Posted on 02/21/2009 8:35:58 AM PST by cc2k
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SATURDAY, February 21, 2009
WEEKLY ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT
TO THE NATION
THE PRESIDENT: Earlier this week, I signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act -- the most sweeping economic recovery plan in history. Because of this plan, 3.5 million Americans will now go to work doing the work that America needs done.
I'm grateful to Congress, governors and mayors across the country, and to all of you whose support made this critical step possible.
Because of what we did together, there will now be shovels in the ground, cranes in the air, and workers rebuilding our crumbling roads and bridges, and repairing our faulty levees and dams.
Because of what we did, companies -- large and small -- that produce renewable energy can now apply for loan guarantees and tax credits and find ways to grow, instead of laying people off; and families can lower their energy bills by weatherizing their homes.
Because of what we did, our children can now graduate from 21st century schools and millions more can do what was unaffordable just last week -- and get their college degree.
Because of what we did, lives will be saved and health care costs will be cut with new computerized medical records.
Because of what we did, there will now be police on the beat, firefighters on the job, and teachers preparing lesson plans who thought they would not be able to continue pursuing their critical missions. And ensure that all of this is done with an unprecedented level of transparency and accountability, I have assigned a team of managers to make sure that precious tax dollars are invested wisely and well.
Because of what we did, 95 percent of all working families will get a tax cut -- in keeping with a promise I made on the campaign. And I'm pleased to announce that this morning, the Treasury Department began directing employers to reduce the amount of taxes withheld from paychecks -- meaning that by April 1st, a typical family will begin taking home at least $65 more every month. Never before in our history has a tax cut taken effect faster or gone to so many hardworking Americans.
But as important as it was that I was able to sign this plan into law, it is only a first step on the road to economic recovery. And we can't fail to complete the journey. That will require stemming the spread of foreclosures and falling home values, and doing all we can to help responsible homeowners stay in their homes, which is exactly what the housing plan I announced last week will help us do.
It will require stabilizing and repairing our banking system, and getting credit flowing again to families and businesses. It will require reforming the broken regulatory system that made this crisis possible, and recognizing that it's only by setting and enforcing 21st century rules of the road that we can build a thriving economy.
And it will require doing all we can to get exploding deficits under control as our economy begins to recover. That work begins on Monday, when I will convene a fiscal summit of independent experts and unions, advocacy groups and members of Congress, to discuss how we can cut the trillion-dollar deficit that we've inherited. On Tuesday, I will speak to the nation about our urgent national priorities. And on Thursday, I'll release a budget that's sober in its assessments, honest in its accounting, and lays out in detail my strategy for investing in what we need, cutting what we don't, and restoring fiscal discipline.
No single piece of this broad economic recovery can, by itself, meet the demands that have been placed on us. We can't help people find work or pay their bills unless we unlock credit for families and businesses. We can't solve our housing crisis unless we help people find work so that they can make payments on their homes. We can't produce shared prosperity without firm rules of the road, and we can't generate sustained growth without getting our deficits under control. In short, we cannot successfully address any of our problems without addressing them all. And that is exactly what the strategy we are pursuing is designed to do.
None of this will be easy. The road ahead will be long and full of hazards. But I am confident that we, as a people, have the strength and wisdom to carry out this strategy and overcome this crisis. And if we do, our economy -- and our country -- will be better and stronger for it.
Thank you.
(and the horse you rode in on, too)
This guy is SUCH a liar.
I guess that its still all Bush's fault! Good Lord! These people are amazing!
There aren’t even words for how clueless this dolt is.
Arrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!
They are NO tax cuts in that bill. There are some measly tax CREDITS for singles making $70K or less get $400 bucks and joint filers making $140K or less get $800 bucks.
There is not one single federal income tax rate cut in that bill. I hate that the media, Democrats, and Obama keep lying and calling them tax cuts.
And 95% of Americans getting tax cuts is an even bigger lie!
Yep...the audacity of a (bunch of) dope(s).
3.5 million Americans will now go to work now here’s your shovel so get to work.
I, for one, am looking forward to buying my new muffler with my “tax cut”.
This kind of flim flam frosts my butt. I have withheld from my paycheck exactly what I want witheld so that I don’t owe anything at tax filing time. Where does this Dumbo get the right to override my personal decision in this matter. Now I will have to get some government form and fill it out and send it in to reverse what this halfwit commie stooge has done in order to bamboozle the masses— most of whom don’t know that this is not a tax cut at all, it’s just a withholdings reduction, even though we have had the same old crap done to us many times before.
Sober?....honest?....fiscal discipline???
I’d ask,”Are you kidding???” but unfortunately they’re not. Liberals have their own thesaurus for the words they use,and it’s nothing like what the rest of us know to be true. Even knowing that,it still boggles the mind.
Hey digger48, you wouldn’t by any chance be from Lonsberry country would you?
A list of cliches in search of an idea. This clown doesn’t have a clue.
Pray for America, Our Troops and obama
GHW Bush did the same stupid thing, and caused me to owe money at the end of the year. I want to just slap @$$holes who mess with my financial planning like this without my permission.
It could be fun, I guess to imagine the average American idiot at tax time sitting in front of their tax accountant and hearing that the reason they have to pay is because 0bama caused them to under withhold. They won't understand that, of course. They'll hear "0bama is the reason you have to pay taxes instead of getting that nice refund you always get".
FUBO!
(and the camel you rode in on too)!
Some folks will be getting a tax increase. Smokers for instance will see a huge increase in the taxes on tobacco products as of April first.
Created is more accurate than inherited.
FUBO!
(and the camel you rode in on too)!
Wow. Hey everybody, watcha gonna do with YOUR 15 bucks a week?
Not exactly the $1800 tax cut he promised to families like mine during the campaign.
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