Syracuse's Reaction to Stimulus Plan

President Obama will explain his stimulus plan to the nation tonight in a primetime news conference. Some people we spoke to in downtown Syracuse had questions about the plan that they hoped would be answered.

Catherine Hoefer of Syracuse asked, "How will it help the lower income people, rather than just the upper class, and especially the middle?"

Hoefer also had some suggestions about ways in which the stimulus package could benefit the city of Syracuse. She said it should be used to renovate downtown, get rid of old buildings and spruce up the place so that people coming in will want to stay.

Some people we spoke to said that any kind of stimulus package would be helpful right now. Salleya Reese of Syracuse said "At this point, where we are in our economy, there's no wrong way to use the stimulus package. My heart goes out to so many people that have been losing their jobs. It's even been hitting my own job and I work at Macy's."

But Reese was still upbeat about the situation. She said, "Even in the midst of problems, it's like there's still hope; there's still positive things that came out of it."