from the article by Barbra Streisand (for full text clink link above)
"Obama
has been more fiscally conservative than any other president in recent history,
with the exception of President Bill Clinton.
"President
Obama has been far better at creating jobs than President George W. Bush. During
the 7 years and 8 months of George Bush's presidency, before
the financial crash, only 2.6 million new private sector jobs were created.
In the final month of George Bush's presidency, the country lost 800,000 jobs,
and in the last six months of the Bush Administration, the country lost over 3.5 million jobs.
"However,
in the last 30 months under President Obama's leadership, nearly 4.6 million new
private sector jobs were created (averaging about 150,000 new jobs per month).
In President Obama's last 2 ½ years in office, 40% more jobs were created than
in nearly all of President Bush's eight years in office.
"The
last President who was elected amidst a severe economic crisis and high
unemployment was Franklin D. Roosevelt. His policies strengthened government so
that it would protect the people (creating Glass-Steagall to regulate the banks,
the FDIC to insure bank depositors, the Securities and Exchange Commission to
regulate the stock market, and Social Security to help people build a safety net
for their retirement). FDR's strategy to spend money to create jobs and
stimulate the economy is what ultimately helped pull the country out of a
depression.
"Even
though the country's most respected economists have agreed on what history has
already proven -- that MORE federal spending, not austerity, is necessary to
stimulate the economy and create jobs, today's Republicans categorically reject
this strategy. They are running on a platform of further deregulation and
cutting spending to the bone, so that those earning millions will get more tax
cuts, even though it means Americans who need a safety net won't have it.
"Unlike
Mitt Romney, President Obama believes we need to invest in education, energy,
innovation and infrastructure and reform our tax system to create good jobs,
grow our economy and pay down the debt in a reasoned way. He believes in an
inclusive country where all people deserve equal protection and treatment under
the law, as well as equal opportunity, whether they are gay, straight, black,
brown, white, religious, atheist, old or young.
"The
choice is clear. Would you vote for a person who pays his taxes or someone who
wiggles his way out of them? Do you want a President who has gained the respect
of the world community or someone who on a recent diplomatic trip abroad
provoked the ire and ridicule of other world leaders? Do we want a country where
everyone is fending for themselves or where everyone is pitching in and working
together? Do we want to go backward with Mitt Romney or move forward with
President Obama?"
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