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Obama Urges Congress to 'Get on Board' With More Infrastructure Spending
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| 9/5/11
Posted on 09/05/2011 1:26:16 PM PDT by Jean S
President Obama called for Congress to "get on board" with more infrastructure spending and a new round of middle-class tax cuts Monday, as he delivered a campaign-style speech that served as a warm-up to a vital jobs address later this week.
Interrupted repeatedly by chants of "four more years," the president marked Labor Day in Detroit at a rally with the nation's top labor leaders. He used the address to underscore his alliance with the labor movement -- at a time when cracks are starting to show -- and preview some of the proposals he'll outline during a speech Thursday before a joint session of Congress.
Obama effectively dared Republicans to oppose what he described as the "new way forward" for America. He said the upcoming session would reveal whether there are "straight-shooters" in Congress and whether Republicans will put "country before party."
"Show us what you got," he said, in a message aimed at GOP lawmakers. "No more manufactured crises, no more games."
The president said he didn't want to spill all the details of his upcoming address, but highlighted a few portions. Foremost, the president called for new investment in roads and bridges.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: countrybeforeparty; jobs; jointsession; newwayforward; obama
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posted on
09/05/2011 1:26:20 PM PDT
by
Jean S
To: Jean S
Tell this nihilist marxist punk to go pound sand.
Not going to pour another trillion or two in to the coffers of his union backers.
2
posted on
09/05/2011 1:31:55 PM PDT
by
Joe Boucher
((FUBO) Obammy is little more than a quota boy with a teleprompter)
To: Jean S
Last year, a road that I frequently drive was repaved. The company did an excellent job. The old, volcanic cinders were gone and it was a nice smooth pavement. Now, another “stimulus” company has come in and dumped oil all over it and covered it with rocks. Anybody know anything about road construction?
3
posted on
09/05/2011 1:31:55 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Spreading fear isn't working for the 'RATS anymore so they've resorted to using threats.)
To: Jean S
Or what Hoffa and his gang are going to come after them.............
4
posted on
09/05/2011 1:32:19 PM PDT
by
blueyon
(The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
To: Jean S
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posted on
09/05/2011 1:32:19 PM PDT
by
chooseascreennamepat
(I have a liberal arts degree, do you want fries with that?)
To: Jean S
Cancel all the light rail and bullet train boondogles and use that to rebuild roads and bridges that are failling apart.
6
posted on
09/05/2011 1:32:52 PM PDT
by
Hugin
("A man'll usually tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear it"--- Open Range)
To: Jean S
FU BO
7
posted on
09/05/2011 1:33:01 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(My Kid/Grandkids are NOT your ATM, liberals! (Sarah Palin))
To: Jean S
Ain’t gonna happen, we already travel on the best raods on the planet down here. Oblame-o needs to have a new wet dream...
8
posted on
09/05/2011 1:33:18 PM PDT
by
RowdyFFC
To: Jean S
infrastructure spending = pork spending
Infrastructure Bank = Pork Bank
9
posted on
09/05/2011 1:33:21 PM PDT
by
molson209
To: Jean S
Or else what?
Jimmy Hoffa Jr. comes and pays a visit to us at home?
He sends out Maxine Waters to tell us all to go to hell?
He passes is own Law making something that was Illegal now Legal?
Threats - its what 0bama and all Community Organizers do BEST!
10
posted on
09/05/2011 1:33:25 PM PDT
by
R0CK3T
To: Jean S
This is a hanging curve ball. Let’s see if the pubbies have the chops to hit it out of the park.
11
posted on
09/05/2011 1:33:39 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(Just once I'd like someone to call me 'Sir' without adding 'You're making a scene.' - Homer Simpson)
To: Jean S
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posted on
09/05/2011 1:35:49 PM PDT
by
samtheman
(Palin. In your heart you know she's right.)
To: molson209
More infrastructure spending = more union projects = Barry's re-election stash from union dues, with some left over for the few Dems who may actually run close to a GOP challenger.
13
posted on
09/05/2011 1:37:28 PM PDT
by
Carling
(DeMint to Obama: I want to read the bill, not listen to talking points off a TelePrompter.)
To: Jean S
Taxes for roads and bridges have already been paid and collected and misappropriated.
Some states spent the funds for other things.
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posted on
09/05/2011 1:38:04 PM PDT
by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 ....Rats carry plague)
To: Jean S
Didn't the government already spend a trillion dollars on "shovel-ready projects"? How can there possibly be a single shovel-ready project left? Somebody needs to explain to the White House that there are a lot of people in this country who are not union construction workers. |
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posted on
09/05/2011 1:38:42 PM PDT
by
Nick Danger
(Pin the fail on the donkey)
To: Jean S
Bull Meister (aka President DumbA$$) you proposed, passed and executed an $800 billion “Stimulus” program that was supposed to have lots and lots of shovel ready infrastructure spending. But alas, you lied. Only 5-6% of the “Stimulus” spending went to “infrastructure”. Not only that Bull Meister (aka President DumnA$$), you forgot all about your greenie people requiring all those environmental studies to get ANYTHING BUILT.
Bull Meister (aka President DumbA$$) you are clueless and the little sheeple are noticing.
16
posted on
09/05/2011 1:40:06 PM PDT
by
Chgogal
(WSJ, Krauthammer, Rove et. al., STFU. Thank you.)
To: Jeff Chandler
All the Rs need to do is craft a video with his “newest” proposals interspersed with all the promises he made regarding his “old” proposals and then end with him laughing as he explains that”shovel ready wasn’t quite so ready as we thought!”
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posted on
09/05/2011 1:40:28 PM PDT
by
VikingMom
(I may not know what the future holds but I know who holds the future!)
To: Jean S
2009 - Obama wanted us to "ride in the back seat."
2011 - Now Obama wants us "on board."
2012 - Obama, we're going to take the wheel!
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posted on
09/05/2011 1:42:12 PM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
To: Jean S
"New investments in roads and bridges." Yeah that's innovative. I have lived in NE Ohio for thirty odd years now, and every year we repair, repave or replace "roads and bridges." The orange barrel is our state flower. What ails this pansy-ass that he can't see beyond this grade school answer? At least we can hope he's forgotten about "Super fast trains."
To: Jean S
Will 0bama present a written plan?
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