Jobs Bill attempts to relieve "main street."

Many of us haven't felt any relief from the Stimulus that was passed earlier this year. Many of the critics of the Bill said it could have done more to help the average American. Many of the companies that took the so called, "bail-out," took the money to pay their executives millions, while most of Americans got no relief. I talked to one truck driver who said, 'no government money helped save my truck." His truck was repossessed because he could no longer stay ahead due to rising fuel costs he had to accrue. Where was his bailout? Where was the bail-out for most Americans who did nothing to cause the financial calamity?
Now, taking some of the critique to heart, the House passed a Jobs' Bill by a narrow margin. Not one Republican voted for the measure. The Bill would use some of the money not allocated in the stimulus to help rebuild infrastructure, give some aid to state's and allow for some job creation at the local level.
We are in dire need of some relief, and of course, the Republicans would have us do nothing while some states, like Michigan, heavy hit by de-industrialization, who has seen unemployment rates around 20 percent.
However, as we have seen in the past, the Senate is a very conservative body full of conservative Democrats like Joe Lieberman who don't appear to be all that sympathetic to the plight of the average American. Passing the Senate is a hurdle we have yet to cross. The fact that this bill barely passed the House may be an indicator of its fate in the Senate.
The Country is currently undergoing a shift to the Right, and i believe this shift is due to fear and ignorance. Fear and ignorance is a dangerous combination. Fox news is currently feeding the frenzy with their fear-mongering done mostly by Glenn Beck. He appeals to ignorant people who feel they are losing their privilege. This group feels they are losing their white privilege because we elected a Black man as president. No matter what Barack Obama did, if he could lay golden eggs, this group would still be threatened.
Tribal ignorance grabs hold of people, especially during hard economic times. So despite the fact that the Democratic agenda would benefit many of these people, they are against it anyway. It is difficult to defend against such ignorance. So my naive belief that American was going to experience fundamental change during the Obama presidency has been destroyed by the harsh reality that special interests and capitalists own our political process. The radical changes that I would like to see will take time. I suppose all the promises he made during his campaign were a bit naive. I am a cynic, given this harsh realization. As I see the system failing to provide Democracy, I move further to the left.