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Old 01-20-2009, 09:27 PM
 
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As I was listening to Obama's speech his question sounded very similar to JFK's question "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."

Obama's question will probably be one of his most memorable parts of his inaugural speech. But also, it is a valid question, especially for all of his critics who are questioning his economic recovery plan.
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Old 01-20-2009, 09:31 PM
 
Location: southern california
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he is a good man he is a sincere man but the job plan will fail.
23 million illegals will get those jobs.
amnesty, subcontract, i dont know how, but they will
and send the money to mexico.
its the elephant standing in the living room. 23 million illegal workers.
know why they are guna get those jobs
bek they got work ethic and we dont.
all we got is lazy and attitude
no job program will fix that.
that is why urban corp and job corp flounder
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Old 01-20-2009, 09:36 PM
 
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he is a good man he is a sincere man but the job plan will fail.
23 million illegals will get those jobs.
amnesty, subcontract, i dont know how, but they will
and send the money to mexico.
its the elephant standing in the living room. 23 million illegal workers.
know why they are guna get those jobs
bek they got work ethic and we dont.
all we got is lazy and attitude
no job program will fix that.
that is why urban corp and job corp flounder
Wow! I just hope and pray that you are wrong. But I am listening
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Old 01-20-2009, 09:53 PM
 
Location: Idaho Falls
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His quote has also been compared to Reagan's disfunctional vision:

"Government isn't the answer; government is the problem."

(or some such tripe like that)
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Old 01-20-2009, 10:36 PM
 
Location: Earth
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There are valid questions about whether government works well or not.
One way I would change government is get rid of all of the silly initiatives from the Enterprise group (of retired & connected high ranking military officials). They cause flutter and do not add to any efficiencies, they cause deficiencies in our ability to perform our jobs.

It's simply another way to filter money to retired generals with no benefit to the taxpayer.
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Old 01-21-2009, 08:00 AM
 
Location: Democratic Peoples Republic of Redneckistan
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"The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works"

IMO is does not REALLY work,it just lurches along from the inertia that was generated back in the day when it DID work well.
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Old 01-21-2009, 08:04 AM
 
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I hope he means it....I hope that he meant it when he talked about getting rid of government depts that are not working.
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Old 01-21-2009, 08:05 AM
 
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he is a good man he is a sincere man but the job plan will fail.
23 million illegals will get those jobs.
amnesty, subcontract, i dont know how, but they will
and send the money to mexico.
its the elephant standing in the living room. 23 million illegal workers.
know why they are guna get those jobs
bek they got work ethic and we dont.
all we got is lazy and attitude
no job program will fix that.
that is why urban corp and job corp flounder
Wrong. What they have is something called 'scab labor'. As long as a subset of people are allowed into the country that are willing to work for subpar wages, they will get the jobs. Just remember, you get what you pay for.
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Old 01-21-2009, 08:11 AM
 
Location: Democratic Peoples Republic of Redneckistan
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I hope he means it....I hope that he meant it when he talked about getting rid of government depts that are not working.
Me too.....I am actually (unfortunately) going to hold him to a higher standard.We are in bad trouble,he is smart enough and he has an open road ahead of him with the public behind him.IF he screws this up, I will lose ALL faith in politicians(I don't really have any left,but even the residue will be gone).
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Old 01-21-2009, 08:17 AM
 
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As I was listening to Obama's speech his question sounded very similar to JFK's question "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."

Obama's question will probably be one of his most memorable parts of his inaugural speech. But also, it is a valid question, especially for all of his critics who are questioning his economic recovery plan.
He already told us to start spending and saving more responsibly and told Congress that they're in for a grim era of transparency. Government waste - if a program isn't working, it goes out. I love this. I hope his decisions are so incontrovertibly sensible that there's absolutely NOTHING for the RW propagandists to honestly complain about (), they all lose market share, and we can approach becoming a united nation for a change.
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