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Posted on 12/13/2011 1:59:48 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
On Monday evening Texas Governor Rick Perry, a Republican Presidential candidate, spoke with Iowa farmers during a telephone town hall event hosted by the Iowa Soybean Association. In an effort to focus national attention on the critical topic of agricultural policy and trade impacting farmers across America, the ISA board of directors has invited all major Presidential candidates to participate in a telephone town hall meeting.
During his opening remarks Perry said the country is in trouble and he is concerned about the future and that his candidacy is about fighting the fight for the next generation.
"I'm not interested in going to Washington to reshuffle the deck, to nibble around the edges; I'm about really overhauling the place," Perry said. "When I think about what's happened up there, the politicians doing these incredibly risky deals with these Wall Street bankers; I think that is one of the great problems this country has got. I can diagram it on a map and it is a straight line from Washington, D.C. to Wall Street."
Perry was asked about his thoughts on infrastructure and he suggested the need to restructure the Army Corps of Engineers and to change the way things are handled in Washington.
"I think the key is making sure that you have the resources in Washington and that we're not spending money on programs that we don't need, but we're analyzing and putting the dollars into long-term infrastructure," Perry said. "This administration and Congress have really put this country in a heck of a predicament from the standpoint of debt and I've yet to figure out where that money went because it didn't create any jobs and it sure didn't build any transportation infrastructure."
A poll of the audience showed that more than 46% felt burdensome regulations are the number one threat to agriculture. Perry said that the all these new regulations coming out of the Environmental Protection Agency are a concern.
"What I want to do and what I've called for already is to pull every regulation since 2008 and audit them," Perry said. "Have not only the agency audit them but third-party outside groups audit these regulations and do it in a very speedy fashion. And if that regulation kills jobs and costs money more than what the benefit would be then I'll do away with it."
To listen to a portion of the town hall meeting use the audio player on this page. [click on audio bar at box in article [30 minutes]
August 27, 2011: Perry wants a “level playing field” & an end to ethanol mandate (audio)
......"“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.”......
"Another new measure made tightening air quality permits on the oil and gas industry more difficult. That law, which Perry signed in June, requires the Texas environmental agency to analyze the effect of new regulation on the economy - including how it might hurt a company - before implementation. The economic impact could override the environmental benefit of the new regulation. The new law reflects Perry's contention that global warming is a questionable theory and that regulation always creates an adverse business climate." Perry Slashed Environmental Enforcement in Texas
Government picking winners and losers? You mean like farm subsidies? Perry is definitely speaking much better and more like a true conservative. Have you seen those Air Conditioned tractors in the midwest,just wow.
Of all the Republican Candidates, isn’t Perry the only one who has a background in farming? I’m guessing he’s the only one who served as a Secretary of Agriculture in a state.
Listen to his comments in the audio.
He lays it out in black and white.
Cut ALL energy subsidies but on the other side of the scale cut burdensome regulations. Also, the states can give incentives to their citizens’ businesses if they choose and let the states compete against each other — let the market decide. This has always been his position.
He was reelected and served as AG Commissioner until running for TX Lt. Gov in 1998 (Perry was the first Republican Lt. Gov. elected in TX since Reconstruction).
Gov. Rick Perry also is the first TX governor to cut general revenue spending since WWII.
Burning food for fuel is what started this mess.
I wonder how those Iowa farmers are going to feel about ending ethenol subsidies? I think they would end up making more money, but I don’t know what they think about it.
This environmental BS has wrecked havoc on free market capitalism.
I’d like to know too.
I think Stossel did a show awhile back on the tens of thousands of dollars farmers pay out to comply with federal regulations.
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Yes i heard him end energy subsidies, but I wondered if he said no to farm subsidies in Iowa.
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