Governor Tim Pawlenty
- Saturday, November 7, 2009, 19:15
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Governor Tim Pawlenty did a great job of introducing himself to Iowa Republicans tonight. Pawlenty was more than comfortable in talking to Iowans tonight. His speech was full of humor, the serious issues that are facing our nation, and lots of references to the heartland. Below are the notes from his speech.
6:49 – Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty takes the stage.
-Deer hunting this morning – took part in a new conservation program called “shoot and release”
-Met with Bill Northey, Gov. Ray and Gov. Branstad
-Thanks to Sen. Grassley. He has been in the eye of the storm on healthcare. It won’t be delayed or killed without Grassley.
Talladega Nights movie – family is saying grace. Character says, “Thank you for my red hot smoking wife” and that’s how he feels about Minnesota’s first lady.
-Mentions the GOP victories in NJ and VA. We need that same kind of comeback in Iowa an all the other gubernatorial races next year.
-Obama wants to take our country places that we don’t want to go. We need to be ready to fight back.
-Obama promised to brings both parties together on healthcare on caucus night. But now they are trying to shove this “liberal monstrosity” down our throats.
-Sec. of State down on her knees in China begging them to fund our debt.
-Are you willing to be involved, get fired up, and fight back in the upcoming governor’s race? Crowd: “YES!”
-Grew up in a town with mass layoffs in the 1960’s. Saw the impact of that on people. Saw mother struggle to pay bills.
-Comes from a family of Reagan Democrats.
-But democrats are no longer for the working people, only for big unions and big corporate bailouts.
-The federal government needs to live within its means. The US is not a beggar nation.
-“The only thing growing faster than the national debt is Chris Matthew’s man-crush on Barack Obama.”
-He got elected in a liberal state that gave us Al Franken. If he can control spending there, he can do it anywhere.
-He set the record for most vetoes every by a Minn. Governor in a year, and he’s proud of that.-The federal government needs to focus on growing jobs in this country
-Obama outsources stimulus bill to Pelosi – threatened if we didn’t pass it, we might hit 10% unemployment in this country. That happened anyways.
-Tax cuts should be made permanent, not allowed to expire.
-Cut payroll taxes, help small business sector.
Fix the healthcare system.
-we need to make healthcare more affordable, not less, which is what the current plan does.
-Gov’t can’t manage H1N1 vaccine, how will they manage the entire heathcare system.
-Minn. Advantage program puts people in charge of their healthcare.
-lets people pick their providers. Incentivises going to high quality, cost efficient providers.
We are blessed to live in the heartland of America. Some call us flyover country. Some Northwest pilots took this too literally.
We have values of faith, family, importance of freedom, personal responsibility, and thanking and acknowledging God. Some say he shouldn’t talk about that. But this is in the founding documents of our nation and of Iowa
Preamble to Minn. Constitution – We the people of Minn. Grateful to God for our civil and religious liberties…
If it is good enough for the founders, it should be good enough for us to thank and acknowledge God in these settings.
We can’t through people overboard. We will fight it out in the primaries, but when that is over, we need to come together. We know what is at stake, and we know what needs to be done.
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Craig Robinson serves as the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheIowaRepublican.com. Prior to founding Iowa's largest conservative news site, Robinson served as the Political Director of the Republican Party of Iowa during the 2008 Iowa Caucuses. In that capacity, Robinson planned and organized the largest political event in 2007, the Iowa Straw Poll, in Ames, Iowa. Robinson also organized the 2008 Republican caucuses in Iowa, and was later dispatched to Nevada to help with the caucuses there. Robinson cut his teeth in Iowa politics during the 2000 caucus campaign of businessman Steve Forbes and has been involved with most major campaigns in the state since then. His extensive political background and rolodex give him a unique perspective from which to monitor the political pulse of Iowa.
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Governor what about Iowa jobs?Dr. Alan Phillips, Bloomington, IL Post 12.19.09
The health reform bill is now owned by the administration and congressional democrats. It’s provisions and the subsequent national analysis will occupy debate and produce controversey for months to come. This bill’s efficacy, function and control of one sixth’s of the nation’s economy is not the true issue.
The real issue is the subject that has been effectively shoved from the American political stage, the jobs debacle. Seventeen million unemployed or underemployed workers, the loss of their income-expertise, hope, vision, and individual loss of self esteem . An administration unwilling to confront this disaster in a direct or substantial way, will now be able to focus on other issues. This makes the Katrina oversight and incompetence look like a minor matter.
For example, currently, between the state of Iowa’s tax levy and that of the federal rate, businesses must pay 41.6 percent to government. This type of excessive business taxation has given the U.S. the dubious distinction of being the world’s leader in corporate taxes. This “jobs killer” must be dealt with to improve the competitiveness of America. This provides no incentive at all for corporations to retain or create jobs in this country.
Ireland’s overall rate on companies is 12.5 percent, Singapore has just introduced a program for start up businesses with the first three years almost tax free, China at 25 percent features special districts minimizing rates even further.
We are in an economic trade war for the jobs provided by our companies. With two hands tied behind our back we passively surrender our American workers pay to other countries by failing to provide our companies with freedom from burdensome tax rates. This must be stopped now and American jobs must come first.
Past proposals, from various members of Congress of a five or ten percent cut on federal taxes will not make a difference for companies in this competition for jobs with foreign countries. We need to take action to bring the jobs back for the 18 million jobless or underemployed workers. Specifically, I propose corporate round tables to meet with the new President after the 2012 elections on federal and state tax reductions for businesses, and to establish monthly goals for corporate job restoration-creation in the U.S.
In the interim period between now and then, I would strongly encourage the administration to recognize that the President must make job restoration-creation a 24/7 number one priority. Any current administration program which increases borrowing and deficits and is unnecessary should be immediately curtailed, that also includes healthcare non-essentials.
I propose that the Federal government make initial cuts in the corporate tax rate to 10 or 15 percent prior to state’s review of their taxes,
I further propose actuarial studies to determine how increased job growth would through the normal payroll tax, prevent deficit growth due to tax reductions at the federal and state levels.
Recently, the tax foundation stated: “The key to improving America’s tax competitiveness is a partnership between federal and state law makers to work toward the common goal of lowering the overall business tax burden in the U.S. Otherwise, America. will continue to fall behind in the global tax race simply by standing still.”
In summary, the above plan, albeit simple in thrust, will work if the nation has the resolve to put it into action. We simply cannot wait much longer to start down the path to real economic recovery. Hopefully, many meaningful ideas will be considered in the months ahead, unless the recent jobs summit was merely a manufactured photo opportunity or public relations ploy; if that’s the case the employment problem will worsen and the nation could plunge into a full fledged depression, especially in view of the recent comments of Zhu Min, a deputy governor of the People’s Bank of China that it is getting harder for governments to buy U.S. treasuries.
Dr. Alan Phillips
Bloomington, IL