Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Kinder tweet: Here is a better health plan, Mister President
Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder just tweeted that he has an answer for President Obama's challenge to come up with a better health plan. The lieutenant governor says you can find the health plan at this link.
Obama: It is time for Democrats, Republicans to work together
President Obama just addressed the partisan rancor that has divided this country:
So no, I will not give up on trying to change the tone of our politics. I know it's an election year. And after last week, it is clear that campaign fever has come even earlier than usual. But we still need to govern. To Democrats, I would remind you that we still have the largest majority in decades, and the people expect us to solve some problems, not run for the hills. And if the Republican leadership is going to insist that 60 votes in the Senate are required to do any business at all in this town, then the responsibility to govern is now yours as well. Just saying no to everything may be good short-term politics, but it's not leadership. We were sent here to serve our citizens, not our ambitions. So let's show the American people that we can do it together.
Ginsberg stares down the president
After President Obama criticized last week's U. S. Supreme Court decision opening the floodgates to having elections bought by big corporations, it appeared that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg who voted with the minority) was giving him the evil eye.
Of course, she might have been smiling. Sometimes it's hard to tell.
Of course, she might have been smiling. Sometimes it's hard to tell.
Obama" If you have a health plan that will work, let me know
President Obama said, "Do not walk away with reform. Not now. Not when we're so close."
"Let's get it done," the president said.
So far, the president's education and business plans seem to have gone over well, but I was not impressed with all of the so-called "green" job plans the president said, and obviously, the Republicans in the audience were not either.
They were sitting on their hands. (Will it really be sanitary to shake hands with them after the president has finished this speech.)
Obama just referred to the the mess he inherited, which was perhaps not something he needed to mention. This nation is polarized enough as it is.
"Let's get it done," the president said.
So far, the president's education and business plans seem to have gone over well, but I was not impressed with all of the so-called "green" job plans the president said, and obviously, the Republicans in the audience were not either.
They were sitting on their hands. (Will it really be sanitary to shake hands with them after the president has finished this speech.)
Obama just referred to the the mess he inherited, which was perhaps not something he needed to mention. This nation is polarized enough as it is.
Obama: We will work to expend educational reforms
Obama just asked for a bill to "revitalize our community colleges."
-Give families a $10,000 credit for four years of college and increase Pell Grants.
-No one should go broke because they chose to go to college.
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Unless the speech veers back to education, it appears I was wrong about Obama's emphasis on education. I am okay with that, since I was able to get a good rant out of it.
-Give families a $10,000 credit for four years of college and increase Pell Grants.
-No one should go broke because they chose to go to college.
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Unless the speech veers back to education, it appears I was wrong about Obama's emphasis on education. I am okay with that, since I was able to get a good rant out of it.
Obama" I do not accept second place for the United States of America
Obama is hitting all of the right sound bites so far. I am expecting the president to soon announce a big push toward reforming education in America.
If he would listen to his own speech, he would realize what needs to be done.
The so-called crisis in education has come as a result of providing tax breaks to businesses to send jobs overseas, then we begin talking about how American workers are not educationally equipped to adjust to the changes in the workplace that were caused by policies that favored stockholders over the general public.
This emphasis on get-rich-quick has also seen many of the best and brightest, who might have become scientists or mathematicians in the past, become financiers so they can make a big killing and retire early.
Those people are the ones who are reaping the large bonuses from the same kind of machinations that have left this country in the financial condition in which it is in today.
We will hear tonight, I would guess, about how far America is trailing other countries in math and reading.
That lie has been propagated for years, so many times that even reasonable people have begun believing it. We are behind other countries, because the United States of America is the only country that makes a serious attempt to educate every child, no matter what the child's background, no matter if the child has a mental, physical, or emotional handicap. All of our children are competing against countries who steer most of their children away from the schools and into the workforce from an early age.
Obama is beginning the educational part of his speech now.
If he would listen to his own speech, he would realize what needs to be done.
The so-called crisis in education has come as a result of providing tax breaks to businesses to send jobs overseas, then we begin talking about how American workers are not educationally equipped to adjust to the changes in the workplace that were caused by policies that favored stockholders over the general public.
This emphasis on get-rich-quick has also seen many of the best and brightest, who might have become scientists or mathematicians in the past, become financiers so they can make a big killing and retire early.
Those people are the ones who are reaping the large bonuses from the same kind of machinations that have left this country in the financial condition in which it is in today.
We will hear tonight, I would guess, about how far America is trailing other countries in math and reading.
That lie has been propagated for years, so many times that even reasonable people have begun believing it. We are behind other countries, because the United States of America is the only country that makes a serious attempt to educate every child, no matter what the child's background, no matter if the child has a mental, physical, or emotional handicap. All of our children are competing against countries who steer most of their children away from the schools and into the workforce from an early age.
Obama is beginning the educational part of his speech now.
Jobs must be our number one focus in 2010
President Obama just said he is calling for a new tax bill.
"Jobs must be our number one focus in 2010."
-$30 billion of money Wall Street banks have repaid to community banks to loan to small businesses to help them stay afloat.
-Small business tax credit to businesses who hire new workers or raise wages
-Eliminate all capital gains taxes on all small business investment
-Put Americans to work today building the infrastructure of tomorrow.
-Slash the tax breaks for companies who ship jobs overseas and give tax breaks to those who hire and keep jobs in America.
"Jobs must be our number one focus in 2010."
-$30 billion of money Wall Street banks have repaid to community banks to loan to small businesses to help them stay afloat.
-Small business tax credit to businesses who hire new workers or raise wages
-Eliminate all capital gains taxes on all small business investment
-Put Americans to work today building the infrastructure of tomorrow.
-Slash the tax breaks for companies who ship jobs overseas and give tax breaks to those who hire and keep jobs in America.
Obama begins with focus on economy
"We all hated the bank bailout. I hated it. You hated it. It was about as popular as a root canal." Obams says the bailout wasn't popular, but it was necessary to save jobs and prevent a worse economic meltdown.
"The markets are stabilized and we have recovered most of the money we spent on the banks."
"If these firms can afford to hand out big bonuses again they can afford a modest fee to pay back the taxpayers who rescued them in their time of need."
"The markets are stabilized and we have recovered most of the money we spent on the banks."
"If these firms can afford to hand out big bonuses again they can afford a modest fee to pay back the taxpayers who rescued them in their time of need."
Obama: We face big and difficult challenges
President Obama says we must overcome the "numbering weight of our politics."
The president's speech tonight should let us know if there is any chance of overcoming that numbing weight.
The president's speech tonight should let us know if there is any chance of overcoming that numbing weight.
Early excerpt of speech- commitment of health care, but no specifics
The following early excerpt from the State of the Union was released.
By the time I'm finished speaking tonight, more Americans will have lost their health insurance. Millions will lose it this year. Our deficit will grow. Premiums will go up. Co-pays will go up. Patients will be denied the care they need. Small business owners will continue to drop coverage altogether. I will not walk away from these Americans. And neither should the people in this chamber.
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