They’re (military) not consumed with personal ambition. They don’t obsess over their differences. They focus on the mission at hand. They work together.
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Most of the people I am surrounded with are a bunch of self serving assholes who have only their personal interests at heart.
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The defining issue (middle class values) of our time is how to keep that promise alive. No challenge is more urgent. No debate is more important. We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of Americans barely get by, or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, and everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules. What’s at stake aren’t Democratic values or Republican values, but American values. And we have to reclaim them.
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The Wall Street Tycoons have lined their pockets with big bonuses while ripping off honest people who thought they were playing on a level playing field. The bankers are not far behind. They gave mortgages to those who couldn’t afford them and then foreclosed heartlessly. Their asses should be in jail.
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In 2008, the house of cards collapsed. We learned that mortgages had been sold to people who couldn’t afford or understand them. Banks had made huge bets and bonuses with other people’s money. Regulators had looked the other way, or didn’t have the authority to stop the bad behavior.
It was wrong. It was irresponsible. And it plunged our economy into a crisis that put millions out of work, saddled us with more debt, and left innocent, hardworking Americans holding the bag. In the six months before I took office, we lost nearly 4 million jobs. And we lost another 4 million before our policies were in full effect.
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I inherited a f..king mess. Wall Street was selling bundled bullshit for big money, insuring it as they bet against their own creation, while telling their investors s..t. Talk about dishonest reprobates, these f..kers were it. They should be having lunch with Bernie Madoff on a daily basis. Let’s face it the regulators and the rating agencies were in bed with these thieves.
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The state of our Union is getting stronger. And we’ve come too far to turn back now. As long as I’m President, I will work with anyone in this chamber to build on this momentum. But I intend to fight obstruction with action, and I will oppose any effort to return to the very same policies that brought on this economic crisis in the first place.
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The same recalcitrant Republicans are back. They are obstructionists, self serving and have dedicated themselves to getting me defeated. So be it but I am going to fight them all the way while I am President. They haven’t had an original idea since I’ve been around. They know one word, “no.” I have nothing against George W. I think he listened to the wrong people but let’s be clear about this, he turned over to me a f..king train wreck. And, I’ve spent most of my three years trying to right the mess I inherited and have gotten nothing from the Republicans but the same old bullshit. Now, I say this emphatically, they can go f..k themselves.
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We can also spur energy innovation with new incentives. The differences in this chamber may be too deep right now to pass a comprehensive plan to fight climate change. But there’s no reason why Congress shouldn’t at least set a clean energy standard that creates a market for innovation. So far, you haven’t acted. Well, tonight, I will
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I don’t expect you Republicans to believe in climate change. As usual, you have head up your ass or either stuck in the sand. Climate change is real. The polar cap is melting, weather patterns have gone to hell on a hand basket. You can sit on your hands if you want too but not me. F..king “do nothings.”
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In the next few weeks, I will sign an executive order clearing away the red tape that slows down too many construction projects. But you need to fund these 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.
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Now is the time to have a FDR new deal. Let’s put fellow Americans to work repairing the nation’s infrastructure. It is time that Republicans quit dragging their feet as usual. The country needs this. It is not some “will of the wisp idea” , let’s get this done. America needs it. Don’t invoke bullshit like the deficit.
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Millions of innocent Americans saw their home values decline. And while government can’t fix the problem on its own, responsible homeowners shouldn’t have to sit and wait for the housing market to hit bottom to get some relief. And, that’s why I’m sending this Congress a plan that gives every responsible homeowner the chance to save about $3,000 a year on their mortgage, by refinancing at historically low rates. No more red tape. No more runaround from the banks. A small fee on the largest financial institutions will ensure that it won’t add to the deficit and will give those banks that were rescued by taxpayers a chance to repay a deficit of trust.
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Damn straight, I’m putting a fee on the banks for having aided in the creation of this disaster in the beginning. Plus, we bailed their asses out and so now we expect then to step up to the plate.
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When it comes to the deficit, we’ve already agreed to more than $2 trillion in cuts and savings. But we need to do more, and that means making choices. Right now, we’re poised to spend nearly $1 trillion more on what was supposed to be a temporary tax break for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans. Right now, because of loopholes and shelters in the tax code, a quarter of all millionaires pay lower tax rates than millions of middle-class households. Right now, Warren Buffett pays a lower tax rate than his secretary.
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This is BS to the max that we are going to continue to reward the wealthiest Americans who don’t need rewarding with these tax cuts. What Buffet and these others should have done is voluntarily written a check to pay their fair share. Yeah, I know, “what have I been smoking.”
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Tax reform should follow the Buffett Rule. If you make more than $1 million a year, you should not pay less than 30 percent in taxes. And my Republican friend Tom Coburn is right: Washington should stop subsidizing millionaires. In fact, if you’re earning a million dollars a year, you shouldn’t get special tax subsidies or deductions. On the other hand, if you make under $250,000 a year, like 98 percent of American families, your taxes shouldn’t go up. You’re the ones struggling with rising costs and stagnant wages. You’re the ones who need relief.
Now, you can call this class warfare all you want. But asking a billionaire to pay at least as much as his secretary in taxes? Most Americans would call that common sense.
We don’t begrudge financial success in this country. We admire it. When Americans talk about folks like me paying my fair share of taxes, it’s not because they envy the rich. It’s because they understand that when I get a tax break I don’t need and the country can’t afford, it either adds to the deficit, or somebody else has to make up the difference — like a senior on a fixed income, or a student trying to get through school, or a family trying to make ends meet. That’s not right. Americans know that’s not right. They know that this generation’s success is only possible because past generations felt a responsibility to each other, and to the future of their country, and they know our way of life will only endure if we feel that same sense of shared responsibility. That’s how we’ll reduce our deficit. That’s an America built to last.
WHAT I WOULD HAVE SAID
Americans who care are not stupid. But, this selfishness bullshit has got to cease. Republicans can put spin on it all they want but I say again, "most of these big buck fat cats wouldn't have what they do if they didn't live in a great country which allowed them to achieve what they have. So, rich folks let's get off your ass and pony up.
WHAT THE PRESIDENT SAID
Now, I recognize that people watching tonight have differing views about taxes and debt, energy and health care. But no matter what party they belong to, I bet most Americans are thinking the same thing right about now: Nothing will get done in Washington this year, or next year, or maybe even the year after that, because Washington is broken.
Can you blame them for feeling a little cynical?
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Damn straight, we don't expect s..t to get done in Washington this year. Mainly because our system is broken. Self interests and politics have replaced what is good for the country. We need a new congress. You might say we need a new president, so be it. I am willing to take that chance but if not, I need some flexible and cooperating team members here. Not some non thinking uncompromising assholes controlled by the tea party, gun lobbyists, or self serving lobbyists in general.
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I’ve talked tonight about the deficit of trust between Main Street and Wall Street. But the divide between this city and the rest of the country is at least as bad — and it seems to get worse every year.
Some of this has to do with the corrosive influence of money in politics. So together, let’s take some steps to fix that. Send me a bill that bans insider trading by members of Congress; I will sign it tomorrow. Let’s limit any elected official from owning stocks in industries they impact. Let’s make sure people who bundle campaign contributions for Congress can’t lobby Congress, and vice versa — an idea that has bipartisan support, at least outside of Washington.
WHAT I WOULD HAVE SAID
Does not anybody here watch SIXTY MINUTES. It is a damn shame that we have to leave it to a TV program to point out how corrupt our Congress is. And, this is across the board. Democrats and Republicans alike. Another example of Congress thinking they don't have to play by the same rules as the rest of us. And, this bullshit of "shooting the messenger" just want hack it. Nancy Pelosi blaming it on seine out to get her. The fact that she and her husband have made millions is beside the point. This s..t has to end.
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So it is with America. Each time I look at that flag, I’m reminded that our destiny is stitched together like those 50 stars and those 13 stripes. No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together. This nation is great because we worked as a team. This nation is great because we get each other’s backs. And if we hold fast to that truth, in this moment of trial, there is no challenge too great; no mission too hard. As long as we are joined in common purpose, as long as we maintain our common resolve, our journey moves forward, and our future is hopeful, and the state of our Union will always be strong.
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