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Obama's Multibillion-Dollar High-Speed Rail Plan Full Steam Ahead?
By Torie Bosch - AOL NewsChoo choo! President Barack Obama is preparing to call for a six-year, $53 billion project to create high-speed rail in the U.S. His budget, which will be released next week, will include an initial $8 billion. There's "$10.5 billion already in the pipeline," says USA Today, pointing to $8 billion from the 2009 stimulus package, plus the $2.5 billion Obama called for in his 2010 budget. Today's announcement, made by Vice President Joe Biden -- a noted Amtrak fan -- and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, comes on the heels of Obama's State of the Union goal to have 80 percent of ...
Obama's SOTU Bargain: Cut Government to Do More With Government
By David Corn - Politics DailyIs President Obama a fierce down-sizer of government, or an ardent champion of boosting government investment in the economy? Well, he's both. In his second State of the Union speech, delivered Tuesday night, Obama trotted the tight wire. To show he's a mighty crusader against deficits, he declared he would impose a five-year freeze on non-security discretionary spending. And to show he's (still) the rescuer of the U.S. economy, he proclaimed he wants to spend billions on -- that is, invest in -- innovative technology (such as clean energy), infrastructure (including high-speed rail and ...
State of the Union: Obama Calls Investment in Innovation 'Our Sputnik Moment'
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyPresident Obama outlined an ambitious plan Tuesday to "win the future," urging renewed investment in American technology, infrastructure and education, while simultaneously calling for a more streamlined federal government and a reduction of the deficit. In his State of the Union speech to a joint session of Congress -- some of whose members crossed the aisle in a symbolic show of bipartisanship -- Obama emphasized a common purpose and a shared future. "We will move forward together, or not at all," he said, "for the challenges we face are bigger than party, and bigger than politics." Early ...
Opinion: Democrats Need a Pro-Growth Message
By not in system - AOL News(Dec. 16) -- With President Barack Obama facing an outpouring of criticism from his party base following the tax-and-spending deal cut with congressional Republicans, it is time for the base to face reality: The Democrats' message on the economy is not working. Voters are not misguided or confused or too angry and upset to think clearly. And if Democrats persist in telling themselves that this is the message of 2010, their long-term viability will suffer no matter what happens in 2012. Instead, the electorate has shown that it will listen to a party that presents a vision for growth, ...
Obama Calls for Fixing Roads -- Why Now?
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(Oct. 12) -- President Barack Obama is again calling for an "overhaul" of U.S. infrastructure, this time following the publication of a report showing infrastructure spending could create jobs and help the economy. To supporters, this is a classic "kill two birds with one stone" scenario: modernize the nation's failing, outdated infrastructure while helping the economy. To opponents, however, this is throwing good money after bad; more spending we can't afford doing what the stimulus was already supposed to do. This Is Why Voters Are Angry: "Excuse me, but wasn't this what the stimulus was ...
Obama Touts $50 Billion Transportation Proposal
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Oct. 11) - President Barack Obama on Monday lobbied for Republican support from Capitol Hill for a burst of spending on transportation projects, calling his proposal a jobs creator for the middle class and an overdue investment in the country's foundation. "There's no reason why we can't do this," Obama said in a brief Rose Garden event. "There's no reason why the world's best infrastructure should lie beyond our borders. This is America. We've always had the best infrastructure ... All we need is the political will." Obama is proposing a $50 billion plan as an initial step ...
White House Wants Billions for the Economy -- But Don't Call It a Stimulus
By Alex Wagner - Politics DailyWith a majority of Americans critical of the president's handling of the economy, most of the public disapproving of the direction in which the country is headed, and looming midterm elections that threaten to be a bloodbath for Democrats, the White House is under extreme pressure to do more to get the ailing national economy back on its feet. So this week, the Obama administration unveils three measures aimed at jump-starting job creation and helping businesses -- or at least blunting criticism that the president has not done enough and that his course of action has been the wrong one. ...
Obama Takes on his GOP Critics in Labor Day Speech
By Carla Baranauckas - Politics DailyIn a Labor Day speech in Milwaukee that sounded more like a campaign stump speech than a holiday greeting, President Barack Obama delivered a message that was the political equivalent of "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore." Kicking off what has traditionally been considered the official fall campaign season, Obama said: "Some powerful interests who had been dominating the agenda in Washington for a very long time, they're not always happy with me. They talk about me like a dog. That's not in my prepared remarks, but it's true." From a stage at the Summerfest grounds in ...
Obama to Back $50B in Infrastructure Spending
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (Sept. 6) -- President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve at least $50 billion in long-term spending in the nation's roads, railways and runways in a pre-election effort to show he's trying to stimulate the sputtering economy. The infrastructure spending is part of a package of targeted proposals the White House announced on Monday. With November's elections for control of Congress approaching, Obama planned to discuss the proposal later Monday at a Labor Day event in Milwaukee. The proposals would require congressional approval, which is highly uncertain with many ...
Opinion: How California Dreamin' Became a Nightmare
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 10) -- For most of its history, California served as a beacon for millions of Americans looking for a better place to live. The state enacted sensible policies that created one of the wealthiest and most innovative economies in human history. California fostered a huge middle class that, for the most part, owned their homes, sent their kids to public schools and found meaningful work connected to the state's amazingly diverse, innovative economy. Recently, though, the dream has been evaporating. David McNew, Getty Images People stand in line for a monthly food handout in El Centro, ...
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