You really can't make this stuff up. On Friday, the very day President Hopey-Changey got slammed by the latest monthly jobs report, he gave a campaign speech in which he pledged to give every American household $3,000 to spend on a "thingamajig."
And the idiots in the audience laughed instead of being utterly horrified at just how obviously out of ideas their president and his advisers are as to how to fix the economy. I have a better idea, why doesn't the government just stop collecting taxes altogether? After all, the Treasury can now borrow all the money we need at about 1.5% interest, and that would be sure to send consumer spending through the roof.
What Obama is doing, of course, is pandering to the worst impulses of Spoiled Rotten Nation. I didn't actually see this video until after I wrote this morning's post about how Obama is now in deep trouble with the election only five months away. Seeing how desperate he sounds here convinces me that he knows it, too.
The $3000 being dropped from helicopters, no doubt.
ReplyDeleteBuying a "thingamajig" for the furnace doesn't sound at all spoiled rotten to me. You made it sound like Obama was suggesting blowing 3 grand on toys - which isn't what he was suggesting at all in that clip...
ReplyDeleteI guess I should have clarified...my point was that the "thingamajig" comment was incredibly inarticulate for him and seemed to indicate how ad hoc the whole proposal is.
DeleteI think this clip has been taken out of context (I can't find the whole thing); Obama's point is that regular folks having money to spend is what makes our economy work (huh - seems he said that before the last election too). I can't tell from this clip that he said anything about people being "given" money. He's in Liberal-Talking-points mode - I'm not buying it this time.
ReplyDeleteFull reference at the link below. He was referring to his DOA proposed $447 billion American Jobs Act, which supposedly put $3,000 into the pockets of every household.
Deletehttp://www.channel4.com/news/president-obama-3-000-a-year-for-thingamajig
here's the full monty:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R41PcOEuhio&feature=related
relevant part start at 9:25 - where Obama wants Congress to help homeowners save an average of 3 grand a year through refinancing their mortgages (historic low rates!); that's not handing out money...
Thanks...there seems to be a lot of confusion owing to the fact that the short version is so truncated.
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