Another day, another cheap political shot from our demagogic president

President Obama and Representative Pete Hoekstra both attended a ribbon cutting for a battery manufacturing plant in West Michigan last week

Holland, Michigan (CNN) - Is it bad form to attend a ribbon cutting celebration when you voted against paying for the project? Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Michigan, sat smiling in the front row today as President Obama marked the groundbreaking of a new stimulus-funded project in Holland, Michigan. (CNN)


Liberal toadie CNN reports the truth... Just not all of it. They omitted The President’s money quote:
But during his remarks, President Obama made an un-presidential remark towards Hoekstra, saying: 
"Some made the political calculation that it's better to obstruct than to lend a hand. Now that doesn't stop them from being at ribbon cuttings, but that's OK." (Hoekstra Press Release) (RCP - President’s Remarks)
Just what we’ve come to expect from the Community Agitator in Chief.  The new business is in Pete Hoekstra’s district, he’s running for governor, and he’s a politician, so of course he attended the groundbreaking.

Being against the stimulus is not being anti-jobs. In this case, it’s just the opposite.

Picking Winners and Losers

Here is part of Hoekstra’s response:
"Welcome to Holland, Michigan," Hoekstra said. "If you take a look around, you will see companies that were built by individuals and families. They have never received a government stimulus package. They built it with their own creativity and hard work.

Remember that for every dollar that we give to one business, there is whole group of other businesses that have provided the money to subsidize and invest in the business that the government has chosen." (Hoekstra Press Release)
Exactly. Michigan is a high tax, high regulation state, which is why their unemployment rate is well above even the dismal national average. It’s not the workers, it the government and their failed liberal policies.

Playing Favorites, Spreadin' it Around

To get LG to build that plant in West Michigan, the federal government provided $151 million in stimulus money, and the state of Michigan exempted the business from much of it’s onerous tax laws and regulations. The total incentive package is worth over $300 million, which is a little under $1 million per job. That’s playing favorites with tax money extracted from taxpayers, and perversely, businesses that must compete with this government-favored company. (wwmt.com)

Hoekstra has a better plan:


"Wouldn't it be more appropriate if we gave a better tax climate to all of our businesses all across the country, all across West Michigan, so that we can see and realize the creativity of all Americans? Not just the ones that are chosen by government," Hoekstra continued.
The very fact that government must suspend their rules and regulations in order to create jobs is itself an indictment of its policies. If we had a good jobs environment, with the right balance of rules and regulation in place, the government would not need to provide incentives.

Comments

  1. The MSM picks and choses its quotes from barack hussein obama (noteworthy cur).

    ReplyDelete
  2. “The only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.” -Ayn Rand

    Simple, straightforward, true.

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