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发帖数: 29846 | 1 January 25, 2012 | Posted by Rick Rice
Calvin Woodward is going to pay a price for this one:
It was a wish list, not a to-do list.
President Barack Obama laid out an array of plans in his State of the
Union speech as if his hands weren’t so tied by political realities. There
can be little more than wishful thinking behind his call to end oil industry
subsidies – something he could not get through a Democratic Congress, much
less today’s divided Congress, much less in this election year.
And there was more recycling, in an even more forbidding climate than
when the ideas were new: He pushed for an immigration overhaul that he
couldn’t get past Democrats, permanent college tuition tax credits that he
asked for a year ago, and familiar discouragements for companies that move
overseas.
A look at Obama’s rhetoric Tuesday night and how it fits with the facts
and political circumstances:
OBAMA: “We have subsidized oil companies for a century. That’s long
enough. It’s time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that’s
rarely been more profitable, and double-down on a clean energy industry that
’s never been more promising.”
THE FACTS: This is at least Obama’s third run at stripping subsidies
from the oil industry. Back when fellow Democrats formed the House and
Senate majorities, he sought $36.5 billion in tax increases on oil and gas
companies over the next decade, but Congress largely ignored the request. He
called again to end such tax breaks in last year’s State of the Union
speech. And he’s now doing it again, despite facing a wall of opposition
from Republicans who want to spur domestic oil and gas production and oppose
tax increases generally.
—
OBAMA: “Our health care law relies on a reformed private market, not a
government program.”
THE FACTS: That’s only half true. About half of the more than 30
million uninsured Americans expected to gain coverage through the health
care law will be enrolled in a government program. Medicaid, the federal-
state program for low-income people, will be expanded starting in 2014 to
cover childless adults living near the poverty line.
The other half will be enrolled in private health plans through new
state-based insurance markets. But many of them will be receiving federal
subsidies to make their premiums more affordable. And that’s a government
program, too.
Starting in 2014 most Americans will be required to carry health
coverage, either through an employer, by buying their own plan, or through a
government program.
—
OBAMA, asking Congress to pay for construction projects: “Take the
money we’re no longer spending at war, use half of it to pay down our debt,
and use the rest to do some nation-building right here at home.”
THE FACTS: The idea of taking war “savings” to pay for other programs
is budgetary sleight of hand. For one thing, the wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan have been largely financed through borrowing, so stopping the
wars doesn’t create a pool of ready cash, just less debt. And the savings
appear to be based at least in part on inflated war spending estimates for
future years.
There’s more, all leading to a conclusion many of us have known for years.
Obama is a charlatan. And those who support him are fools.
Welcome to the truth AP. | S*********n
发帖数: 4050 | 2 why is this called fact-checking in in the first place?
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OBAMA: “We have subsidized oil companies for a century. That’s long
enough. It’s time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that’s
rarely been more profitable, and double-down on a clean energy industry that
’s never been more promising.”
THE FACTS: This is at least Obama’s third run at stripping subsidies
from the oil industry. Back when fellow Democrats formed the House and
Senate majorities, he sought $36.5 billion in tax increases on oil and gas
companies over the next decade, but Congress largely ignored the request. He
called again to end such tax breaks in last year’s State of the Union
speech. And he’s now doing it again, despite facing a wall of opposition
from Republicans who want to spur domestic oil and gas production and oppose
tax increases generally. | y****t
发帖数: 10233 | 3 这个左X的春秋笔.
嫌他不够左.
AP能吐出什么玩艺?
hehe...
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: January 25, 2012 | Posted by Rick Rice
: Calvin Woodward is going to pay a price for this one:
: It was a wish list, not a to-do list.
: President Barack Obama laid out an array of plans in his State of the
: Union speech as if his hands weren’t so tied by political realities. There
: can be little more than wishful thinking behind his call to end oil industry
: subsidies – something he could not get through a Democratic Congress, much
: less today’s divided Congress, much less in this election year.
: And there was more recycling, in an even more forbidding climate than
: when the ideas were new: He pushed for an immigration overhaul that he
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