{"id":285,"date":"2011-09-17T16:06:52","date_gmt":"2011-09-17T16:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/?p=285"},"modified":"2011-09-17T16:06:52","modified_gmt":"2011-09-17T16:06:52","slug":"obama-repeats-%e2%80%98fair-share%e2%80%99-call-to-pay-down-the-debt-fund-jobs-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/savingtherepublic.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/obama-repeats-%e2%80%98fair-share%e2%80%99-call-to-pay-down-the-debt-fund-jobs-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Repeats \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcFair Share\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Call to Pay Down the Debt, Fund Jobs Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" title=\"obama address\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theblaze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Obama-address.jpg?resize=630%2C348\" alt=\"\" width=\"630\" height=\"348\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>President Barack Obama repeated his call Saturday for all Americans to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153pay their fair share\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to narrow the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s deficit and fund his jobs bill.<\/p>\n<p>Laying out a preview of the debt reduction plan he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll present to Congress next week, Obama said during his weekly address that the $447 billion American Jobs Act \u00e2\u20ac\u0153will not add to the deficit. It will be paid for.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153On Monday, I\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcll lay out my plan for how we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll do that \u00e2\u20ac\u201d how we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll pay for this plan and pay down our debt by following some basic principles: making sure we live within our means and asking everyone to pay their fair share,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Obama said.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"480\" height=\"300\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"config=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/xml\/video\/78049\/config.xml&amp;path_to_plugins=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/default\/modules\/wh_multimedia\/wh_jwplayer\/plugins&amp;path_to_player=http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player\/player5x2.swf\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/sites\/all\/modules\/swftools\/shared\/flash_media_player\/player5x2.swf\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p>The debt reduction plan aims to cut the deficit by about $2 trillion over 10 years. Obama is making his proposal to a special congressional committee that has been charged with lowering deficit by $1.2 trillion to $1.5 trillion.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153But right now, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve got to get Congress to pass this jobs bill,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Obama said.<\/p>\n<p>The president has repeatedly called for the wealthiest Americans to face higher taxes with fewer loopholes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The No. 1 issue for the people I meet is how we can get back to a place where we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re creating good, middle-class jobs that pay well and offer some security,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In the Republican address, Rep. Peter Roskam of Illinois called on Obama to reduce regulations on businesses, saying government agency rules were choking off hiring.<\/p>\n<p>Washington has become a red tape factory, with more than 4,000 rules in the pipeline \u00e2\u20ac\u201d hundreds of which would cost our economy more than $100 million each annually,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Roskam said.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged Obama\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s decision to scrub an EPA-backed clean-air regulation that aimed to reduce smog.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153He can cancel more,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Roskam said.<\/p>\n<p>He pressed Obama to push the Democratic-controlled Senate to adopt House Republican initiatives, including legislation that would give Congress veto power over certain high-cost regulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Job creators should be able to focus on their work \u00e2\u20ac\u201d not on Washington\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s busy-work,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Roskam said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/obama-repeats-fair-share-call-to-pay-down-the-debt-fund-jobs-bill\/\">http:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/stories\/obama-repeats-fair-share-call-to-pay-down-the-debt-fund-jobs-bill\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Barack Obama repeated his call Saturday for all Americans to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153pay their fair share\u00e2\u20ac\u009d to narrow the nation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s deficit and fund his jobs bill. 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