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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Poor Kid owes $92,000.
Because of strangling regulations, she couldn’t even open a lemonaide stand to try to make money to start paying off that debt.
More of this ‘spend your way out of this’ crap!
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AMOUNT.Except as provided in paragraph
(5)(B)(i), a grant or secured loan provided under this Act shall be in an amount that is not less than $10,000,000 and not greater than $500,000,000.
INVESTMENT
(A) an equitable geographical distribution of funds;
(B) an appropriate balance in addressing the needs of urban and rural areas; and
(C) investment in a variety of transportation modes.
SET-ASIDES FOR CERTAIN COSTS,PROJECTS, AND TRANSFERS
(A) use not more than 25 percent to pay the subsidy and administrative costs of secured loans and loan guarantees for eligible projects
(2) SELECTION CRITERIA.
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(iv)improves the environment, improves energy efficiency, reduces dependence on oil, or reduces greenhouse gas emissions
We would rather just block your communism and vote your sorry, hate filled, racist ass out of office in 2012... so FUbo.
LLS
Murray/Collins/Durbin. It looks like it’s waiting in the wings ready to be rolled out at the appropriate moment after the joint session is browbeat by Barry, and any dissenters are cajoled/sent a message by Barry, Hoffa and the media.
That’s how they roll...over all of us.
“Tell this nihilist marxist punk to go pound sand.”
Also, tell obama to come up with scorable budget. No more trillion dollar dribs and drabs. I would love to see Boehner ask Barry for a “common sense” scorable budget. Use the dims own words and shove it down their throats. Of course Barry won’t do it. Then we need to hammer him for being the unserious vacationer-in-chief that he is.
Infrastructure and the military are two things that tax dollars should support. BUT..reckless spending has put us behind the eight ball. The US does NOT have money to spend! Obama already made his choices and blew through trillions.
And I urge Obama to have a cup of stfu.
Judging how they squandered what we handed them in 2010, I won't be holding my breath.
I’ve witnessed some road and bridge construction in my area - didn’t make a difference - I just don’t get it, the local spending is relatively little with most of the workers from out of town - a few benefit, e.g. local merchants but very little, if any, money is put into the hands of those that need income to survive. Fore sure, no additional jobs were created, locally.
Don't forget the H1N1 media circus pandemic crisis!!
We can start funding projects with the leftover $500 m from Solyndra.
Actually it is Illinois. I see people working on the same roads year after year.. The same roads.
Oh yeah..darn..I knew I was gonna leave out a crisis! LOL!
He’s in Detroit, a city with 50% unemployment & 40+ years of liberal gov’t, advocating more infrastructure spending. What is wrong with this picture?
Hey, vacationer is a good job unless you are the president.
You in Lodi Ca?
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