Leader Cantor On CNN Responding To President Obama’s State of the Union Address
Uploaded by EricCantor on Jan 25, 2012
President Obama’s state of the union speech Jan 24, 2012
President Obama c/o The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President,
I know that you receive 20,000 letters a day and that you actually read 10 of them every day. I really do respect you for trying to get a pulse on what is going on out here.
I am an avid reader of the National Review and I remember watching those famous debates at Harvard between John Kenneth Galbraith and William Buckley. You probably were at some of those debates. Below is a portion of an article that talks about your recent State of the Union address:
NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE www.nationalreview.com PRINT
| Obama’s Final SOTU?
BURTON FOLSOM Specifically, the president suggested greater federal involvement in manufacturing, bank lending, education, clean energy, and medical research, among other areas. And the top 2 percent, he said, need to pay higher taxes to help fund it all. In style, the president’s speech was smoother than his past State of the Union addresses — no snub of the Supreme Court this time, and no dwelling on expensive extras, such as high-speed rail. But his constant assumption was that more government control means better lives for almost all Americans. Has this approach worked so far? If it had, President Obama would have asked the question Ronald Reagan asked in the 1980 campaign: “Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” In January 2009, unemployment was 7.6 percent; now it is 8.5 percent. The national debt then was $10.6 trillion; now it is $15.2 trillion — almost a 50 percent increase. The Community Reinvestment Act failed; the stimulus package failed; Solyndra, the solar-panel company, failed. And if more than 40 percent of Americans pay no income taxes, how can it be “fair” to ask others to pay more? In conclusion, President Obama wants us to focus on his promises, not his results. — Burton Folsom is professor of history at Hillsdale College and, with Anita Folsom, co-author of FDR Goes to War. Thank you so much for your time. I know how valuable it is. I also appreciate the fine family that you have and your committment as a father and a husband. Sincerely, Everette Hatcher III, 13900 Cottontail Lane, Alexander, AR 72002, ph 501-920-5733, lowcostsqueegees@yahoo.com Uploaded by SenJimDeMint on Jan 25, 2012 Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) gives a conservative response to the 2012 State of the Union address. |
