Honestly
The reasons in this article are about as bad as most of Obama's ideas.
you want a few easy ways to help the economy recover
1) severely tax any overseas corporate idiocy (ie, those kuala lampur, india, china, etc call-centers. Hire american. All that offshore crap does is funnel lots of american money (good after bad) out of the U.S.
2) Pay politicians what they're worth. They don't work a full year, don't pay them a full year. They work 2-3 months, and the rest is raising money for their next big election.
3) Fix taxation. flat tax across all brackets with none of these idiotic loopholes for the rich and corporations.
I can go on with quite a few more that are far less-PC and that are far more controversial.
The only intelligent one I've seen from Obama so far is the corp income tax 'breaks' for hiring veterans from this and past 'wars'. (Yes, the quotes, because some of the past recent things have been patently idiotic)