Posted on 10/26/2011 2:50:00 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
(WASHINGTON) -- Rick Perry’s first ad campaign of the election cycle carries a positive tone, focusing on the Texas governor’s job creation record while promising to produce at least two and a half million jobs.
“As President, I’ll create at least two and a half million new jobs -- and I know something about that,” Perry says in the ad, which will run in Iowa starting Wednesday.
The ad touts Perry’s Texas job creation record and reiterates some of the themes in the energy plan he unveiled two weeks ago, which aims to expand drilling oil and gas fields, eliminate regulations which impede the production of domestic energy and make American energy independent.
The details of the ad, which mixes graphics of energy projects with video of Perry speaking with workers, were first reported by the Daily Caller.
“In Texas, we’ve created over one million new jobs while the rest of the nation lost over two million. I’ll start by opening American oil and gas fields. I’ll eliminate President Obama’s regulations that hurt other sources of domestic energy like coal and natural gas. That will create jobs and reduce our reliance on oil from countries that hate America,” Perry says in the ad.
“Governor Perry’s new TV ad signals two priorities, American job creation and the families of Iowa,” Ray Sullivan, communications director for the Perry campaign said. “The ad, which will be widely seen on Iowa TV and cable stations, underscores Rick Perry’s commitment to sparking millions of new jobs and his record as America’s jobs governor.”
Sources with knowledge of the ad buy said the Perry campaign will pour approximately $175,000 in an ad buy in Iowa between Oct. 25 and Oct. 31 with the bulk of the ads airing in Cedar Rapids, Des Moines and Sioux City.
Perry has released a series of web videos since he announced his run for the presidency, but this ad run marks his first advertisement of his presidential run.
Mark Levin: Mark Levin: Rick Perry has come up with one hell of a proposal -- gives breakdown.
Perry will stay specific while Cain will continue to try to charm.
Mr. Cain’s is simpler than Gov. Perry’s.
Two ideas to the DNC’z ZERO.
6 %
And yes, getting out in front of Obama and the DNC either way.
......"“We don’t need to have government picking winners and losers in this business,” Perry said during a news conference in Des Moines. “Let the folks get out there with the regulations off their back. I have a good idea that the farmers in Iowa can compete with anybody in the world.”.......
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Rick Perry on subsidies in Energy Policy linked below:
Perry: As part of a broader tax reform strategy, I will also ask Congress to eliminate direct subsidies and tax credits that distort the energy marketplace. My plan levels the playing field, ending Obama’s anti-growth policies and opening a competitive marketplace to benefit American citizens.
Perry: We favor an “all of the above” strategy to increase America’s energy security that promotes greater efficiency and conservation while utilizing all our natural resources – conventional and renewable, including on-shore and offshore oil, gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar, biomass and waste to energy. We can and should continue to pursue renewable sources of energy, not through vast federal subsidies that raise energy prices for all Americans, but through free market competition. A responsible energy policy gives states the freedom to properly conserve and protect the environment, even while meeting the needs of citizens and allowing for the expansion of industry. With advances in technology, the idea that expanded energy production is in conflict with a cleaner environment is simply false. Energy production can and must occur hand-in-hand with responsible environmental stewardship.
Perry:Current federal energy policy undermines free market principles. The assortment of cash payments, loan guarantees, and tax preferences has inserted politics and the will of federal bureaucrats into decisions that can and should be handled by private markets. Our federal energy policy will focus on removing market distortions created by federal mandates and incentives. Politicians and bureaucrats remain poor substitutes for the market in developing, allocating, and consuming resources. This complex web of federal energy incentives perfectly characterizes the philosophy of the current administration – that the judgment of the government is superior to the judgment of the private market. The federal government should level the playing field for all energy industries by eliminating subsidies and mandates that punish consumers and skew the energy marketplace. American taxpayers should not be forced to subsidize certain energy companies, buy certain forms of energy, or shoulder the cost of funding billions of dollars in subsidies and loan guarantees for inefficient and uncompetitive green energy programs.
We believe that as a precursor to comprehensive tax reform (moving towards a flatter corporate tax code), we must eliminate as many specific subsidies and tax credits as possible. Under a Perry administration, no new specific tax incentives will be issued for energy development, eliminating government sponsorship for certain types of energy. In order to allow emerging energy sources to reevaluate and reorient their business model towards a more competitive environment, existing specific tax incentives would not be eliminated immediately, but instead would be allowed to expire when they come up for renewal.
Perry:
1. Eliminate subsidies and mandates that punish consumers and skew the energy marketplace, leveling the playing field for all energy industries.
2. Eliminate as many issue-specific subsidies and tax credits as possible.
3. Do not issue new specific tax incentives for energy development.
4. Allow existing specific tax incentives to expire as scheduled.
5. Industry-wide tax incentives for research and development will remain in place under comprehensive tax reform.
Sections: [ Policy Recommendations with each section]
Energizing American Jobs and Security
Our Conservative Philosophy
ENERGIZING AMERICA
The Failed Current Approach
BARACK OBAMA’S INCOHERENT ENERGY POLICY
Our Approach
AN ALL-AMERICAN ENERGY POLICY
American Energy, American Jobs
DEVELOPING AMERICA’S DOMESTIC RESOURCES IN THE GULF
American Energy, American Jobs
PENNSYLVANIA’S MARCELLUS SHALE
Maintaining Reliable and Affordable Energy
POWERING AMERICA’S ENGINES OF COMMERCE
Renewable Energy
THE VIRGINIA CASE STUDY
Maintaining Reliable and Affordable Energy
EPA REFORM
Energizing America: Jobs and Security
A NEW PRESIDENT, A RENEWED AMERICA
The devil's in the details. I promise if I'm elected that everyone will be driving a car that gets 150 MPG.
Yes, there is plenty of oil and gas, yes we probably create lots of jobs, but when to me is the question. It takes trained people to drill and frack a well, lots of them. It takes rigs and refineries, none of which are sitting around waiting.
For example, economist Peter Morici at the University of Maryland, in a recent analysis of the nation's employment crisis, wrote that "shutting down US oil and gas development is costing the US economy millions of jobs."
His view: An emphasis on domestic production could create jobs by dramatically reducing America's trade deficit, thus recycling more consumer dollars in the domestic economy. Promotion of energy production would also spill over into job creation in other industries, Mr. Morici says, as a need for refineries and pipelines boosts demand for construction workers, steel, and heavy machinery.".......
Perry environmental stance would transform EPA ....>>>>>Perry "approaches the issues from a very libertarian bent," said Jim DiPeso , policy director of Republicans for Environmental Protection. "The EPA would be in for some significant budget reduction. There would be no new intiatives, no regulatory programs that would be initated. There'd be litigation from environmental groups that believe he's not enforcing the Clean Air Act and Water Act as robustly as the law provides."
"Any regulatory programs would be really throttled back," he said. "He has shown no interest in climate policy at all. He doesn't accept the science."
With the governor's blessing, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott is challenging at least six EPA greenhouse gas-related regulations. The state's underlying argument: The fundamental finding that greenhouse gases are a public health threat is scientifically flawed.
The federal government is pushing "hastily enacted, cascading regulations" on states and businesses, Abbott argued in a June brief filed on behalf of nine states in federal court.
Perry's approach to energy, DiPeso said, "would be to produce more," rather than discourage the development of energy projects, such as coal plants, that emit greenhouse gases associated with global warming.
"In terms of energy, (Perry) would pursue what many Republicans call the 'all of the above' strategy, with more energy development offshore and onshore," DiPeso said. <<<<<
This is absolutely the first necessary step in restoring our country to prosperity. It is ridiculous we are dependent upon foreign oil when we have plenty right here in the USA.
Picture the gulf coast. Oil producers require housing, grocery stores, retail outlets, roads, restaurants, entertainment and so on.
This is not Perry's only jobs plan, just the jump start.
Imagine building the pipeline in PA and what that could do for industry and all services surrounding that, all paid for by private industry, not government subsidy.
Do you think we're stupid here in Iowa? Also, we have drought staring us in the face with resulting lower yields for corn.
Drill, drill, drill!!!
Precisely — and this linked in Post #11:
“His view: An emphasis on domestic production could create jobs by dramatically reducing America’s trade deficit, thus recycling more consumer dollars in the domestic economy. Promotion of energy production would also spill over into job creation in other industries, Mr. Morici says, as a need for refineries and pipelines boosts demand for construction workers, steel, and heavy machinery.”
Good. Now we get people back to work. If Obama and the RATS get out of the way, America can have a comeback. It is going to take both trained and untrained folks to get us back to work. This is win/win.
Ok illegal hugger were are these wells and where are the new drills and trained men to use them and the insurance companies willing to insure them,. All the trained and experienced ones are busy. You doofus, trying to get in front an industry working petal to the medal for the past three years. What do you do when obummer starts running ads of all the wells drilled and started during his administration.
Perry isn’t putting stimulus dollars into this. He’s freeing up private capital to invest in business.
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