Posted on 09/09/2011 5:37:39 PM PDT by Hunton Peck
Wow, Yahoo really spins that letter...
“House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement after President Obama’s address to a joint session of Congress:
“American families and small businesses are hurting, and they are looking for the White House and Congress to seek common ground and work together to help get our economy back on track. Republicans have laid out a blueprint for economic growth and job creation – our Plan for America’s Job Creators – that focuses on one thing: removing government barriers to private-sector job growth.
“The proposals the President outlined tonight merit consideration. We hope he gives serious consideration to our ideas as well. It’s my hope that we can work together to end the uncertainty facing families and small businesses, and create a better environment for long-term economic growth and private-sector job creation.”
Look, you are right, substantively. This $400b is about throwing money around, you are right that it doesnt create any wealth. Not a bit. It actually destroys wealth by taking from the productive to give to the less-productive or non-productive.
BUT OBAMA DOESNT CARE IF IT WORKS. IT WONT. HE NEEDS A CAMPAIGN ISSUE. ... politically to say “NO” flat out is exactly what Obama wants. Obama is DESPERATE to have a campaign for 2012, and he cant run on his accomplishments. He FAILED. So his only hope is to somehow manage to blame the Republicans for his sorry jobs record.
Proposing Stimulus II, the same failed idea yet again, is baiting the GOP.
If Republicans say “NO” they will hand Obama a campaign mallet. Boehner has been very smart to not offer a ‘rebuttal’ and to say he will ‘consider it’. But I hope he is also smart enough not to roll over on this bad bill.
Smart Republicans WILL pass a bill out of the House. It will be a jobs bill. NOW, the trick is what’s in it:
ITEM #1 FOR JOB CREATION NEEDS TO BE REPEAL OF OBAMACARE.
It also need to have drilling, open up trade, lower corporate tax rates, NO HIGHER TAXES, NO MORE DEFICIT SPENDING (every spending must be spending-offset).
Responding with a better plan of their own is the best way to go.
After I come back from vacation../s
This is all about campaign 2012 and everyone knows it. Obama has some payroll tax cut extensions, some additional payroll tax cuts, and some small business tax cuts - all are temporary measures that will will only marginally help the economy (if at all), and yet we should pass every one of them.
Doing this reinforces that Republicans are for tax cuts, and makes us appear eminently reasonable by going along with some of what Hussein proposed. These particular tax cuts won't help the economy much, but that goes right back to Obama because he is the one that proposed them in the first place.
I do not agree that tax cuts have to be "paid for". That is the very static argument that the left always make. Additionally, if nothing else, these tax cuts do help starve the beast just a little bit more.
What we absolutely can not agree to is any of Hussein's union/state bailouts, his union infrastructure spending, etc, etc.
Ideally, we'd oppose the extension of UI benefits, but the political pressure to agree to this one will be so strong we will probably have to go along with it. It actually hurts the economy as people just stay unemployed longer rather than take a job they'd rather not have - but political realities are what they are.
Republicans have already voted for that particular tax cut. Remember, we aren't proposing it, we are simply going along with some of the less awful ideas Hussein is proposing. The payroll tax cut is quite a bit of money for average income people, opposing extending it or cutting it further would be suicidal and not a hill we want to die on.
Go along with the tax cuts, oppose the additional spending. Simple enough. We reinforce the idea Republicans are for tax cuts and support the only parts of Obama's bill that most Americans will actually get any benefit from. This also makes us appear reasonable and consistent.
I concur. Plus, politically, it will keep the official unemployment number higher, rather than letting people fall off the rolls, which does nothing to help the Prez's reelection bid.
What they really meant to say, is we will review the proposed bill when it arrives and put it up for a vote on the floor without change.
Very good point, I completely agree.
And excellent move. The House says “you asked for speedy action, so hand us your bill and we’ll start.”
Meanwhile, he has no bill, and he’s running around the country campaigning. Hopefully, at every stop now, he’ll be asked “Why are you out here when the house is ready for your bill? Why aren’t you submitting it?
Why not reject the SS taxcut and cut the income tax? The retirees do not benefit from the SS cut
This one?...
Nope.
Well how about this one?...
Nope.
(Repeat as necessary)
Obamacare is the biggest problem we face. Will be hard to sell its repeal as a remedial measure since it hasn't really even kicked in yet. You could try for it - it MUST be repealed but won't be with Obama as POTUS. That's his baby - his dream - he'd never let that go.
CUTTING TAXES AND SPENDING will be the answer right now. Don't know how they'll couch it to make it happen.
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