Posted on 09/08/2011 8:00:19 PM PDT by kristinn
Full text of Michele Bachmann’s remarks, as provided by her office, in response to President Obama’s speech tonight:
Unfortunately, it seems, every time the President speaks, his policies have cost the American people jobs and future prosperity.
Tonight the President under the veil of one of the most sacred deliberative forums, a joint session of Congress, delivered another political speech where he doubled down on more of the same policies that are killing the economy.
Mr. President, what among your proposals was new? What here hasn’t already been tried and failed before?
While the President’s speech comes on the heels of a trillion dollars of failed stimulus, bailouts, and temporary gimmicks aimed at creating jobs, the President continued to cling to the idea that government is the solution to creating jobs.
My conservative colleagues and I have been fighting over the last two and half years for pro growth policies.
I stand here tonight to say to the President, not only should Congress not pass your plan, I say, “stop; your last plan hasn’t worked, it’s hurting the American economy.” Instead of temporary fixes, do what has proved to work in the past, permanent pro growth policies that are driven by the free market.”
Today, unemployment is 9.1 percent. Job creation has literally been zeroed out with the worst jobs report in 66 years this last month. Since the President’s failed trillion dollar stimulus we have lost over 2.5 million jobs while adding 416,000 government jobs. One in six Americans is now on food stamps, and the average time unemployed Americans are out of work is greater than 40 weeks. Housing values have fallen 19% from 2008 to the first quarter of this year. GDP growth was an anemic .4% in the first quarter and at 1% in the last and the dollar has lost 12 percent of its value.
These are not good times for the American people. Our patience for speeches, gimmicks and excuses has run out.
The only remedies the President knows are temporary, government directed fixes. And even if the President’s plan passes, we already know it will fail. In practice, we haven’t paid for his last trillion dollar jobs program and now his latest plan would have us embrace potentially over $400 billion in new government spending!
Spending taxpayer dollars on extending unemployment benefits has proved to add only 25 cents to GDP for every dollar we spend. Even the President’s new economic advisor agrees that extending unemployment benefits discourages future employment. Spending taxpayer dollars on extending the payroll tax holiday will reduce over 111 billion dollars to the Social Security trust fund this year and continuation of this policy will put social security checks to seniors at even greater risk. Spending taxpayer dollars on more infrastructure projects failed to create lasting jobs in the last stimulus.
And, looming on the horizon is the full scale implementation of Obamacare that, according the Congressional Budget Office, will kill 800,000 jobs and steal over 500 billion from Medicare.
Candidate Obama promised to wipe out deficits and the debt. Instead the President has increased the debt by over 6 trillion dollars, and what do we have to show for it? Permanent increases in the size of government, spending and debt, with a greater dependency on government.
Four years ago President Bush’s deficit was around 160 billion dollars; today, President Obama’s is nearly ten times that amount.
The President and Vice-President’s plan to spend us to prosperity has failed. And worse, they have stolen from a generation of Americans yet unborn, the consequences of which mean a near certainty of reduced choices and a dramatically downsized lifestyle for future generations from what we enjoy today.
Generational theft is a moral and ethical issue, and I care deeply about both the present generation and generations to come.
The President is politically paralyzed and philosophically incapable of doing what needs to be done.
I do agree, the President should take immediate action. But it is the nine following steps that will put us on a path to economic growth and put Americans back to work;
1) Repatriate American business dollars earned from overseas,
2) Massively cut spending and the size of government,
3) Repeal Obamacare, which is the government takeover of America’s healthcare system,
4) Cut taxes, including corporate taxes,
5) Repeal Dodd-Frank,
6) Repeal job killing regulations,
7) Increase exports by finalizing free trade agreements,
8) Spur new investment in America, inspire innovation,
9) Provide job creating energy solutions, including decreased regulations on developing new energy supplies from our abundant domestic energy resources.
The way forward needs to be based on permanent solutions grounded in the private sector. That is how we will once again restore economic prosperity to our country.
God Bless the United States of America.
She sounds good. She’d make a fine VP for President Perry.
Michelle certainly understands the math.
I like her list....
Just words. Just speeches.
24. 7. 365.
Is this written by her or a statement by her staff? Im sorry she just isnt doing it for me. Waiting for a post actually....
Whoah. I thoroughly enjoyed reading her response. She sounds good but she “doesn’t cut through the mix” to use musician terms. In debates she drones on and doesn’t compell people to listen to her great words. She has a nice evenness in her delivery but it’s flat or something. Other than that I really like her. I just don’t see her candidacy going anywhere which is a shame.
“Michelle certainly understands the math.”
She seems to understand how things work, too, even more than some with executive experience:
“At yesterday’s debate
> at the Reagan Library, Governors Perry and Romney spoke of using
> executive orders as a quick fix to Obamacare, which is simply not
> legal. Obamacare is federal law and cannot be overturned by
> issuing an executive order. We need to stop looking for
> temporary fixes and start working towards permanent solutions,
> and as President, I am ready to get to work, starting with
> repealing Obamacare - plainly and simply.”
I forgot to say my last post was part of my email from Bachmann.
my thoughts exactly! I thought it only made her look more foolish (if that was possible) to insist on a official response after the others decided not to.
Looks and sounds desperate. Personally I think she would be a drag on a ticket.
I was flipping the dials, what if any networks carried her response?
“Is this written by her or a statement by her staff?”
Listen to her on the talk shows, and debates. She’s quick on her feet.
God Bless her and protect her (please). She is a good one, too. Definitely the REAL DEAL and TOP TIER in my book for 2012, along with Herman Cain.
Michele Bachmann Responds To President Obama's Joint Session Of Congress Address ( video 9/8/11 )
Very good, excellent, concrete proposals.
Run with it, Pubs!
Impressive.
I read and post on FR, of course I listen to her on talk shows. Shes fine on them, but she is NOT the one. I just dont feel it in my gut. I want to like her but ..... sorry.
I read and post on FR, of course I listen to her on talk shows. Shes fine on them, but she is NOT the one. I just dont feel it in my gut. I want to like her but ..... sorry.
Great, another Rino from Texas. That’s just what America needs.
Great, another Rino from Texas. That’s just what America needs.
I prefer Cain’s response..
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