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Warren Buffet’s Secretary

If his secretary pays a higher tax rate than Warren, then how about we just lower her tax rate? Warren’s tax rate is just fine. :-)

-TC

What Conservatives Want from a Republican Candidate

Dear Republican Candidates,

Let me try to give you some good, quick advice on what to do since you all don’t quite seem to get it yet.

Hopefully you remember the Tea Party movement and the mid-term elections of 2010. You’ll see more of the Tea Party, so don’t worry about that but we need you to remember what this is all about:

 

Get Rid of Obama

 

There. Pretty simple.

Instead of going after each other right now, go after Obama. That’s what people want. Seriously. Listen to the people calling on the Rush Limbaugh show. It’s super obvious.

Listen to Michelle Bachmann’s speech where she gets out of the race. Everyone loved it! What did she talk about? Getting rid of Obama.

What have been the highlights of the debates? Getting rid of Obama.

What are conservatives most concerned about? Not getting rid of Obama.

Yes, we want to know what you’re about. Keep that up. If you simply go forward with attacking Obama instead of attacking your opponents, just watch – you will get tons of support. I would bet that the candidate that would attack Obama the most would get the most support from conservatives.

It’s to the point where we really can’t wait for one nominee to win and then start going after Obama. We want to see how you’ll go after Obama now to make sure you’re the right candidate.

That’s the bottom line.

- Conservatives Everywhere

UPDATE (01/17/2012): Gingrich’s standing ovation for saying U.S. should kill enemies (www.digitaljournal.com)

Obama Living it Up as President

Obama seems to take a lot of expensive vacations and really seems to be living it up while the rest of us are struggling to make it.

White House threw secret ‘Alice in Wonderland’ bash during recession (www.nypost.com)

This very expensive party was apparently done in secret so that people might not find out.

This is our President, people.

-T

Unions Win, People Fired and a Recall Report from Wisconsin

Unlike in Wisconsin, where the unions lost control – in Ohio, the unions won! Yay, unions, right? Well, the state had to fire workers:

Union Bosses Win, Ohio Workers Get Fired (biggovernment.com)

And that’s what could have happened in Wisconsin except Governor Walker and other Republicans thought it would be better to save jobs. Oh, and the union workers here in Wisconsin are mad about that. Yeah, they’re mad. They want to recall the Governor because they kept their jobs.

Insane, I know.

Ohio pink slips. Wisconsin pay checks.

Madison, WI is famous for bumper stickers. If you’re not from around here, you would definitely be shocked to see all the cars with left-wing bumper stickers on them. They try to force their messages on you as you’re sitting at stops lights. It’s actually nice to get out of Madison once in a while and see that it’s really not like this anywhere else.

Anyway, I have underground parking at my condo and the minivan next to mine (my upstairs neighbor who doesn’t understand that I can hear their stomping all the time) has a bumper sticker that says, “Recall Walker and Save Union Jobs!” What? That makes no sense. It’s actually the opposite, lady. The unions are apparently printing these things up and twisting the message around or something. If it said, “Re-Elect Walker and Save Union Jobs!” then it would actually make sense. I just don’t get it. The facts are facts. Don’t drink the Kool-Aid and do what you’re told – think for yourself a minute – just a minute, please.

Recall the Governor? Really? Then What?My favorite anti-recall sign I’ve seen so far is “Recall the Governor? Really? Then What?” because it says it all. It’s like people haven’t thought this through.

Another thing that’s happening with these recall petitions is that I don’t know if people know that their name is going to be on file / on public record with these petitions. That’s right, anyone has the right to get a copy of those petitions (download a PDF maybe). There will also be a database made of all the people that signed those petitions with their addresses. It’ll be public record. You’re putting that info out there. Get ready to get all kinds of junk mail and know that you’ll be more vulnerable to identity theft. That’s what you’re giving up – just in case you didn’t know!

Will they get their 500k or whatever signatures to force a recall? Sure, I think so. Will there be lots of drama? Definitely! The pro-Walker camp is gathering an army to go through all the petitions and look for duplicate signature or bogus signatures. The GAB (Government Accountability Board) will be spending millions and millions of dollars on their work for this but what they will not do is do this verification. Batteries not included, I guess. That means the recall people would probably need to get more like 600k to 750k signature if they want to be on the safe side. If they don’t gather enough signature, then sorry – no recall. So it’ll be interesting for sure.

And then if that’s not enough, there seems to be a never ending cycle starting. It’s a never ending cycle of recalls and elections in Wisconsin. The Left won’t be satisfied until they have done everything they can to get their way. The sad part is, well there are two sad things… first, all these elections is going to wear WI voters out but they’re probably counting on that.

Second, outside of Madison and Dane County, they are the clear minority. They’re trying to spread their bumper sticker type message across the state. That’s just not going to fly. The rest of the state will not put up with that. They will have enough at some point – and that will be soon. Just like how Madison thinks it can rule Dane County, they also think they can rule the state. Like I said, that simply won’t fly. Either that means that this whole thing will just drag on longer and longer or else, I don’t know what. It seems like the Left won’t quit. Honestly, I don’t think they will.

To wrap up, my only hope here is that the correct message gets out. There are commercials about how school districts have been saved by the legislation (anti-union) that was put through earlier this year. There needs to be more of that. People testifying in those ads are getting verbally attacked and abused for speaking up – yeah, that’s how these unions treat their own workers.

Again, it’s only a hope that people hear the right message. I’ve come to the conclusion that there are just some people who are wired differently than I am and they won’t change their mind. Their emotion overrides logic and facts so heavily that it’s just not possible for them to see things how they really are. Preaching to them is completely useless. I have a friend like this and there’s no changing his mind. The typical argument with any strong Lefty is you ask them a question and they completely change the subject – so, you can’t even reason with them. Debate is pointless if they’re at such a low level of reasoning. We all know the type.

There are, however, people in the middle. The wishy-washy middle. I met some of them at a social gathering at my condo. They say things like, “I don’t like to vote by party, I just vote on the issues.” They are the ones tuned into NBC News at night where they get just the sound bites and they don’t bother to dig into things to make up their own mind. They’re drones, basically, but they don’t even know it. It’s sad but it is what it is. Since the far Left can’t be won, these are the ones to go after. Keep hitting them with these “school teacher jobs saved” messages and you will get through to some of them. It’ll take repetition – kind of like Pavlov’s dog. They need to be deprogrammed from all the bumper stickers they’ve seen.

I was going to wrap this up but one more point…

I work in the private sector. I own my own company. Since the end of 2008, things have been rough. We’ve made adjustments and are doing fine but I missed a number of paychecks. When you own your own company, that’s what happens. Who do I have to complain to? Where can I protest? I can’t. What these unions have aren’t “collective bargaining rights” – they are not rights but a privilege that they got in 1959 through legislation and then it was taken back by legislation. Labor laws pre-date collective bargaining and those are still in tact – totally (so shut up about that).

But the economy took a downturn. People lost jobs. That’s less revenue in tax collection by states. We’re all getting hit with this and that means the public sector finally, too. Unlike Washington, D.C., Wisconsin and other states cannot print money (a whole other topic). They have to make due with that they have. That means the state workers need to take a small cut and actually pay a few percentage points more into their lovely pensions. Sure, I know there are some sob stories out there but, if you really look at them, these state workers have their jobs. They really shouldn’t be complaining. That comes off as whining to all of us in the private sector and there are more of us than you. I just want you to know how it looks because your unions don’t feed you this info. I really don’t think the rest of the state is going to put up with that whining for much longer. That’s not America. Americans turn lemons into lemonade. We roll up our sleeves and get the job done. That’s your “Joe Six Pack” out there if you realize it or not. Whining and complaining while so many others are out of work is going to be a very tough sell – good luck with that.

-TC

OWS: Violent Idiots

All these Occupy Wall Street people are, are criminals. They’re vandalizing and breaking laws left and right. There’s fighting, rape, theft, vandalism – all kinds of things going on.

Hello? We’re trying to have a society here!

That spray paint you’re using to vandalize a bank was probably made in part by a bank – by capitalism. These people are such hypocrites. Utterly foolish. It’s time to take a good look at what they’re doing and call it for what it is and make them own it. This is their mess. Obama has applauded their efforts, so he owns it, too. These people enjoy all the benefits of capitalism yet want it ended. That makes no sense.

Again, there’s a difference between “free” and “freedom.” You’re not guaranteed a perfect life with whatever you want. I’m sorry that Political Correctness as taught you otherwise. You’ve been misled. It’s time to see that and step back into reality, where the rest of us (the 98%) are working hard and being real Americans – not a bunch of adolescent whiners or babies wanting their bottle. Grow the heck up!

Here – take a look at what the mainstream media isn’t showing you of what they’re doing out in Oakland, CA:

More ugly Occupy Oakland pictures that won’t make MSM front pages (michellemalkin.com)

This is what Obama supports – these people and their cause… whatever that is.

The best analysis I’ve found of this whole idiotic movement is right here:

Dear Occupy Wall Street… A Message From Dave Ramsey (www.daveramsey.com)

A lot of people on Twitter are saying I totally agree with the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) demands and goals. The only problem is that I have no idea what their demands and goals are. And neither does anyone else. If all you ever do is stomp around, yell and hold up signs protesting a million different things, sure you’ll get some attention, but over time, you’ll just look foolish. You end up coming across like a three-year-old having a temper tantrum.

There are even some points he agrees with and so do I but they are:

DOING IT WRONG!

Idiots. They’ll get what’s coming to them.

-T

OWS: Occupy Madison, WI Loses Permit (FAIL)

Um, yeah…

Occupy Madison Loses Permit Because Protesters were “Publicly Masturbating” (www.punditpress.com)

Occupy Madison loses permit (www.dailycardinal.com)

Why???!

They are nothing like the Tea Party. I’d have to give this group a great big:

FAIL!

I seriously don’t get this Occupy Wall Street movement. I heard there was even an infrared scan of people at one in London or wherever and only 10% of the tents were occupied at night. Everyone else couldn’t rough it and went home at night. The tents were just for show. If they’re not really occupying, then why call it that? Where’s the commitment?

I’m sorry if someone got killed by the police at an ‘Occupy’ event and that he was a soldier. That’s sad. I guess they get a poster boy out of it and maybe finally a reason but, in my mind, he died for no reason. There’s no reason for any of this and they, admittedly, don’t even have a stated purpose. They’re just ‘there.’ Duh.

OWS: Obama Idiots

So this is the logic behind these Occupy Wall Street people… no logic. Write what you want on a sign and protest to get it. What is this country coming to??

Apparently, he doesn’t understand the difference between “free” and “freedom.” The Constitution guarantees freedom – not that everything will be free. So this guy is more like “free-dumb”.

And is he against corporate greed? It seems so. Isn’t he being greedy by asking for his college to be paid for?

Corporate greed is good to a point – it creates jobs. Companies want to make more money and with each person they hire, they can make a profit on them. That’s how this works, in case you haven’t figured that out yet (don’t worry – no college degree is necessary for that, just a brain).

This whole movement just doesn’t make any sense. The people that are in it don’t seem to have a consistent message because they don’t know why they are protesting. I think they just look pretty dumb. I think most Americans see them this way. Also, the Democratic Party is going to get annoyed with them eventually, too. They’re going to make them look bad. I’m all for Obama’s part in this – it can’t help him. It’ll only rally up the small base he has that don’t have jobs and don’t have working brains. He already has them, so what’s the point?

Occupy? Really??

Protesters are occupying – that’s their plan. No, really… that is their plan. That’s it. Ok…

So is that like how people here in Madison tried to occupy foreclosed homes because they thought that was their right (to break the law)?

They think the rich need to pay their fair share. Ok, that’s asinine… so what’s the real reason or are these people just that dumb? I mean, really – I don’t get it.

They obviously want jobs. If they had jobs, they wouldn’t have time to be there protesting. So either they’re slackers or are slackers. If they do happen to want jobs, then I have two points. First, would you rather work for a rich person or a poor person. I’d rather work for a rich person that knows how to make money and can afford to pay me what I’m worth. Poor people don’t create jobs. Second, where’s the American entrepreneurial spirit? Their slackers! You don’t have a job – go and make one yourself. People do it all the time.

The fact is, the poor people in the United States are fat. Where else does that happen? That’s not poor, come on. I think they are lazy – they don’t want to work. They want the government to take care of them. They’ve thrown in the flag. They can’t do it themselves. Game over.

If they think Obama is going to help, then they are clearly delusional. Obama was in Congress (in control) and President for like 4.5 years now. He’s not the one that’ll save them, he’s the one that put them there. So what are they thinking?

So is this Occupy Wall Street group like the Tea Party? Not in the least.

This OWS group’s plan is just to “occupy” – that’s it. We’ll just be there – that’ll show them! We’ll take over parks and streets and just be there.

Meanwhile, Democrats are not working on Obama’s Jobs (tax) Bill. They clearly hate it. It’s a bad plan and they don’t want their names on it. There hasn’t even been a budget proposed by Democrats for over 2 years now. How does that happen?

Taking the rich’s money is only going to put it into government hands and if you’re so naive not to know that all government spending is, is paybacks to donors then you are an idiot. That money goes nowhere. Don’t drink the Kool Aid, ok?

Let’s get over this “fair” concept while we’re at it. It’s a part of Political Correctness, which is a cancer. If two people have a job and one works harder, getting ahead – then saying they should both get paid equally is not in the slightest “fair.” Sorry. Get a government bought dictionary and look up that word.

We’re in a world economy now. The US is no longer the leader where there’s some wiggle room. That’s not the case for a while now. Every product we make competes around the world. If US products are 3 times as much and not as good, then people will not buy them. That’s just how it works – you can’t stop it. It’s do or die.

And while you’re protesting against Capitalism, we’re going to need you to get rid of your Nike shoes, Levi jeans and anything else where you participated in our free market. Go make your own clothes, grow your own food and build your own house. My guess is that after all that, you won’t have any time to protest. :-)

-T

Hi, I’m the Republican Party, Send Me Money

Please.

I’m getting sick of these calls. Oh, it’s more urgent than ever… blah, blah, blah.

Give us a candidate we can’t resist that doesn’t bend and you’ll have all the money you want – guaranteed!

-T

Obama’s Tax Logic = FAIL

OK, so people that make more should pay more taxes. They should contribute more because they make more money… not because they’re getting more services from the government. They’re most likely getting many less services from the government than a poorer person, yet they pay more.

I’m all for compassion and I know people fall on hard times but this just isn’t going to fly.

People, on paper, making $1 million or more are not rich people – not all of them. Most of them are small business owners who file their business taxes personally. Others are farmers – yes, farmers look rich on paper – very rich. Their $200k combine that they only use 2 weeks a year is an asset. They have to make enough money to buy things like that. They have property and lots of inventory (crops). Obama wants to hit them – the food producers.

Ok, if that happens, food prices will go up.

And who are the job creators? The rich! Business owners. Who has ever gotten a job from a poor person. You don’t want to work for a poor person. You want to work from a rich person. Tax them and they have less money to create jobs. This isn’t rocket surgery.

And this will not become law. It won’t pass. Obama is just using this for campaign fuel. Republicans won’t like and it Obama will say that they don’t want to work with him… waaa! Waaa! Waaa! This is getting old, man. We’re not stupid.

-T

Zero Jobs Added in August 2011

Everywhere you look, it’s just more and more bad news for Obama. He has said numerous times that he would focus on jobs. He said that on day 1 of his time in office. There are no results. Things are way worse.

He knew what he was getting into while he was campaigning for President. If he couldn’t do the job, he shouldn’t have taken it. All he does is blame others. Obama takes no responsibility for anything. Democrats haven’t even proposed a budget in 2 years now. Obama and Democrats are not in it to help people – they are in it for themselves. This is pretty obvious.

Obama will announce his jobs plan this week… something so urgent that he had to take a vacation first. Obama has no idea what to do. He lacks that experience. He has never owned a company or had to run one. He has done community organizing which is just spending money, so that is exactly what he is going to propose. That’s all he knows. Why even go on stage/TV and say anything? We all know what it’ll be. Sure, he’ll make it sound good but it’s empty ideas that will not help but hurt.

Get on the side of business owners, cut takes and repeal Obamacare. That’s all he has to do but there’s no way he will.

-TC

“2012 Is the Most Important Election of Our Lives”

You hear this every election, right? This time, I don’t know if that’s true. I think 2008 was… definitely. If that wouldn’t have happened, then I’m not sure if the Tea Party would have come about. I guess it would have depending on what Hillary would have done since she probably would have been the candidate for the Democrats if Obama wasn’t. That 2008 election started it all. That’s my take on it.

Sure, every new election is important and stressing it as the most important is fine but honestly, it had to be 2008. I think 2012 will be the second most important election of our lives.

-Tony

Obama’s Shared Sacrifice

Let me see if I got this straight:

Trump: Obama ‘Takes More Vacations Than Any Human Being I’ve Ever Seen’ (nation.foxnews.com)

TRUMP: Well, I mean, it sends a bad message. Here we have a country that really is going to hell in a handbasket. Let’s not kid ourselves.

[...]

I mean, all the time he’s on vacation! So I think it sends a very, very bad message. We have to work in this country to bring it back.

So Obama talks about shared sacrifice and it’s us that have to sacrifice while he goes on vacations all the time.

Ok, got it. He’s clueless to how the average American lives.

Obama Jobs Plan

And supposedly is coming up with a jobs plan in September. Let me guess… he’ll ask for more money so that he can try to make more government jobs that may or may not be shovel ready. No, he doesn’t know what he’s doing. He has come up with job plans before and they haven’t worked. At any normal company out there, he’d be fired by now. How about we don’t do whatever he comes up with? Maybe we do the opposite instead. That should work.

All Obama knows how to do is spend money and blame others. He’s inexperienced. That’s all he can do. That’s all he’s capable of.

We don’t need a plan – now we need results. The time for a plan was 2 years ago.

The Race Card

It’s great to have a black president – don’t get me wrong. It’s historic and everything. But ok, I’ll say it… it’s just too bad that the first black president was such a failure. The media backed him up because they didn’t want to go against the first black president. Well, guess what? He wrecked the country. Can we please get over this issue and hire someone that will get the job done instead? Are we over this novelty now?

-T

Obama Fail: “Tax the Rich”

Taxing the rich, won’t and cannot possibly cover all the spending you’ve done, Obama.

And how does that help people get jobs? It does nothing. In fact, it’s the opposite. Don’t the rich people create jobs? I don’t see poor people creating jobs. How does taxing them make them want to hire more people?

A complete fail. Keep it up – I love it!

-T

Is Obama Creating Jobs or Just Talking About It?

He’s been talking about creating jobs for a while…

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Ok, but the government doesn’t create jobs. It creates cost and waste, yes. There are public jobs, sure but public jobs don’t grow the economy.

When you are a business owner and hire someone, your aim is not to help someone. Your aim is to make a profit and, in turn, provide employment. So each new employee you have should be profitable. With each new person you hire, they should create some profit. If they’re not, you have to question whether to keep them or not. Why would you keep someone that’s costing you money? You definitely would not. That’s how business works. I don’t know if Obama knows this or not since he doesn’t have any experience running a company or giving people real jobs.

Hiring people does have a cost. When a new employee shows up for work on day one, they are at negative dollars from a business owner’s point of view. You’ve paid someone to interview them, you’ve provided the tools they need to do their job, you’re providing benefits and you’ve just started paying them. They’ve done NOTHING so far and it will take time before they are up to speed, working efficiently and starting to pay you back for the cost and risk you took hiring them. You have to take a hit, pay out, take a risk before you start seeing a return on your investment.

We’re NOT looking for Obama to create jobs. We’re not. That’s not his job. Maybe he didn’t read the job description well enough. His job is to create conditions favorable so that jobs can be created. What does he do instead? He plays the class card and says that companies that employ people and make corporate jets should be taxed to the hilt. How is putting more taxes on the people that create jobs providing an environment where people can be hired?

I really don’t think he understands what he should be doing. And, guess what? He’s going to ask for 4 more years to complete his work! He will say he needs more time and it was worse than he thought. When he took office, he knew the story and what was going on – and he still took the job. Any smart business owner would have fired such a person already.

Obama can, if he wants, get up on a podium today and turn everything around with just one speech. In just one half hour, he can get Wall Street started again and get business owners in the mood to hire. He won’t do it though.

He would have to say he would sign the Cut, Cap and Balance bill. He would also have to repeal Obamacare – which is something many business owners are scared of and they are even waiting until 2012 and 2014 to see what happens (most of the reason for not wanting to spend).

Yes, this recession will go on for another 3-4 years easily if Obama is in charge. This is just from a business owner’s perspective. Think about it. If you didn’t know what your costs are going to be 1 year, 2 years or 3 years from now – why would you take the risk of hiring someone? You don’t know if you’ll make any profit from them and you’re scared that you’ll lose money.

Why is Obama, then, talking (or pivoting) about job creation? Is he helping business owners with less risk? Is he giving them confidence? Do business owners know that there won’t be higher taxes with Obama’s spending? The costs don’t appear to be fixed but dramatically rising. Who would want to take the risk and cost of hiring someone in those conditions?

Obama can turn it around. He has the power but he does not have that agenda. It’s clear. He’s not just an idiot or something even though he lacks experience – it has to be on purpose. He has to have a different agenda. He just has to. When he could fix things and won’t, what other conclusion could you possibly come up with?

-TC

She is Right on Target

There’s really some anger brewing. If Democrats were surprised with the November 2010 elections, they’ll go into cardiac arrest in 2012.

Both Parties to Blame

This is good:

 

“If the US Government was a family, they would be making $58,000 a year, they spend $75,000 a year, & are $327,000 in credit card debt. They are currently proposing BIG spending cuts to reduce their spending to $72,000 a year. These are the actual proportions of the federal budget & debt, reduced to a level that we can understand.” – Dave Ramsey

Officially Sick of “Let’s be clear”

The Obama phrase this year seems to be, “Let’s be clear.” and I’m officially sick of hearing it because it seems everyone’s picking up on it. You’re hearing a lot of people say it now.

When do you know a politician is lying? Their lips are moving.

Saying that you want to be clear is kind of like Simon Cowell saying, “I’m not being rude” when he’s actually being rude when he cuts someone down.

Does it mean that everything up until then isn’t clear but now you’re finally being clear? Does being clear start now, then?

The phrase is kind of an indicator for 2 things. First, it’s a clue to the media to start a sound bite. Second, it’s an indicator that a lie is starting.

That’s why, I at least, am officially sick of the phrase. I know I’ll hear it a lot more before it stops.

-TC

Ok, Just Slow it Down!

Since there’s really no hard deadline of August 2nd (just Obama creating a crisis again and scaring people), let’s just slow it down and do this the right way, people!

Come up with a plan that’s good and works for the long term. Let’s see a Constitutional amendment to have a balanced budget, give Obama a little cash to get buy and then call it a day. No games. Just get er done!

-T

Obama Rewind: 2011 State of the Union

I really hate citing the Huffington Post but they have the complete 2011 State of the Union address on their site and in a nice format, so oh well – they get a link from me.

I invite everyone to go back and look at it. Read it even. :-) What this guy promises is not even remotely what he does. What a talker. What a lot of hot air.

I guess Obama has proposed one plan. It was so bad, apparently, that he couldn’t even get Congress to take it up:

Now, the final critical step in winning the future is to make sure we aren’t buried under a mountain of debt.

We are living with a legacy of deficit spending that began almost a decade ago. And in the wake of the financial crisis, some of that was necessary to keep credit flowing, save jobs, and put money in people’s pockets.

But now that the worst of the recession is over, we have to confront the fact that our government spends more than it takes in. That is not sustainable. Every day, families sacrifice to live within their means. They deserve a government that does the same.

So tonight, I am proposing that starting this year, we freeze annual domestic spending for the next five years. (Applause.) Now, this would reduce the deficit by more than $400 billion over the next decade, and will bring discretionary spending to the lowest share of our economy since Dwight Eisenhower was President.

This freeze will require painful cuts. Already, we’ve frozen the salaries of hardworking federal employees for the next two years. I’ve proposed cuts to things I care deeply about, like community action programs. The Secretary of Defense has also agreed to cut tens of billions of dollars in spending that he and his generals believe our military can do without. (Applause.)

I recognize that some in this chamber have already proposed deeper cuts, and I’m willing to eliminate whatever we can honestly afford to do without. But let’s make sure that we’re not doing it on the backs of our most vulnerable citizens. (Applause.) And let’s make sure that what we’re cutting is really excess weight. Cutting the deficit by gutting our investments in innovation and education is like lightening an overloaded airplane by removing its engine. It may make you feel like you’re flying high at first, but it won’t take long before you feel the impact. (Laughter.)

Now, most of the cuts and savings I’ve proposed only address annual domestic spending, which represents a little more than 12 percent of our budget. To make further progress, we have to stop pretending that cutting this kind of spending alone will be enough. It won’t. (Applause.)

The bipartisan fiscal commission I created last year made this crystal clear. I don’t agree with all their proposals, but they made important progress. And their conclusion is that the only way to tackle our deficit is to cut excessive spending wherever we find it — in domestic spending, defense spending, health care spending, and spending through tax breaks and loopholes. (Applause.)

This means further reducing health care costs, including programs like Medicare and Medicaid, which are the single biggest contributor to our long-term deficit. The health insurance law we passed last year will slow these rising costs, which is part of the reason that nonpartisan economists have said that repealing the health care law would add a quarter of a trillion dollars to our deficit. Still, I’m willing to look at other ideas to bring down costs, including one that Republicans suggested last year — medical malpractice reform to rein in frivolous lawsuits. (Applause.)

duh. Ok, so $400 billion over 10 years. That’s $40 billion per year. That’s literally nothing. Less than a drop in the ocean. Some plan. Who is he to criticize all the plans he’s making Republicans come up with?

Think about this – this country has never been in this situation before in its history. Obama comes in and in 2.5 years, we’re in about the worst situation possible. He’s doing nothing to lead.

-T