By Derek Winter
Wednesday marked the 100th day that President Barack Obama has been in office since being sworn in on January 20th of this year. There’s no question that since taking office the President has had his hands full with the current financial crisis, and other issues have taken a back seat until he can get these economic issues sorted out.
Since taking office, the President has taken steps towards fixing the economy starting with the signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and 41 percent of Americans believe the country in heading in the right direction. That number is up from just 23 percent in February. He is also sporting a 68 percent approval rate, which has also been steadily increasing over the past couple of months.
Other steps that have been taken include the President’s “ Making Home Affordable” home refinancing plan, the launching of a $15 billion dollar plan to boost lending to small businesses, and the announcement of the Financial Stability Plan that he announced with Secretary Geithner. On top of this, President Obama also played a lead role in the G-20 Summit, which produced a $1.1 trillion dollar deal to combat the global financial crisis. Despite these efforts, the number of unemployed Americans has risen from 11.1 million in December to 13.2 million in March.
“He’s doing as well as can be expected,” says Stephanie Miller, an Aramark employee at Elon University.
