Perry: Nation That Feeds the World Has People Depend on Government for Food

Hard to believe that any thinking person could possible say food stamps create jobs and along comes the former Iowa governor and current Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's saying that food stamps were helping to bolster the economy by getting buying power into people's hands. First time I heard what Vilsack had to say I went 'no way' but I was wrong:

Last week, Press Secretary Jay Carney mad the bold — and odd — claim that unemployment checks create jobs (see the comment and how one blogger proves it wrong here). Well, it seems the government-welfare-programs-create-jobs mantra is becoming a popular mantra, as now Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack went on MSNBC Tuesday morning to make the case that food stamps are job creators.

Yes, Vilsack actually calls the food stamp program an “economic stimulus:”

If that sounds familiar, it’s because Vilsack used some of the exact same language Carney used last week. Are you sensing a new talking point?

Now we know that food stamps and unemployment creating jobs and growing the economy is likely to be an Obama campaign talking point.  Cannot wait for Obama to try and use that against Rick Perry who was in Iowa at a picnic this weekend.   

Perry: Nation That Feeds the World Has People Depend on Government for Food 

Published August 28, 2011
| Associated Press 

Texas Gov. Rick Perry warned during an appearance in Iowa that President Obama has driven the nation's economy into a ditch, arguing that his own record as governor qualifies him to lead the way out. 

"Instead of eliminating our economic crisis, he worsened it," said Perry. "Instead of addressing the debt, he exploded it." 

Perry told nearly 400 activists that he's created 1 million jobs while governor of Texas, all during a stretch where the nation was losing 2.5 million jobs. Perry said he'll take his record of cutting taxes and regulation to Washington and he said the Texas rebound proves that those efforts work. 

Perry was joined at a county GOP picnic by fellow candidates, Reps. Ron Paul of Texas and Thaddeus McCotter of Michigan, but Perry was getting the bulk of the attention. 

Perry singled out recent comments by former Iowa governor and current Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack's that food stamps were helping to bolster the economy by getting buying power into people's hands. 

"Food stamps are not a solution, they are a symbol of the problem," said Perry. "Today's leaders see it differently." 

Perry sought to drive the problem home, noting that Iowa has suffered as well under the Obama administration. 

"Today, one in eight Iowans is on food stamps," said Perry. "That is a testament to the widespread misery created by this administration." 

Perry has moved near the top of most polls only a couple of weeks after announcing his decision to run for the Republican nomination. He was making his second visit to Iowa, where precinct caucuses traditionally launch the nominating season, and he has made it clear he will compete for those caucuses . He's begun building the organizational structure essential to delivering backers to those caucuses. 

With his solid standing in the polls, he ignored all of his rivals and focused on Obama and Washington. 

"It's a statement that the state that feeds the world has so many people dependent on the government for food," said Perry. 

"You have lost 12,000 jobs since the current resident of the White House took office," said Perry. He said that is precisely the opposite of his own record in office. 

"Since I've become governor, Texas has created more than 1 million jobs, while the rest of the country has lost 2.5 million jobs," said Perry. 

His twin themes: making life easier for business, and making life tougher for government. 

"We've got to stop spending money we don't have," said Perry. "I promise you this, I will work every day to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential to you as I can." 

While there haven't been any recent polls in Iowa, most activists here put Perry in the first tier of Republican candidates. 

Kevin McLaughlin, one of the organizers of Saturday's event said Perry's rapid rise comes because he's a governor of a big state, but also because he offers a message that resonates with the Republican base. 

"He's the governor of a state that doesn't have an income tax and he's riding the wave," said McLaughlin.

Excerpt:  Read more at Fox News 

The Republican No Cost Jobs Plan

Republicans for the last year have been advocating plans like this below to help the economy, but Speaker Pelosi refuses to have the GOP bills heard in committee so the their ideas continue to be ignored. What is even worse is that Pelosi takes great pleasure in criticizing the Republicans for lack of ideas to anyone who will listen including the media when she is the one stifling any Republican ideas and bills.

One thing has happened over the last year that Pelosi cannot control is the American people are waking up to the mistake they made in electing Barack Obama and giving the Democrats complete control of Congress. If anyone wants any proof of that, they need look no further than Massachusetts where Scott Brown, a fiscal conservative Republican, took back the people's Senate seat that was held for years by Ted Kennedy.

Republican Minority Whip Eric Cantor has put forth this "No Cost Jobs Plans" which makes Common Sense. Now it is up to Pelosi's to see if she allows this Plan to be heard in Committee.

The Republican No Cost Jobs Plan
Tear Down Self-Imposed Obstacles to Economic Growth:

The threat of increased taxes, new government regulation, and costly government mandates – all of which are currently pending before Congress and various regulatory bodies – are a significant threat to any employer who is trying to decide whether they can afford to expand. As the CEO of a steelmaker recently told the Wall Street Journal “Companies large and small are saying, ‘I am not going to do anything until these things – health care, climate legislation – go away or are resolved.’”

Therefore Congress and the Administration should:

Halt Any Proposed Rule or Regulation Expected to Have an Economic Cost, Result in Job Loss, or Have a Disparate Impact on Small Businesses:
Since taking office, the Administration has had under consideration over 100 regulations that are deemed economically significant, meaning they have an impact on the economy in excess of $100 million. Many of these rules will directly impact small businesses.

The President should issue an immediate Executive Order halting any proposed regulations expected to impose any net costs on the economy in either the near or long-term or that negatively impact small businesses or result in a net loss of jobs. Such rules should be rewritten to fully mitigate any negative economic impact.

Eliminate Job Killing Federal Tax Increases:

While there is a philosophical difference between the two parties when it comes to taxes, we believe we should find common ground on the premise that the government should at a minimum never raise taxes during periods of high unemployment.
While Republicans will continue to fight both new initiatives that are premised on tax increases and automatic tax increases that are imbedded in current law, we urge a bipartisan commitment to blocking such tax increases at least until unemployment is below 5% again.

Source:
Cong Eric Cantor

WH defends Reid move to scuttle bipartisan bill

We have no idea what is in the water at the White House but whatever it is, Gibbs is obviously drinking the koolaid with the following remark:

Despite what unfolded this week, Mr. Gibbs said Republicans can still trust Mr. Obama when it comes to bipartisanship.

"Of course Republicans can trust the president. They were in a room not far from where we're sitting discussing many of the elements that will be voted on at the end of February on a jobs bill," he said, referring to a discussion of the economy that took place Tuesday at the White House with bipartisan congressional leaders.

That was before Obama threw the GOP under the bus in favor of Reid. Why would any Republican trust what Obama has to say when a few days later he changes directions? Getting more obvious that Gibbs will say anything to protect Obama even when it is a 180 from a few days ago.

Bipartisan with this Administration is way overrated as you cannot trust them even a little to keep their word. Kind of like the Bill Clinton years!

WH defends Reid move to scuttle bipartisan bill
By Kara Rowland
Feb 12, 2010

The White House on Friday defended Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's move to scuttle a bipartisan jobs bill and replace it with a Democratic-written measure, arguing that Mr. Reid's bill will end up drawing Republican support.

The Nevada Democrat's decision to scrap bipartisan legislation -- after it had drawn praise from the White House on Thursday -- along with his blocking of amendments to his bill have sparked criticism from Republicans as well as moderate Democrats. Asked if President Obama approves of Mr. Reid's actions, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs would not address the chain of events on Capitol Hill but said the Reid bill contains ideas that should appeal to members of the GOP.

"I think that the legislation that Senator Reid will move when the Senate comes back into town will garner bipartisan support," Mr. Gibbs told reporters, citing as an example a tax credit for firms that hire unemployed workers. "I don't think there will just be one vehicle that moves and I don't think there is only one chance at getting bipartisanship."

Democrats have been scrambling to show they are taking action to chip away at the nation's high unemployment rate, which is currently at 9.7 percent. The House in December passed a $154 billion package aimed at spurring job growth, but the Senate has yet to act.

Mr. Reid's bill would forgive Social Security payroll taxes for new hires who had been unemployed at least 60 days, fund highway and infrastructure projects and extend tax benefits to small businesses. The package drafted by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, Montana Democrat, and Iowa Sen. Charles E. Grassley, the panel's senior Republican, contained the same provisions as the Reid bill plus an extension of tax breaks for energy efficiency, research and development and other initiatives. It also included the so-called "doc fix" to temporarily increase Medicare reimbursement rates, extended unemployment benefits and provided relief to pension plans that suffered significant losses in 2008.

The term "bipartisanship" has been on the tongue of just about every politician in Washington in the wake of Republican Scott Brown's victory in the Massachusetts special Senate election last month, which undermined the Democrats' filibuster-proof majority in the Senate. Though a series of bipartisan meetings have taken place since then, legislative collaboration between the two parties has been elusive.

After the Baucus-Grassley deal was announced, the White House put out a statement saying Mr. Obama was "gratified to see the Senate moving forward in a bipartisan manner." But Mr. Reid slapped the effort down hours later, arguing that the bill had too many provisions unrelated to creating jobs.

Excerpt: Read More at Washington Times

Obama: Job creation not goal of Dec. 3 jobs forum

This is one of those articles that you have to read twice and then ask yourself why the President's use of the vocabulary is so different from most Americans.

Companies have been laying off because they don't have the resources to continue paying people so how is this 'jobs forum' going to help. If a business is not making a profit and they have huge taxes looming ahead from this Obama Administration, why would they want to hire more people.

With all the pre-Christmas sales around, doubt if this is going to be a huge Christmas buying spree. Never have seen such discounts as we are witnessing this far before Christmas.

Obama: Job creation not goal of Dec. 3 jobs forum Charleston (WV) Daily Mail
18 Nov 2009
Associated Press

BEIJING (AP) - President Barack Obama says creating jobs isn't the goal of a coming White House forum on jobs and economic growth.

The president told NBC News on Wednesday that the purpose of the Dec. 3 summit is to figure out how to encourage hiring by businesses still reluctant to do so.
The U.S. unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent last month, the highest in decades. Before departing on his trip through Asia, Obama said the high jobless rate is one of the biggest challenges for an economy that has begun to show signs of recovery.
Obama told NBC that the forum will give him and other administration officials a chance to talk to CEOs, small-business owners and other experts to find out what's going on.

Source: Dailymail.com

'Fierce urgency' for jobs, not health care

When you have the #2 person in the House, Rep Hoyer (D-MD) that doesn't seem to know the difference between a mandate and promote and Sen Leahy who says that no one has the right to question Congress, you have a prescription for not listening to the American people on Obamacare. The stimulus package didn't create enough jobs to even mention the fact for all the money wasted and now the Administration is saying unemployment will remain above 10% for 2010 but we have to pass healthcare right away that will put more people out of work. Must have to be a Democrat to understand that scenario.

Then we have the chicken littles, Reid and Pelosi, running around saying they have enough votes to pass a public option, but they won't take a vote. Our sense is that both are lying. Take Reid's math -- he lost by 14 votes with Dems joining all the Republicans, today he says he has now picked up two votes while one of the Dems that voted with the Dems is now saying no to a public option but Reid has near 60 votes? Make sense to you -- it doesn't to us. Maybe this is Dem math at work. All we know is if either House had the votes, this would have been passed yesterday.

Today we also find out from Bryon York that Obama is using the words of Martin Luther King on the urgency of passing something. Does that man have an original thought in his head or is his so-called intelligence factor that he 'borrows' phrases from others to use as his own?

'Fierce urgency' for jobs, not health care
By: Byron York Chief Political Correspondent
October 23, 2009

How many times have you heard Barack Obama talk about "the fierce urgency of now"? The president has used the quote, from Martin Luther King Jr., to call for quick action on the war in Iraq, on global warming, on homelessness, on education -- you name it.

Now, Obama and his fellow Democrats are trying to convince the nation of the fiercely urgent need to enact national health care reform this very instant.
"We have been waiting for health reform since the days of Teddy Roosevelt," Obama told the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation in September. "We cannot wait any longer. ... There comes a time to remember the fierce urgency of right now."

But the American people simply do not share Obama's sense of urgency about health care reform. In a new poll, the Gallup organization asked the following question: "If Congress is going to reform the health care system, should Congress deal with health care reform on a gradual basis over several years, or should Congress try to pass a comprehensive health care reform plan this year?" Just 38 percent of those surveyed want reform now, versus a clear majority -- 58 percent -- who want reform on a gradual basis.

When you break Gallup's results down by political party, you see that Democrats are the only ones feeling any urgency at all. Fifty-nine percent of Democrats want reform now, but 77 percent of Republicans, and 63 percent of independents, want gradual reform. When it comes to health care reform, there is no fierce urgency of now.

The plain fact is, the public's top priority lies elsewhere. "The only issue that people have a sense of fierce urgency about right now is the economy and jobs," says Republican pollster David Winston. "The president is in an uphill battle to try to move the discussion to other topics."

Excerpt: Read more at Washington Examiner

Lou Dobbs : Where are the jobs, Mr. President?

Hot Air
August 20, 2009
ED MORRISSEY

Notice that this segment from Lou Dobbs came last night, before today’s announcement that unemployment increased yet again last week. Dobbs has been the most skeptical CNN host of Hope and ChangeTM, but even with that in mind, this segment uses almost 5 minutes to hammer the White House on its broken promises on jobs and unemployment. That’s a pretty extraordinary scolding for CNN, and it suggests that the media may have reached its limit on ignoring the obvious:

(Excerpt) Read more at hotair.com .

WHERE ARE THE JOBS?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aTCGgYZZzA

WHERE ARE THE JOBS? That is an excellent question but pretty hard to answer by this President who used the words HOPE AND CHANGE and convinced over half the voters to vote for him because of a slogan when he had no experience in governing or holding a real job but plenty of experience voting PRESENT. Seems he is still voting PRESENT with words not action. One thing he does well is spend taxpayer dollars on his pet projects and CZARS.

Ask your Democrat Senator/Congressman during the August recess what happened to all the jobs that Obama promised and see what they have to say. Probably more of the AH, AH, AH from the Democrats when they don't have an answer.