Weekly Musing 1-15-12
Saul Anuzis
MI: Republican National Committeeman
Pure Michigan! The Comeback!!!
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Governor Rick Snyder and Lt. Governor Brian Calley at the Detroit International Auto Show.
10 Ways Barack Obama Is Destroying The Middle Class
The statistics paint a sobering picture for just what President Obama has achieved in his fight to “help the middle class reclaim a sense of economic security that will benefit the entire economy”:
• Unemployment: The number of people unemployed has grown by over one million.
• Long-term Unemployment: The average duration of unemployment has more than doubled, to an astonishing 40.8 weeks.
• Jobs: Nearly 1.7 million jobs have been lost.
• Income: Median household income has declined by nearly $1,000.
• Poverty: The number of people in poverty has grown by over six million.
• Hunger: Food stamp participation has increased by more than 14 million people, to a devastating 46.2 million.
• Health Care: Average family health insurance premiums have increased by more than $1,500.
• Energy: Gas prices have nearly doubled, to $3.38 per gallon.
• Housing: Foreclosures have spiked to a record one-million-plus annually.
• Debt: Each family’s share of the publicly-held national debt has skyrocketed by more than $35,000, to nearly $90,000.
When Barack Obama ran for the presidency, he promised to “fundamentally transform the United States of America.” Sadly, he is succeeding. He is pushing America toward a European-style entitlement society that would have been unrecognizable to our parents’ generation – let alone the Founders’ – with diminishing economic opportunity and ever-growing government programs and regulations.
The election this November will be about whether the America wants to continue in this direction, or reverse course and rebuild the Opportunity Society that has made her the greatest in the history of the world. Mitt Romney looks forward to offering voters that choice.
http://images.politico.com/global/2012/01/120114_romneymemo.html
RNC Meeting Update from New Orleans
Yesterday I returned from a week of meetings in New Orleans at the RNC Winter Meeting. Republicans from around the country are excited about our prospects and we had some great updates and shared lots of information. Here is a quick summary:
MI GOP: The RNC committed significant funds for our Victory effort in Michigan. With both the Presidential and U.S. Senate races being in play, Michigan is in contention to be a top target!
Rules & Penalties: The RNC decided NOT to impose any additional penalties on MI, AZ and NH. However, additional penalties that effected housing, floor seating and loss of guest/VIP passes were imposed against the FL GOP delegation.
Technology: The RNC is implemented an aggressive plan to improve our communications, GOTV, social media and overall technological capabilities nationwide. You’ll see new launches of various applications over the next few months.
Expenses: I received a few inquiries this week as to whether or not the RNC or Michigan Republicans reimburse RNC members for these meetings. NO, RNC members are ALL volunteers and are NOT reimbursed by the party for any expenses, including travel, hotel nor meals.
Republican U.S. Senate candidates debate foreign policy, constitution at CMU
I think when you look at who is right on the issues and has the capability to raise the money necessary to run an effective campaign against Debbie Stabenow..it’s Clark Durant!
The burden of Obamanomics
The President must take responsibility for policies that have resulted in the reluctance of employers to hire workers. The reason may be found in the writings of James Madison, Federalist #62:
It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice, if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot by understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man who knows what the law is today can guess what it will be tomorrow.
It is clear that the Obama administration is exactly what Madison warned us about.
It has created an economic environment of high unemployment and lack of investment. Markets are amazingly resilient and we will have economic growth in 2012 despite the this administration. But replacing Mr. Obama will go a long ways towards solving the nation’s economic problems.
http://www.michiganview.com/article/20120112/MIVIEW/201120500/Wolfram–The-burden-of-Obamanomics
The Worst Economic Recovery Since The Great Depression
The record of President Obama’s first three years in office is in, and nothing that happens now can go back and change that. What that record shows is that President Obama, with his throwback, old-fashioned, 1970s Keynesian economics, has put America through the worst recovery from a recession since the Great Depression.
Obama cooks the unemployment books
Don’t believe bureaucrats, unemployment is really 11.4 percent
This raises the question why the unemployment rate continues to improve. The answer is that the “official” workforce is shrinking. Only those working or actively seeking employment “count” in the unemployment statistics. The discouraged, the dropouts and those who don’t even bother trying to find work aren’t included in the official unemployment rate. The 30-year average participation rate – that is, the percentage of Americans in the workforce – is 65.8 percent. During the last three years, this number has fallen sharply to around 64 percent. While the potential worker population rose last year by 1.7 million, the official workforce only went up 275,000. Counting like that makes it easier to report better employment numbers.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/9/obama-cooks-the-unemployment-books/
The Fact Checker: Four Pinocchio’s of the “King of Bain” Romney hit piece
The 29-minute video “King of Bain” is such an over-the-top assault on former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney that it is hard to know where to begin. It uses evocative footage from distraught middle-class Americans who allege that Romney’s deal-making is responsible for their woes. It mixes images of closed factories and shuttered shops with video clips of Romney making him look foolish, vain or greedy. And it has a sneering voice-over that seeks to push every anti-Wall Street button possible.
MI GOP: Precinct Delegate Applications online!
For activists who want to become precinct delegate and play a greater role in our party…here is your first step! File locally and run for precinct delegate.
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Aff-ID_Precnt_139901_7.pdf
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