Congress -- Help Fix The Economy – Or PLAN ON LOSING In 2010!

VOTERS & FAMILIES -- Help Fix The Economy – By “Helping” Congress Listen

Journalists -- Expand Your Audience, Help Congress Listen & Help Fix The Economy

Business Schools – Congress Needs Your Help To Fix America’s Economy

Educators – Teach Near-Future Voters How To Help Fix The Economy In 2010

Action Groups – Both Nonpartisan Good Government Groups & Partisan PACs Can Help

6 Parallel Programs For Main Street America Can HELP FIX THE ECONOMY:

“Uncle Sam” Banking – NO “Too Big To Fail” Blackmail Or Bloated Bonuses

“Uncle Sam” Mortgages – NO Securities Fraud, Few Foreclosures & Far Fewer Homeless

“Uncle Sam” Investments – Replace Overseas “Binge Borrowing” With U.S. Re-Investment

“Uncle Sam” Asset Exchange – Troubled Mortgages Get Exchanged For Special Treasury Notes

“Uncle Sam” Plastic – Credit Card Laws Need Many More Changes

“Uncle Sam” Lending -- Boost Regional Recovery With Matching Private Resources

JOIN HELP FIX AMERICA – A Membership Organization

Congressional Memberships … VOTER & FAMILY Memberships … Journalists Memberships

Business School Memberships … Action Group Memberships … Teachers Memberships

All HELP FIX AMERICA Documents Are Co-Authored By The HFA Co-Development Group