Obama laid out his case to the people and his challenge to Congress in his jobs speech this evening. Many in politics might want to argue out their differences at the ballot box, but that's fourteen months away. The president said what the users of my Rushcard tell us every day -- the American people don't have fourteen months to wait for action. Action to create jobs and action against increasing poverty is the transcendent issue of right now -- and any politician who ignores this moment will be remembered only as a footnote listing as those who let their constituencies and country down at this critical time
My challenge to Obama and the Democrats: stay on script. Take the case to the people. The fighting Obama tonight was in great form. Go to the people. Go to the heart of the local governments who WANT the projects and the jobs. Go directly to the PEOPLE -- give them hope that intensive government action, with bi-partisan ideas, will unleash the exceptional American genius. Train our children, upgrade our infrastructure, re-make manufacturing like he re-made Detroit. Spend now and cut CREDIBLY AND HONESTLY as well -- that's what every single economist, from every side of the spectrum, says we need to do.
My challenge to Republicans: get into the game now -- don't wait for the election. You can make your case to the American people without holding them and their aspirations hostage. The Tea Party is just one vocal wing. You are better than that: as Obama said: Lincoln built the railroads. He left out that another great Republican President, Eisenhower, built the highways. Give up the pretense that we are not all trying to accomplish the same things for just a minute and do the peoples' work.
This is the fighting Obama. He makes all of us, whatever our beliefs, better. Let's fight together while we fight with each other. That is what makes America great: competition and collaboration. As one of the leaders of a cultural movement, at a point in time, I know that we only make great progress when the two go hand-in-hand.
I praise the president for his passion to re-build our nation and I urge him to continue the dialogue with the American people, not just the politicians in Washington. Obama should cancel all foreign trips that don't immediately affect our immediate national and economic security and brief the American people on a consistent basis. He should have an economic spokesperson like Ed Rendell or Jennifer Granholm -- great governors -- instead of technocrats, speaking on economic issues DAILY. If you want to go to every corner of the United States, I will happily join you and get other small business leaders to join you in any city, county or state as I believe in your plan and more importantly, our nation needs it to work.
Take the fight to the people, add the right firepower to your team, and cut honestly in the future. That's the way to a revival in America. People are hurting now, the time to act is now!
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Get real.
Full employment will happen when the boundless rich natural assets within our boarders and American ingenuity are allowed to flourish.
The President must:
Get rid of the IRS and all of it's special interest rules that kill job creation and replace it with the FAIR TAX H.R 25 S.13.
Have the Justice Department hire Elliot Spitzer to head a squad of untouchables to remove any crooks he can find from government the banks, Wall Street, Main Street or wherever they are discovered.
Reinstate Glass-SteaÂgle, repeal Grahm-Leach-Bliley, repeal the unlimited Fannie and Freddie Christmas guarantees , audit the Fed, perhaps even eliminate the Fed, make AIG's records available for public review, repeal Obama Care and add a government option to compete with private insurers and care providers for patients by offering free care to everyone asking for government funded care which would be given from low cost, government operated, VA style better patient outcome, hospitals for civilians, all paid for with a national sales tax, no insurance, no copays, free period, complete birth to death healthcare including free medications, dental and eye care, this could save $1trillion annually from the $2.6trilli Âon spent last year and prevent private health insurers and providers from bankrupting us, our states and the Federal Government Â, and last cut the special interest red tape that is preventing us from having drastically lower cost oil, gas, energy and food.
Lincoln did not join the Republicans until 1856, over two years after the party was founded. The first Republican convention was held in Ripon, Wisconsin in 1854.
Such a gaffe would have brought huge amounts of ridicule and derision on George W. Bush, but in the case of Obama the media yawned.
Actually, they did more than yawn; government-funded PBS has altered the transcript of the President's speech, removing the offending comment.
This is why Liberals are so ill informed. Tell them the truth and they leave the party!
That's true.
"This is why Liberals are so ill informed. Tell them the truth and they leave the party!"
Well, this liberal knew that fact, and he's not leaving the party:).
31 months of BHO presidency & U.S. Unemployment has gone up from 7.8% to 9.1%, = 2 million additional jobs lost in 31 months
$787 billion for ObamaStimulus of 2009, divided by 2 million jobs lost since = Cost to U.S. Taxpayer?
$393,500 per job lost
And today ~ BHO wants another $447 billion with no mention how it's funded?
DREAM ON
Most Democrats will back it , but many Republicans will make up reasons to not back it &
will need some prodding , since they don't really want a good recovery until after Obama's
re-election. The bill should help economy with tax cuts , that Republicans should love, &
probably lower unemployment by 1% , which is not enough , but good step in right direction.
The government can't really do much more than that & it is up to businesses to take their piles
of money from big profits & this opportunity to get tax cuts for hiring & hire workers .