The Refinishing Touch Blog

In a time when most everything is uncertain, people are looking for strength and stability anywhere they can find it. News of companies cutting thousands of jobs has saturated nearly every medium of communication for what is coming on about 5 months now, and American’s are joined by their fellow global citizens in wondering when it’s all going to turn around.

President Obama has tirelessly spent the last focal weeks urging members of Congress to pass his stimulus bill that has outlined what we’re sure will not be the last of his efforts to begin the climb out of this deepening recession. His bill proposes tax cuts that are estimated to put Americans back to work with the creation of between 1.2 million to 3.6 million jobs, and an estimated 346,000 of them are expected to go to the hospitality industry.

An article in USA Today recently stated that the majority of the jobs expected to come out of Obama’s bill will only replace those lost to the recession. As we continue to hear about members of Congress dividing amongst party lines over the facets of the $819 billion bill, we as Americans are left yearning for a ray of hope. As members of the hospitality industry we continue to look to any opportunity that will bring positive change to our industry. We as Americans look to our Congressional representatives and urge them to come to a compromise with one another that will both nationally and globally present a bill to begin the long journey out of hardship that lies ahead of us.

Labels: Hospitality, President Barack Obama, Stimulus