His Voice: Standing behind the State of the Union
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He outlined his objectives to lead us politically and help the country be economically strong well into the 21st century. His impressive blueprint to create jobs immediately and to reinvest in middle-class workers is predicated on the belief that the resources of today are needed to build the infrastructure of tomorrow.
Specifically, the way to economic recovery is to refocus on small businesses as the immediate catalysts for new jobs, not big business. By extending $30 billion in federal bailout funds repaid by banks, this money will go to help community banks to lend money to small businesses. It will ramp up today’s economic engines and create needed job growth. In addition, a three-year freeze on non-security discretionary spending will help stop the growing federal deficit.
While other countries are revitalizing their transportation and energy infrastructures with technological advances, the Obama administration lays a clear and decisive path for rebuilding our commercial infrastructure with high-speed rail and by embracing a new generation of nuclear power plants along with renewable fuels to achieve a clean energy society to help further prevent global climate change.
For instance, in California, the state has just received $2.25 billion to invest in a high-speed bullet train from Southern California to the Bay Area, along with state bonds to be completed by 2020. This alone will create many high-paying jobs in construction and operations in the near future.
These bold changes are necessary for this great country to go forward.
The choice to continue outsourcing good jobs for excessive business profits or to invest in our communities through education and transportation to rebuild a world-class society confronts us today. Whether we continue to bail out Wall Street and risky banks or regulate financial reform to ensure fair competition in the marketplace and revitalize the middle class, that is the question we must decide.
By continuing tax cuts for 95 percent of the workers, while only increasing taxes for those earning $250,000 or more, President Obama clearly sides with the middle and working classes and their hopes to improve their lives.
Furthermore, by reinvesting in education, we will be laying the foundation for long-term prosperity and security. By constructing more community colleges and increasing the availability of college institutions, we will meet the demand for a world-class educational system for the next generation. By increasing the number of Pell grants and establishing a four-year, $10,000 tax credit for families, public colleges will once again become affordable and allow us to compete in the global markets. The best anti-poverty program is quality education for all.
The message to the Democratic majority in Congress is to stand on the principles of equality and fight for the common man and woman. And President Obama chastised the Supreme Court for striking down limits on corporate spending in campaigns, which places We the People under direct attack by the corporations that want to rule the country — a plutocracy (or rule by the wealthy) would reshape the political landscape of rule by the people.
The Valley Democrats are thrilled with President Obama’s message to continue to fight for the middle class on job creation, to rebuild our transportation infrastructure, to cut taxes except for the rich, and to reinvest in our public education system.
• Larry Gamino is a longtime Tracy resident and local activist.
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"What happened to the time when Congressmen, Senators, and the President actually represented their constituents?"
Sad to say, I'd think by the direction of this country their loyalty was bought by the influence of Wall Street and their corporations.
Lobbyists are not getting obsolete, in fact they are gaining in number!
So much for integrity in our country, it is racked with hypocrisy in all parties... again money wins over honor?
Just hoping for the better, but will not live in "dreamworld of 'everything is okay'" the politicians want us to believe.
CN
Why is our prez supporting nuclear, while hypocritically, telling other countries they may NOT have nuclear technologies?
We should be supporting solar not nuclear. This justifies Iran, Iraq, NKorea, and other countries that laugh in the face of such nonsense.
Like chaff in the wind, we have literally lost our sense of direction. Thank goodness we have a teleprompter. To some people that makes all the difference.
I think the comic strip in the Tracy Press is more honest assesment of the state of the union - than this letter.
The Valentines Day cartoon charicterizes and depicts president whopper sitting on a park bench talking to Cupid. President whopper is depicted seated beside a gussied-up elephant and is saying to Cupid, "Flowers? Chocolates?"
"Lucky I showed up."
Previous to his STFU speech, President Whopper told Oprah he gives himself a solid B for his 1st year. The electorate enchantment (with the exception of the hardcore socialist support) continues to drop at a record pace.
“By extending $30 billion in federal bailout funds repaid by banks, this money will go to help community banks to lend money to small businesses.”
Section 106, Part D of the TARP legislation: "Revenues of, and proceeds from the sale of troubled assets purchased under this Act, or from the sale, exercise, or surrender of warrants or senior debt instruments acquired under section 113 shall be paid into the general fund of the Treasury for reduction of the public debt."
Unless Congress and the President change the rules, it cannot be used for the purpose you stated.
“the wise president understands his role to fight the causes of the economy’s problems”
President Wise (D) and Barney Frank (D-MA) have expressed a desire to loan more money through the brokest of govt. agencies- Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and FHA
“and pursue his Democratic agenda for education”
The term really broke does not seem to be part of your knowledge base.
“and health care reform” while continuing to anger a growing majority of Americans
“end two wars” as his Vice-President Fail ‘Joey Plugs’ begins to take credit for the near term success in Iraq.
Biden- Meet the Press, September 9, 2007: “I mean, the truth of the matter is that, that the — America’s — this administration’s policy and the surge are a failure...
Biden- CNN’s Larry King Live February 10, 2010: “I am very optimistic about — about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You’re going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You’re going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government.”
“and, most importantly, help the ordinary men and women who sent him to Washington, D.C.”
President Whopper rejects his campaign statement and says he will be "agnostic" about whatever his reduce-the-federal-debt commission recommends -- including the idea of higher taxes for households making less than $250,000 a year.
Pay-your-share could actually help the economy. Get rid of the payroll employee and employer tax. Let the taxpayer and the employer decide how he/she want to spend the money.
Flakes were falling — or threatened — Friday from Texas to the Florida Panhandle and then up along the coasts of Georgia and South Carolina, bringing a rare white landscape to spots that haven’t seen snow in a decade or longer. The storm was crawling east out of Texas, where it left the Dallas area with more than a foot of snow, nearly 200 traffic accidents, thousands without power and hundreds of canceled flights
This is geeting to be rather comical. The stupidity of the lefty loonies becomes more and more evident everyday. Obama states "overwhelming evidence of global warming". Al Gore and his band of nuts tell us the world is coming to an end.
Hey Dummies, why don't you start paying attention to the obvious facts. Look out the friggin window or something. Global warming my a**.
Just to piggy-back off of markj's comment.
The prez took the "agnostic" approach toward healthcare too. And nothing is getting done. Sure a teleprompter sounds good.
But, when the rubber meets the road...
It's just proof he doesn't have a plan. We wasted more than a year talking about it and talking about it and talking about it.
That's certainly NOT the result of what you wrote. Having a leader "who understands his role".
The Valley Democrats should be ashamed and have voted for someone else.
Maybe even - hate to say it...
Billary.
"What I want to do is to be completely agnostic in terms of solutions," Obama told Bloomberg Business Week in interview excerpts released today. "I want everybody to sit down and work off of a common base of facts."
Translation: All the promises I made while campaigning about not raising taxes a single dime on anyone making less than $250k per year are out the door. By the way, after I do it I'll blame Bush and the republicans.
I don't make a habit of questioning the intelligence of others, but I'm starting to believe people have to be dumb if they actually believe this clown is doing a good job.
You are right there a lot of places to start when it comes to brainwashing. Liberals must think everyone is oblivious as they are.
Here's what would happen to the middle class under the current regime. Ten to twenty percent of us lose our jobs. Many of those are forced to take contract work or part time offer for their previous full time job.
Then pay for our own health care. Think Nancycare would help? It doesn't solve a thing. I pay for catostrophoc insurance and save the rest of the money I would otherwise pay. Under Nancycare they will strip that from me too. When I was younger I just pocked all the insurance money in a savings account.
They plan to grab that too.
I think it's really sad our liberal friends don't see the light of day.
Appreciated the updates on the shell game our congressman is playing with the voters.
His impressive blueprint to create jobs immediately and to reinvest in middle-class workers
So that would be what? Stimulus money and the jobs bill, aka stimulus part II? This new AP article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100210/ap_on_bi_ge/us_what_jobs_11
says the jobs bill will provide a temporary tax break for hiring an unemployed person. Our Congressman, Jerry McNerney introduced yesterday a jobs bill, which will provide a temporary tax break for hiring an unemployed person.
These temporary tax breaks replace or increase other current tax breaks which provide a temporary tax break for hiring an unemployed person.
Seeing a pattern here?
Jerry McNerney literally took credit for a bill which will "hiring and create new job opportunities for people who are currently unemployed" in a press release yesterday. His bill crosses out '40' on one line and replaces it with '7.5', and crosses out '5' on another line and replaces it with '40'.
It places a few other restrictions which limit the number of eligible workers and companies to receive the existing tax break, so in that way, it increases tax on a few companies that may have received a tax cut.
Here is the bill: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:h4620ih.txt.pdf
Impressive!! NOT!!
He gives good speech. Is still on the campaign trail.
I voted for McCain because he is old.
Voted for Palin because she is hot.
Same line of thinking why folks voted for Obama.
But, But,Obama got the country when it is a mess. Got his work cut out for him.
Well, He said he would fix it. "Change". "Recovery".
Change is not recovery.Recovery is to recover what you had.
What we got instead: He spends other people's money.
Taxpayers bail out the banks so the banks can kick taxpayers out of their homes.
Taxpayers pay off the failed mortgages, yet, they get the bill every month for the mortgage they paid through the taxes banks got through "Stimulus".
AIG insured those failed mortgages, they got paid.
Wachovia got paid. Bank of America got paid.
So, If the banks got paid for the failed mortgages,Why am I still getting a bill for my mortgage?
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When we are fed, "unyielding to short-term fixes" realize it means - ain't done nothing yet.
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When we are fed "illusionary popular positions" understand that is Liberal CYA for things have gotten worse.
Please pass the Prozac and Vantac. Gonna need something to wash the Kool Aid down.
During the time the state of the union addressed, the middle class has been squeezed the hardest with job loss like never before. In addition to increased debt like never before.
Giving this administration credit for reducing outsourcing is laughable. Toyota's NUMI is closing costing 350 jobs in Tracy. And reducing outsourcing is another way of saying our country is too broke to hire ANYBODY.
What has this DC administration done for any schools? Looking around at our nearby Delta College we see reduced classes being outsourced to a Mountain House trailer-park. While classes in Stockton are cut to the bone.
Parents are competing with their college aged children for classes in order to stay on an unemployment roster. Listed as a "full time student". Something is clearly wrong with this type of state of the union. I do think we are getting a rose-colored-glasses perspective.
That should be the first clue.
Thanks Larry for helping to push this great country to the edge of the abyss by disregarding reality, and continuing to blindly follow Obama and his disastrous policies.