President-elect Barack Obama today will urge Congress to move quickly on his economic aid package once he takes office, warning that failure to do so would have devastating long-term consequences for the nation. "If nothing is done, this recession could linger for years," Obama will say, according to excerpts of his speech from a transition aide.
You wouldn't build a house without a blueprint (not if you expected it to stay up). And you wouldn't take a cross-country road trip without a map. Anything worth doing is worth planning. Your financial future is no exception.
President-elect Barack Obama and his foreign policy advisers and speechwriters are wrestling with one of the most important speeches of his presidency, his inaugural address.
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