Remarks by the President on the American Jobs Act

[ellisonz]

The White House

Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release
November 22, 2011
Remarks by the President on the American Jobs Act

Manchester Central High School
Manchester, New Hampshire

12:20 P.M. EST

Excerpt:

As I look around this room and I see these young people, but I also see their parents, I’m thinking, folks in Manchester, you guys work hard. You play by the rules. You’re meeting your responsibilities. (Applause.) And if you’re working hard and you’re meeting your responsibilities, at the very least you should expect Congress to do the same. They should be doing everything in their power to make our economy stronger, not weaker. They should be doing everything they can to protect the middle class from tax hikes -- not hike your taxes.

And this is where you can help. Now, your members of Congress, they work for you. You’ve got an outstanding senator here. She’s already on the program. (Applause.) But to everyone who’s here or watching at home or online -- if your members of Congress aren’t delivering, you’ve got to send them a message. Make sure they’re listening.

Tell them, “Don’t be a Grinch.” (Laughter.) Don’t vote to raise taxes on working Americans during the holidays. Put the country before party. Put money back in the pockets of working families. Do your job. Pass our jobs bill.

The American people are with us on this. And it’s time for the folks who are running around spending all their time talking about what’s wrong with America to spend some time rolling up their sleeves to help us rebuild America and rebuild our middle class and give young people opportunity. (Applause.) There is nothing wrong with this country that we can’t fix.

I was just traveling in Asia over the last week, and let me tell you, this is the fastest-growing region in the world. But what was amazing was how everybody still looked to America. They did a poll in Asia. They said, what do you think about America compared to China? Eight out of nine countries in Asia, they said, America is the country that we look to.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/11/22/remarks-president-american-jobs-act

[FirstLight]

1. was this from that spech on video earlier today?

Did he receive any message from the OWS movement?.... and WTF does he get off basically saying we are out complaining? .... how the fuck CAN we roll up our fucking sleeves when they are all taking bets against us and socking away money and inside trading with the wall st sheisters...

and still, nothing about violence in the streets. It is now become a joke, with photoshops and even a late night gig with a guy dressed like a cap spraying the audience?

seriously, the PTB are doubling down on trying to put people BACK to sleep.

[ellisonz]

2. Yes, this is from today.

To even begin to wade into the Occupy movement issue would be an enormous media clusterfuck that would distract from the very important clash over the budget that is going on right now.

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