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Obama Bypasses Congress In Move To Bolster Rural Economies
RTT News ^ | February 21,2012

Posted on 02/21/2012 2:45:58 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

2/21/2012 1:37 PM ET (RTTNews) - The Obama Administration on Tuesday rolled out a three-part plan to spur rural economies, using methods meant to bypass legislative action - part of an effort to push economic stimulus without sparking another face-off with Congress.

Under the initiative, the government would prioritize the purchase of bio-based products, promote rural job growth and develop a rural health care workforce. This will be accomplished through executive orders which do not require congressional approval.

Specifically, Tuesday's initiatives direct the federal government to accelerate its bio-based purchasing process over the next two years, and to focus on products such as paints, solvents, soaps, detergents and lubricants. The number of products that are designated as bio-based would also expand by 50 percent.

Meanwhile, jobs in rural areas will be promoted by a nation-wide program valued at $15 million, with efforts coordinated among several federal agencies. The program streamlines the process for obtaining technical assistance and grant or loan programs.

The health care initiative would increase and better coordinate resources for technical and community colleges, which will aim to train and equip civilians in rural areas as health care information technicians at local hospitals.

(Excerpt) Read more at rttnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: election2012; obamanomics; porkulus; socialism
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1 posted on 02/21/2012 2:46:06 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Must be nice to be king, eh?


2 posted on 02/21/2012 2:48:25 PM PST by pgkdan (Rick Santorum 2012. Conservative's last, best chance!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Bio-Based equals the next Solyndra scam. We pay to front their companies, they give contributions to the Marxist-in-Chief, they go bankrupt.


3 posted on 02/21/2012 2:49:25 PM PST by crusty old prospector
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

"Checks and Balances? We don't need no stinking checks and balances!"

4 posted on 02/21/2012 2:51:04 PM PST by DemforBush (Six o'clock in *Berlin*. They were having lunch in Cleveland.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
develop a rural health care workforce

These brown shirts will have white coats

5 posted on 02/21/2012 2:51:17 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

He needs to stay the hell away from this rural country.


6 posted on 02/21/2012 2:51:32 PM PST by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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How About That! FR Is 2.2K Away From Raising Half The Server Funds!


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7 posted on 02/21/2012 2:51:56 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It’s not ‘stimulus’! Haven’t we established that now, after three years of this nonsense?


8 posted on 02/21/2012 2:52:58 PM PST by Paine in the Neck (Where's he getting these ideas? He's not smart enough to be that stupid all by himself.)
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To: pgkdan

King of kickbacks!


9 posted on 02/21/2012 2:53:32 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Why do I think bolster here means something like what the new guy in a prison must experience?

ML/NJ

10 posted on 02/21/2012 2:53:50 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Why do we need a Congress? There are useless the way I see it! The country runs without a budget being passed. obamma makes all the laws. In fact, do away with the judiciary. Let obamma determine what is right and wrong.
11 posted on 02/21/2012 2:58:12 PM PST by rawhide
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

1. Liquidate the kulaks.
2. Collective agriculture.
3. ???
4. SOCIALISM!


12 posted on 02/21/2012 2:58:12 PM PST by Slings and Arrows (You can't have Ingsoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It amazes me how many Americans do not realize that we have a communists King running America.


13 posted on 02/21/2012 2:58:31 PM PST by Logical me
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To: Paine in the Neck

I’m no longer even convinced this is to stimulate votes, at least not directly. Flyover country is very cool towards Obama. This is just another way of steering tax monies into Obama’s campaign war chest, where he will then go and spend on propaganda in places where he expects to have a chance of getting votes (i.e. inner cities).


14 posted on 02/21/2012 3:01:33 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Where is the money coming from for this? That source needs to be removed as it is obviously not constitutional.


15 posted on 02/21/2012 3:03:57 PM PST by Ingtar ("But it is hard to maintain an aura of invincibility after you have been vinced..." Sowell)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

When will it become clear to America that this arrogant prick has no clue how to govern in a collaborative fashion? Will they not understand he is at heart a fascist?


16 posted on 02/21/2012 3:11:22 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
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17 posted on 02/21/2012 3:11:45 PM PST by Irenic
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

How long before Obama starts mimicking Larry the Cable Guy? As this indicates, the new motto of the Obamanation seems to be “git er done”.


18 posted on 02/21/2012 3:13:32 PM PST by bigbob
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Blink and you will miss it.


19 posted on 02/21/2012 3:13:45 PM PST by Domangart
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To: Ingtar
Where is the money coming from for this?

From us taxpayers of course.
It's taken from us, then a small portion is given to us with a huge stack of new regulations that's going to cost us even more.
0bama is saving rural America from itself.
We don't need it, we don't want it, but we're supposed to be thankful for it.
Anything bio- is good when the fed dictates it but truly natural things, like manure, is a bio-hazard.

20 posted on 02/21/2012 3:15:48 PM PST by BitWielder1 (Corporate Profits are better than Government Waste)
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