Happy Financial Capability Month!

A Proclamation from the President

And my eye rolling responses.

All Americans deserve the chance to turn their hard work into a decent living for their families and a bright future for their children. Seizing that opportunity takes more than drive and initiative -- it also requires smart financial planning. During National Financial Capability Month, we recommit to empowering individuals and families with the knowledge and tools they need to get ahead in today's economy... 

Perhaps it's time the government shore up some of those tools and knowledge for themselves. I can think of no one entity worse then the government to educate the American People on matters of fiscal capability.

...My Administration is dedicated to helping people make sound decisions in the marketplace...

HAH!

...Last year, we partnered with businesses and community leaders to roll out new public and private commitments to increasing financial literacy. We released a new financial capability toolkit to help schools and employers as they launch their own initiatives. And with our College Scorecard and Financial Aid Shopping Sheet, we are working to give families clear, transparent information on college costs so they can make good choices when they invest in higher education. Together, we can prepare young people to tackle financial challenges -- from learning how to budget responsibly to saving for college, starting a business, or opening a retirement account. 

Or, like many Americans, you can give up because you see how much health care is going to cost and realize you can't retire.

Financial capability also means helping people avoid scams and demand fair treatment when they take out a mortgage, use a credit card, or apply for a student loan. My Administration continues to encourage responsibility at all levels of our financial system by cracking down on deceptive practices and ensuring that consumers are informed of their rights... 

How many Bankers went to jail after the Great Recession?

...We also know that too many families are living paycheck-to-paycheck, unable to take advantage of tools that would help them plan for a middle class life. That is why we must build ladders of opportunity for everyone willing to climb them -- from a fair minimum wage that lifts working Americans out of poverty...

Climb up to a higher minimum wage? How do you like that motivational speech. "Work a little harder, and you'll make as much as the government will make sure you get paid anyway!"

...to high-quality preschool and early education that gets every child on the right track early. These reforms would encourage the kind of broad-based economic growth that gives everyone a better chance to secure their financial future...

The latest plan to fix public education, get them into the system sooner, and for longer!

Our history shows that there is no economic engine more powerful than a thriving middle class. Reigniting that engine means giving ordinary citizens the tools to find prosperity, including strong financial capability. To learn more about managing money and navigating the 21st-century marketplace, visit www.MyMoney.gov and www.ConsumerFinance.gov, or call 1-888-MyMoney. 

Anyone else vomit a little bit at a website called "MyMoney.gov"?

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim April 2013 as National Financial Capability Month. I call upon all Americans to observe this month with programs and activities to improve their understanding of financial principles and practices.

Make room National Autism Awareness Month, National Jazz Appreciation Month, National Poetry Month, Confederate History Month (observed only in southern United States), National Arab American Heritage Month, and National Child Abuse Prevention Month!

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twenty-ninth day of March, in the year of our Lord two thousand thirteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-seventh.

BARACK OBAMA

Of course we are all having a good chuckle with this on April's fools day, but who does the President think he is fooling? He's late with his budget by either a few weeks or a few years depending on how you look at it. We are beyond our eyebrows in debt, this President winces at a spending cut that doesn't even reduce spending, I could go on and on, but suffice to say, this proclamation offends me.