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Title: Obama: I’m the Real Small-Government President, Not Reagan (Laugh of the Day)
Source: PJM.com
URL Source: http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2012/05/0 ... vernment-president-not-reagan/
Published: May 11, 2012
Author: PJM.com
Post Date: 2012-05-11 07:06:04 by CZ82
Keywords: None
Views: 2618
Comments: 6

Obama: I’m the Real Small-Government President, Not Reagan

President Obama tried to make the argument today that he’s the real small-government leader, not Reagan and other Republicans.

“After there was a recession under Ronald Reagan, government employment went way up,” Obama said at a college in Albany, N.Y. “It went up after the recessions under the first George Bush and the second George Bush. So each time there was a recession with a Republican president, compensated — we compensated by making sure that government didn’t see a drastic reduction in employment.”

“The only time government employment has gone down during a recession has been under me,” he continued. “So I make that point just so you don’t buy into this whole bloated government argument that you hear.”

The purpose of the speech was for Obama to announce his “to-do list” for Congress — “just like when Michelle gives me a list, I check it off.”

“I’m going to need you to pick up the phone, write an email, tweet, remind your member of Congress we can’t afford to wait until November to get things done,” Obama said.

The "To do List"----

The White House gave Congress a “to-do list” today, which President Obama will stress in his address later at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering’s (CNSE) NanoTech Complex in Albany, N.Y. The list is:

1. Reward American Jobs, Eliminate Tax Incentives To Ship Jobs Overseas: Congress needs to attract and keep good jobs in the United States by passing legislation that gives companies a new 20 percent tax credit for the cost of moving their operations back to the U.S. and pay for it by eliminating tax incentives that allow companies to deduct the costs of moving their business abroad.

2. Cut Red Tape So Responsible Homeowners Can Refinance: Congress needs to pass legislation to cut red tape in the mortgage market so that responsible families who have been paying their mortgages on time can feel secure in their home by refinancing at today’s lower rates.

3. Invest in a New Hire Tax Credit For Small Businesses: Congress needs to invest in small businesses and jumpstart new hiring by passing legislation that gives a 10 percent income tax credit for firms that create new jobs or increase wages in 2012 and that extends 100 percent expensing in 2012 for all businesses.

4. Create Jobs By Investing In Affordable Clean Energy: Congress needs to help put America in control of its energy future by passing legislation that will extend the Production Tax Credit to support American jobs and manufacturing alongside an expansion of the 30 percent tax credit to investments in clean energy manufacturing (48C Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credit)

5. Put Returning Veterans to Work Using Skills Developed in the Military: Congress needs to honor our commitment to returning veterans by passing legislation that creates a Veterans Job Corps to help Afghanistan and Iraq veterans get jobs as cops, firefighters, and serving their communities.

“These initiatives have bipartisan support and at this make-or-break moment for the middle class, we need to create an economy built to last that creates secure American jobs and makes things the rest of the world buys – not one built on outsourcing, loopholes, or risky financial deals,” the White House said.

Waiting for congressional reaction on their “to-do list,” which should be fun. Obama speaks early this afternoon


Poster Comment:

I knew it was only a matter of time before he dropped the "I'm a Conservative" card.... ROTFLMMFAO...... You know I can't remember the last time he said something that was the truth, typical Leftard!!!

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#1. To: CZ82 (#0)

He's truly delusional -- a modern day Caligula.


Iran’s main drive for acquiring atomic weapons is not for use against Israel but as a deterrent against U.S. intervention -- Major General Zeevi Farkash, head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate

jwpegler  posted on  2012-05-11   8:06:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: CZ82 (#0)

Caligula blushes in his grave with what's happening in the Imperial City today.

The two reasons I’m rarely satirical about neocon economics is (a) it’s bad form, and lousy sport, to shoot ducks in a barrel; and (b) the effects of such braindead thinking are every bit as destructive as the ramblings of old Beardy Marx. This stuff can be funny – up to a point. After that point, it’s damned irritating…especially if you’re one of the poor folks. Ronald Reagan remains one of the most revered US Presidents because he cut taxes to create super-wealth which, he said, would trickle down. Well, it didn’t: it gushed upwards into f**kwitted $94m bonuses.

mcgowanjm  posted on  2012-05-11   8:36:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: jwpegler (#1)

He's truly delusional -- a modern day Caligula.

I submit that- historically- it would be more appropriate to compare o'Bungler to Nero.

IMHO.


The economy is wonderful!
Re-elect Obama, he'll pay your rent!
A chicken in every pot!
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Capitalist Eric  posted on  2012-05-11   11:59:44 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Capitalist Eric (#3)

I submit that- historically- it would be more appropriate to compare o'Bungler to Nero.

Very true. O'Bungler is fiddling while the country burns.


Iran’s main drive for acquiring atomic weapons is not for use against Israel but as a deterrent against U.S. intervention -- Major General Zeevi Farkash, head of the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate

jwpegler  posted on  2012-05-11   13:21:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: CZ82, *Jack-Booted Thugs* (#0)

when Michelle gives me a list, I check it off.

That's scary. Moochelle is running the country, the metrosexual is just her teleprompter reader!


"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul

Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.

Hondo68  posted on  2012-05-11   13:36:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: hondo68 (#5)

That's scary. Moochelle is running the country, the metrosexual is just her teleprompter reader!

I've always suspected she wears the pants in the family.....

Leftardism/Liberalism: The chickenschitt way to deal with life’s problems by creating solutions to problems that don’t exist, thereby creating a problem where none existed before and then having to find a solution to that one…

CZ82  posted on  2012-05-11   18:09:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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