Questions For Mr. Obama Over Dinner

Follow the link in this article, fill out the appropriate form and you could be the lucky person selected by the Obama campaign to have dinner with the President. By the way, no need to actually contribute to the campaign for Mr. Obama's re-election. As in all such contests, the fine print allows individuals to enter the dinner lottery FREE OR CHARGE. I say go for it. And I did.

Should I be selected to have dinner with Mr. Obama, I thought it might be prudent to prepare with appropriate questions for our fearless leader. I limit myself to questions because I have more to learn from him than he does from me:

1) Mr. President, every month the government releases data on the status of jobs created or lost in this nation, and every month you or your administration remind us that during your tenure as President the nation has experienced many, many consecutive months of private sector job growth. Tell me Mr. President, what specific, governmental economic policies that you or your administration initiated are responsible for this private sector job growth?

2) Mr. President, you recently commented that "there are some structural issues with our economy where a lot of businesses have learned to become much more efficient with a lot fewer workers." As an example of such structural unemployment, you named the banking industry's use of ATM's and the airline industry's use of check-in kiosks. Would you cite the economic theory which explains this "structural" unemployment argument?

3) Mr. President, you once said: "I do think at a certain point you've made enough money...” Would you please tell me at what point you and your wife will have made enough money?