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Obama: If We Lose in 2012, Government Will Tell People Youre on Your Own
ABC News ^ | Oct. 25, 2011
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politic...overnment-will-tell-people-youre-on-your-own/
At a million-dollar San Francisco fundraiser today, President Obama warned his recession-battered supporters that if he loses the 2012 election it could herald a new, painful era of self-reliance in America.
The one thing that we absolutely know for sure is that if we dont work even harder than we did in 2008, then were going to have a government that tells the American people, you are on your own, Obama told a crowd of 200 donors over lunch at the W Hotel.
If you get sick, youre on your own. If you cant afford college, youre on your own. If you dont like that some corporation is polluting your air or the air that your child breathes, then youre on your own, he said. Thats not the America I believe in. Its not the America you believe in.
Obama and Democrats have been emphasizing what they see as the costly consequences of the Republicans agenda in an effort to stir up support, in part by touching on emotional nerves.
Last week, Obama supporters pounced on comments by Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney that the solution to the nations housing crisis is dont try and stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom.
Today, Obama cast Republicans hands-off approach as harmful to middle class families, who he says deserve government help.
I reject an argument that says weve got to roll back protections that ban hidden fees by credit card companies, or rules that keep our kids from being exposed to mercury, or laws that prevent the health insurance industry from exploiting people who are sick, Obama said. And I reject the idea that somehow if we strip away collective bargaining rights, that well be somehow better off.
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ABC News ^ | Oct. 25, 2011
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politic...overnment-will-tell-people-youre-on-your-own/
At a million-dollar San Francisco fundraiser today, President Obama warned his recession-battered supporters that if he loses the 2012 election it could herald a new, painful era of self-reliance in America.
The one thing that we absolutely know for sure is that if we dont work even harder than we did in 2008, then were going to have a government that tells the American people, you are on your own, Obama told a crowd of 200 donors over lunch at the W Hotel.
If you get sick, youre on your own. If you cant afford college, youre on your own. If you dont like that some corporation is polluting your air or the air that your child breathes, then youre on your own, he said. Thats not the America I believe in. Its not the America you believe in.
Obama and Democrats have been emphasizing what they see as the costly consequences of the Republicans agenda in an effort to stir up support, in part by touching on emotional nerves.
Last week, Obama supporters pounced on comments by Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney that the solution to the nations housing crisis is dont try and stop the foreclosure process. Let it run its course and hit the bottom.
Today, Obama cast Republicans hands-off approach as harmful to middle class families, who he says deserve government help.
I reject an argument that says weve got to roll back protections that ban hidden fees by credit card companies, or rules that keep our kids from being exposed to mercury, or laws that prevent the health insurance industry from exploiting people who are sick, Obama said. And I reject the idea that somehow if we strip away collective bargaining rights, that well be somehow better off.
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...