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August 15, 2011 7:03 PM
In response to a question at a town hall in Decorah, Iowa, Monday evening, President Obama said that when Congress returns in September, "I'll be putting forward...a very specific plan to boost the economy, to create jobs and to control our deficit. And my attitude is get it done.
"And if they don't get it done," he continued, "then we'll be running against a Congress that isn't doing anything for the American people and the choice will be very stark and very clear."
Later in the town hall, the president offered more information about the economic plan, when pressed for more details by an attendee.
"What I can do is to present my best ideas about how we move the country forward," the president said. "Many, many of these ideas traditionally have had Republican support. It?s amusing to watch one of the major Republican candidates now trying to wriggle out of the fact that my health care bill is very similar to the health care bill he passed at a time when he, he needed to compromise because he wasliving in a Democratic-majority state."
The president was making a clear reference to former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, a GOP front-runner. It was unclear if he wasn't naming him because he was trying to stay above the fray, or because this an official White House trip, not a campaign trip, however difficult it may be to tell the difference.
The president continued, "some of these folks know better, all I can do is to say I?m going to take the best ideas we have from everyone, Republicans, independents and Democrats, present to them, 'This is what you should do.' I can?t force them to do it, you can force them to do it. I will take my case to the American people that this vision is how we move the country forward and if they have an alternative vision and they don?t want to sit there and do nothing for the next 16 months while unemployment is still high and small businesses are still suffering, then ultimately they are going to be held to account by you, just like I?m going to be held to account by you."
Said the president, "We?ve got to reward folks that are more serious about solving problems than scoring political points."
-Jake Tapper and Mary Bruce
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The president is a giant hypocrite, and the biggest spender in world history.
Posted by: dbright | Aug 16, 2011 2:08:41 AM
Pssst .. . here's a hint . . . study the effects of a massive economic collapse on the demands on government resources and revenues.
You do remember there was a massive economic collapse right?
Posted by: Johnnie | Aug 16, 2011 2:33:02 AM
So, about this whole warren Buffet thing: Has Obama EVER demonized the CEO of General Electric
Posted by: dbright | Aug 16, 2011 2:08:41 AM
You seem a little confused.
President Obama wasn't demonizing anybody, and hasn't. He has said that people like him can afford to pay a little more in taxes, as can corporate executives.
Warren Buffett was saying much the same thing, but focusing on the mega-rich. Buffett's opinion piece in the New York Times gives specific details on how huge amounts of money earned by very rich individuals are taxed at lower rates than regular income tax on salaries.
Posted by: Tal | Aug 16, 2011 2:28:57 AM
So, about this whole warren Buffet thing: Has Obama EVER demonized the CEO of General Electric, who hasn't paid a dime in taxes? And by the way, he was a major contributor to Obama's campaign.
Obama Playbook Step 13: only demonize your opponents. Turn a blind eye for your supporters.
The president is a giant hypocrite, and the biggest spender in world history.
Jake Tapper, quit your job and join Obama's administration, like Carney did. Quit pretending to be a reporter. That goes for David Gregory, too. Why ask Michele Bachmann a question, and then interrupt her during her attempt to answer it? Obama said he wanted more transparency, and we're getting it. However, I don't think this is exactly what he meant.
Posted by: dbright | Aug 16, 2011 2:08:41 AM
Posted by: Publius | Aug 16, 2011 1:30:34 AM
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Health Care legislation was created by that Congress.... I encourage you to study how our government works before you make another statement. Congress writes the legislation, not the president. He Constitutionally is unable to. He can only sign what Congress creates. if he does come with plans it is more than what he has to do. That is the job of Congress. Unfortunately we give the office of the presidency more power than what it actually has
Posted by: Tony | Aug 16, 2011 1:50:49 AM
So how many republicans want the country to spiral downward until November 2012 so they can get elected into office?
Posted by: Tony | Aug 16, 2011 1:13:46 AM
Excellent question Tony. They're not hurting, they're generally speaking . .. . rich and hungry for power.
Posted by: Chuck | Aug 16, 2011 1:46:43 AM
"If America rebounds before then do we still need to replace Obama." Absolutely. Arguably unconstitutional health care legislation. An arguably unconstitutional military intervention in Libya. Bad and non-existent plans for fixing the economy. Fortunately at this point only 39% of the people recently polled still haven't realized the obvious mistake of having a neophyte in office.
Posted by: Publius | Aug 16, 2011 1:30:34 AM
Posted by: Publius | Aug 16, 2011 1:10:33 AM
You can carp about the results all you want, but Obama took an economy that was in free-fall collapse, losing hundreds of thousands of jobs every month, month after month, and turned it into an economy that has had 17 straight months of growth and added millions of jobs.
Posted by: Chuck | Aug 16, 2011 1:27:19 AM
I see Obama has moved from the straw man argument to the pre-straw man argument. What happens when Sept. rolls around and the dog ate his homework?
Posted by: Ferrari5555 | Aug 16, 2011 1:16:18 AM
Just because I have more money from reduced taxes, that doesn't mean I will create more jobs. I can if I want to, but that doesn't mean I have to
Posted by: Tony | Aug 16, 2011 1:16:07 AM
So how many republicans want the country to spiral downward until November 2012 so they can get elected into office? If America rebounds before then do we still need to replace Obama. have the republicans done anything to try and stall this economy and its standing in the world? Hmmm
Posted by: Tony | Aug 16, 2011 1:13:46 AM
"I would have to disagree with you. As another poster said it..." That's your opinion, but consider this when you cite the numbers. President Obama himself admitted after the Dems lost big in November 2010 elections that they should have done more about the economy which was a major factor in the results. After that he as much as admitted his ideas had failed by trying to joke his way out of how his superficial shovel-ready plans had fizzled. Second, the "growth" in job numnbers are barely covering (if that) the number of new workers entering market so that unemployment numbers - even the "official" ones which far underrepresent the real numbers - have been stagnant for months. And finally, there is no link to prove that the job growth numbers you cite are due to anything that the government is or has been doing. It's equally valid to claim that they could be due to general economic factors(skyrocketing prices of precious metals would naturally increase employment in mining) or those fortunate enough to be employed taking advantage of depressed prices in a stalled economy. Considering that unemployment as well as other key indicators remain essentially unchanged, I'd say that's a more likely possibility.
Posted by: Publius | Aug 16, 2011 1:10:33 AM
We need to reelect President Obama in 2012 and vote in some republicans that truly know how to work with democrats. It's what our country needs. Nuts like Palin and Bachman are destroying the republican party and turning it into rebel yelling darn near confederacy. Any House divided against itself will surely fall! That's biblical and true.
Posted by: Tony | Aug 16, 2011 1:09:59 AM
Posted by: Bob | Aug 16, 2011 12:26:54 AM
Sorry Bob, the Republicans held Congress for 12 straight years and did NOT build a strong economy. It had it's moments but it also collapsed like a house of cards. Twelve years to build a good strong economy and it end up in the biggest economic collapse since the great depression. It was a flimsy structure and didn't hold up.
"As early as 2006, top advisers to Mr. Bush dismissed warnings from people inside and outside the White House that housing prices were inflated and that a foreclosure crisis was looming. And when the economy deteriorated, Mr. Bush and his team misdiagnosed the reasons and scope of the downturn; Mr. Bush was still calling it a ?rough patch.?
The result was a series of piecemeal policy prescriptions that lagged behind the escalating crisis.
?There is no question we did not recognize the severity of the problems,? said Al Hubbard, Mr. Bush?s former chief economics adviser, who left the White House in December 2007. ?Had we, we would have attacked them.?
Posted by: Dane | Aug 16, 2011 12:50:13 AM
Here's a truth. Only God knows what is going to happen next year. If the elected republicans in office and those running for president wanted this country to florish they would offer this president help. Obama has already extended tax cuts and he has signed some cuts in spending. Their only goal is to take his job and impose a right wing agenda on the entire country. i prefer President Obama's approach to a balanced approach of both idealogies to government. Only republican who seems like that is Huntsman and God knows today's loudest republicans will not vote for such an intelligent middle of the road guy.
Posted by: Tony | Aug 16, 2011 12:40:07 AM
President Obama has had over two-and-a-half years to present very specific, detailed plans for job growth and economomic recovery and produced nothing more than vague assurances of shovel-ready jobs that never materialized
Posted by: Publius | Aug 16, 2011 12:21:19 AM
I would have to disagree with you. As another poster said it . ..
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The President and Congress basically didn't stop for the first two years putting programs in place to stop the loss of milions of jobs and to encourage positive job growth.
And the results have been coming. 17 staight months of economic growth and jobs being added.
From the Bureau of Labor
* Over the past 12 months, health care employment has grown by 299,000
* Employment in retail trade has increased by 228,000 since a recent low in December 2009
* Manufacturing has added 289,000 jobs since its most recent trough in December 2009, and durable goods manufacturing added 327,000 jobs during this period
* Employment in mining has increased by 140,000 since a recent low in October 2009
* Employment in professional and technical services continued to trend up in July. This industry has added 246,000 jobs since a recent low in March 2010.
All figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics (August 5, 2011)
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I would add a lot of the President's emphasis has been on what many see as industries and focuses of the future - high tech energy solutions, education aimed at matching training with industry needs, super batteries, hybrid transportation solutions and so on.
I'm not sure the Republicans even have a vision of the future.
Posted by: Randa | Aug 16, 2011 12:38:10 AM
Corporations are in business to make a profit for their shareholders. I am a very small time investor. I buy stock in companies that make a profit. If we want to create jobs here we need to look at what other countries are doing to lure these companies overseas. If you don't like it then take a REAL STAND and stop buying stuff made by these corporations. In fact go through your house and get rid of anything not manufactured in the US. Quit bitching and do something about it and see what your left with.
Posted by: David | Aug 16, 2011 12:32:17 AM
KICK OUT ILLEGAL ALIENS. WHEN THEY ARE GONE, SHUT OFF WELFARE BECAUSE THERE ARE ENOUGH JOBS TO BE FILLED.
TAXPAYERS HAVE KEPT QUIET TOO LONG!!!
NO ONE RIDES FOR FREE!!!
Posted by: RON | Aug 16, 2011 12:29:50 AM
"It's the same Republican 'trickle down' nonsense that didn't work before, and in fact, with Republicans holding the majority in Congress from 1995 through 2007 - they didn't even create a STRONG economy, never mind a flouishing one.
It collapsed like a house of cards."
Posted by: Dane | Aug 16, 2011 12:08:50 AM
Posting some thing false 3 times does not make it true. You also need to learn to spell and or Type. (GW Bush was not a conservative) You need to look at history, as there was tremendous growth and low unemployment while the Republicans were in charge of congress. From 2007 though last year the GOVT has been on a wild spending spree.... Congress under Democrat leadership.
Posted by: Bob | Aug 16, 2011 12:26:54 AM
President Obama has had over two-and-a-half years to present very specific, detailed plans for job growth and economomic recovery and produced nothing more than vague assurances of shovel-ready jobs that never materialized and stop-gap fizzles like CARS and mortgage rebates. I'm more than a bit skeptical that he'll come up with anything more credible this time, although he'll milk it for all its worth to castigate the GOP for being uncooperative.
Posted by: Publius | Aug 16, 2011 12:21:19 AM
It's the same Republican 'trickle down' nonsense that didn't work before, and in fact, with Republicans holding the majority in Congress from 1995 through 2007 - they didn't even create a STRONG economy, never mind a flouishing one.
It collapsed like a house of cards.
Posted by: Dane | Aug 16, 2011 12:08:50 AM
they all have to do with reducing GOVT and its influence on corporations that cause uncertainty and cost.
Posted by: bob | Aug 15, 2011 11:55:55 PM
This is the same shtick the Bush Republicans spouted . .. it's the only policy the Republicans have.
We gonna make govnerment smallah! We gonna give dem corporations big breaks!
It's the same Republican 'trickle down' nonsense that didn't work before, and in fact, with Republicans holding the majority in Congress from 1995 through 1997 - they didn't even create a STRONG economy, never mind a flouishing one.
It collapsed like a house of cards.
Posted by: Dane | Aug 16, 2011 12:03:42 AM
"There is no jobs plan unless corporations pay their fair share of taxes. The President cannot pull a job out of his butt! You say you want smaller government, but you keep looking to the government to create jobs and at the same time you want to coddle the rich. What kind of insane fools are you? What are you just a bunch of programmed robots? You never have any solutions, just bashings. What a bunch of losers. No wonder the politicians are the way they are...they have gum for constituents. I've yet to hear a Tea Party or Republican jobs programs that doesn't include government. LOSERS!"
Posted by: DuWayne | Aug 15, 2011 11:45:05 PM
Simply put, DuWayne, you are ignorant! Corporations DO NOT PAY TAXES, they just collect them! Only Individuals pay taxes. Yes, there are many specific ways the tea party and republicans will create jobs... they all have to do with reducing GOVT and its influence on corporations that cause uncertainty and cost. We live in a global economy. Corporations will go where there is least cost of doing business. They will also be taxed if they bring $$ they make over seas back to the US... which also gives the corporations a reason to keep the money overseas and reduce their size in the US... AKA JOBS. Please get informed before commenting.
Posted by: bob | Aug 15, 2011 11:55:55 PM
Posted by: Moderate | Aug 15, 2011 11:42:00 PM
I like what Buffett is doing. Using his influence and insider information to point out the 'coddling' the mega-rich have been receiving, and lobbying for an increase in taxes on that crowd.
Good on him!
Posted by: Dane | Aug 15, 2011 11:54:25 PM
"Later in the town hall, the president offered more information about the economic plan, when pressed for more details by an attendee".
Jake???? I read the story three times and I can't find the more information your talking about. Taking political shots at Romney does not qualify as "more information"
I have lost all confidence in network news. The best reporting I see is local.
Posted by: David | Aug 15, 2011 11:47:07 PM
There is no jobs plan unless corporations pay their fair share of taxes. The President cannot pull a job out of his butt! You say you want smaller government, but you keep looking to the government to create jobs and at the same time you want to coddle the rich. What kind of insane fools are you? What are you just a bunch of programmed robots? You never have any solutions, just bashings. What a bunch of losers. No wonder the politicians are the way they are...they have gum for constituents. I've yet to hear a Tea Party or Republican jobs programs that doesn't include government. LOSERS!
Posted by: DuWayne | Aug 15, 2011 11:45:05 PM
Yes, bob, i have reading comprehension skills. I understand mr buffett fine, thanks. my point is that he could set an example and pay more taxes/donate money to the government if he so chooses. yes, his point is that the rich, in his opinion, get too many breaks and too many use them. but just as he pledged to give his money away and urged other extremely wealthy people to join him (and mr gates and others) in the effort, he could pledge to pay more of his 'fair share' and urge others to join him in doing so. He could skip the deductions-- if he's only paying 17 percent of his income in taxes, he's clearly doing some things to reduce his tax rate.
Posted by: Moderate | Aug 15, 2011 11:42:00 PM
Warren, donate millions to the government. Designate it to retire the debt, if you wish. And don't take all the deductions etc. your accountants can find. it isn't required, you know.
Posted by: Moderate | Aug 15, 2011 10:50:48 PM
Buffett said a lot more than that. He called the mega-rich coddled and went into fair detail to explain how they duck being taxed.
Buffett is saying it makes perfect sense to tax them. Not that they should be allowed to 'volunteer' for taxation - or not.
Posted by: Bob | Aug 15, 2011 10:59:00 PM
Sorry, but there really are good reasons for small business owners to be cautious at this time. it is not a matter of greed or stubbornness.
Posted by: Moderate | Aug 15, 2011 10:49:03 PM
You must feel a hell of a lot better than before Obama took office and hundreds of thousands of jobs were being lost every month, month after month.
And tens of thousands of businesse were going bankrupt, and major banks and financial institutions teetering towards default.
And millions defaulting on their mortgages and losing their homes.
And the stock market having lost half it's value.
And two major auto companies (and all the associated smaller businesses) threatened as well.
Posted by: Bob | Aug 15, 2011 10:55:12 PM
Manitu, your comment shows Republican leadership thinking:
Paying into an insurance program = entitlement
Cutting taxes for the wealthy = job creation
Posted by: Lydia | Aug 15, 2011 10:54:08 PM
cannot believe I'm agreeing with Pat Buchanan about ANYTHING, but he has a point. If the super-wealthy want to pay more of their fair share, they are welcome to do so. Warren, donate millions to the government. Designate it to retire the debt, if you wish. And don't take all the deductions etc. your accountants can find. it isn't required, you know.
Posted by: Moderate | Aug 15, 2011 10:50:48 PM
Bassman, there is no way to balance the budget with just spending cuts. That is why S&P lowered our credit rating.
Try to understand when you cut that deep, you are reducing money sent back to the states, which reduces the money sent to cities and towns. Then they lay off police, firemen, etc. which decreases income taxes and increases govt. expenses like unemployment and food stamps.
That's why you need tax increases from the one segment who won't miss them, who have historically never paid taxes this low and who are economically the only income group whose income has risen these last 20 years... the wealthy.
Posted by: Lydia | Aug 15, 2011 10:49:50 PM
small business owners like me ARE waiting for the 'confidence fairy' as well as a customer base before they expand. we cannot predict costs of health care, regulation, taxes, etc. as clearly as we've been able to do in the past. we see our costs rising and are concerned about making the commitment to add full-time employees in this business environment. When my partner and I hire someone, we have every intention of keeping that person long-term. We make a commitment to our employees. And we don't make promises we can't keep. So we don't hire unless we are reasonably sure that the job we are creating will be needed not only today but also five years from now and that creating that job will benefit the company rather than make it less economically viable.
And since our particular business is built on the need of other businesses for complex machinery that involves massive investments of capital, the general economy needs to be stable and growing in order for us to reasonably assume the orders will be there to justify our investment in new employees, equipment, etc. Sorry, but there really are good reasons for small business owners to be cautious at this time. it is not a matter of greed or stubbornness.
Posted by: Moderate | Aug 15, 2011 10:49:03 PM
Posted by: Kimberly | Aug 15, 2011 10:43:43 PM
They display the Christian values of . ..
Hate your next door neighbor,
But don't forget to say grace
Posted by: Peter | Aug 15, 2011 10:46:38 PM
A lot of the left is trashing Reps for praying. Sad.
Posted by: Temagami | Aug 15, 2011 10:37:50 PM
I wonder if you misunderstand because in some cases, not all, the crux of the problem seems to me to be that showboaty religious right conservatives pray with such pomp and circumstance in some cases and unChristlike judgment in others.
I don't know but I found the claim that an attack on democrats is prayer to be very strange and offensive, really.
Posted by: Kimberly | Aug 15, 2011 10:43:43 PM
Kimberly, I love Warren Buffet, too. He is being brutally honest about why the extremely wealthy should be paying more taxes.
Posted by: Lydia | Aug 15, 2011 10:41:41 PM
the fraud-in-chief says:""I'll be putting forward...a very specific plan to boost the economy, to create jobs and to control our deficit. And my attitude is get it done."
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He will not release a plan in September. He will not release a plan ever, because he has none. He will have a speech in September, but there will be no plan. He doesn't even have a speech now resembling anything approaching a plan because no one has loaded it yet into his teleprompter. Since he is going on vacation, his 27 year old speech writer twits will be drinking in Wash DC bars till he comes back. Then they will load "the plan" and we will hear it!
Posted by: Michelle Shu Jas | Aug 15, 2011 10:41:00 PM
"While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks. Some of us are investment managers who earn billions from our daily labors but are allowed to classify our income as ?carried interest,? thereby getting a bargain 15 percent tax rate. Others own stock index futures for 10 minutes and have 60 percent of their gain taxed at 15 percent, as if they?d been long-term investors.
"These and other blessings are showered upon us by legislators in Washington who feel compelled to protect us, much as if we were spotted owls or some other endangered species. It?s nice to have friends in high places."
Warren Buffett
Posted by: Zingo | Aug 15, 2011 10:26:13 PM
I love Warren Buffett. He is one of the most successful people in investment and I've found his tenets of investment useful and his honesty refreshing. In this case, I feel he's telling us to use our resources (our wealthy who have benefited from the many resources our wonderful country offers) to invest in our country and our people.
Posted by: Kimberly | Aug 15, 2011 10:37:54 PM
Kimberly - maybe you misunderstood. A lot of the left is trashing Reps for praying. Sad.
Posted by: Temagami | Aug 15, 2011 10:37:50 PM
swing voter said:
"MITT ROMNEY'S PLAN = CEDE ALL POWER TO CORPORATIONS"
Well, that certainly changes my mind about voting for Romney because I didn't know he wanted to cede all power to the corporations.
I just wonder, though, which corporations those would be. There are a lot of them and they are, each and every one of them, the very embodiment of evil.
Here's just some of those diabolical corporations: The Girl Scouts of America; Wham-O Inc manufacturers of the oppressive Frisbee and Hula Hoop; Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream; Whole Foods; the American Communist Party; Gordon and Smith, makers of the fascist 'surfboards'; the Corporation for Public Broadcasting; The Democrat Party; The Vermont Teddy Bear Company; See's Candies; here's a particularly dangerous crew, Santa Cruz Skateboards, the Republicans are up to their necks in big skateboard money from the West Coast; Walt Disney Inc, don't tell me they aren't plotting the demise of freedom and have been since Steamboat Willie, haven't you ever noticed the similarity between Donald Duck and Adolph Hitler?.
I could go on and on but it's just too sad. We have got to do something! We need to get together, as a fearless group, and storm the gates of Knott's Berry Farm before they enslave us all.
Posted by: 57nomad | Aug 15, 2011 10:33:58 PM
The President and Congress basically didn't stop for the first two years putting programs in place to stop the loss of milions of jobs and to encourage positive job growth.
And the results have been coming. 17 staight months of economic growth and jobs being added.
From the Bureau of Labor
* Over the past 12 months, health care employment has grown by 299,000
* Employment in retail trade has increased by 228,000 since a recent low in December 2009
* Manufacturing has added 289,000 jobs since its most recent trough in December 2009, and durable goods manufacturing added 327,000 jobs during this period
* Employment in mining has increased by 140,000 since a recent low in October 2009
* Employment in professional and technical services continued to trend up in July. This industry has added 246,000 jobs since a recent low in March 2010.
All figures from Bureau of Labor Statistics (August 5, 2011)
Posted by: Zingo | Aug 15, 2011 10:33:25 PM
This will be another government (our tax money) job plan. It will be of course all green jobs, which of course will be subsidized by us the taxpayers.
He will not want to government driven, just like the failed stimulus.
Posted by: Tim | Aug 15, 2011 10:29:06 PM
"While the poor and middle class fight for us in Afghanistan, and while most Americans struggle to make ends meet, we mega-rich continue to get our extraordinary tax breaks. Some of us are investment managers who earn billions from our daily labors but are allowed to classify our income as ?carried interest,? thereby getting a bargain 15 percent tax rate. Others own stock index futures for 10 minutes and have 60 percent of their gain taxed at 15 percent, as if they?d been long-term investors.
"These and other blessings are showered upon us by legislators in Washington who feel compelled to protect us, much as if we were spotted owls or some other endangered species. It?s nice to have friends in high places."
Warren Buffett
Posted by: Zingo | Aug 15, 2011 10:26:13 PM
More of Obamas "War On America", either do it my way or else
Posted by: The Downgraded President on his magical misery tour | Aug 15, 2011 10:11:37 PM
Hogwash. This use of "War on America" is more of the right wing fear and smear attacks.
The President said he will present specific programs to help put people back to work, the Congress can either get on board or fight it and the American people can watch and judge.
Posted by: Zingo | Aug 15, 2011 10:24:38 PM
The people Democrats consider "rich" are those earning $250,000 a year. That's hardly "rich" in today's dollars.
How's about Buffet take his billions out of his foundation, then, and do away with deductions? Just pay taxes on all income straight up. John Kerry and the other ultra rich pols could do that, too. So could the prog celebs. No more shelters, foundations, or deductions! Meanwhile, small investors can keep the Bush cuts.
Posted by: SezWho | Aug 15, 2011 10:22:00 PM
I am sick and tired of all the class warfare and inflammatory language designed to divide Americans. It is none of my business how much money the rich makes -- stop being jealous of another person's success. Get the nation's finances in order by reducing spending, not raising taxes. Finally, after repeatedly saying "I will focus on jobs" since 2009, Oblamo is ready to submit a jobs plan ... but you have to wait until September to see it. Is this leadership?
Posted by: Bassman | Aug 15, 2011 10:21:09 PM
More of Obamas "War On America", either do it my way or else
Posted by: The Downgraded President on his magical misery tour | Aug 15, 2011 10:11:37 PM
Obama, FTA:
"And if they don't get it done," he continued, "then we'll be running against a Congress that isn't doing anything for the American people and the choice will be very stark and very clear."
You're damn right it will, Zippy. However this may have slipped your mind. One half of the congress is known as the Senate. You can look it up it's right there in what is called the Constitution. You can look that up too, because it's clear you aren't familiar with it.
Back to the Senate. If you run against the congress you are, by definition, running against the Senate. The Senate, also in case you don't know, is controlled by your party, the Democrats.
One last thing. By the time the campaign starts you will have been president for three years. And now, after three years you're going to come up with a plan? I've got a feeling I'm not the only one that's going to notice this.
Where was this plan in 2009, or 2010, or this year? Also it better be better than the last plan you sent to congress because the Senate voted it down 97-0. That was the Senate, chirpy, the Democrat controlled Senate, 97-0, every member of your own party voted against it.
Nobody believes you've got a plan. Everybody believes you are clueless. If you're going to be making plans, you should be making plans for your retirement, which will begin in 2013.
Posted by: 57nomad | Aug 15, 2011 10:09:47 PM
The graduated tax is fair. Those who have more to protect, and whose investments or businesses depend on our infrastructure should pay more tax.
The idea of consumption tax is terribly unfair. Those of the lower-income bracket spend almost every penny they make, so they would pay more tax proportionate to their income than a wealthy person who has spare money to invest or save.
Posted by: Lydia | Aug 15, 2011 10:09:00 PM
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