Posted by
Ron Devito on Thursday, January 27, 2011 6:31:49 PM
Governor Palin today discussed the Tenth Amendment, fiscal reform and outlined the budget policies that would underpin a Palin Presidency. Gov. Palin declined to state if she would run for President in 2012, but reiterated her promise that Bob and Mark would be first to know.
"Free Money is Never Free"
She said Obama was disconnected from reality regarding our national debt which stands at $14 trillion and counting. "It is already a mountain of debt." Gov. Palin emphasized that China is not our friend and expressed her hope that tough negotiation was occurring behind the scenes. We need to stop merely printing money, she said. She cautioned against accepting federal money. "Free money is never free," Gov. Palin said. Those monies come with "fat strings attached." She recounted how as Governor, she vetoed nearly $29 million energy-related stimulus money and how the GOP-led legislature overrode her veto. The penalty for accepting that money was federal interference with local issues.
Presidential Economic Agenda - Palinomics
- Cut corporate tax rate to encourage companies to conduct business here in the United States
- Cease bail-outs of failed industries, banks, etc.
- Repeal ObamaCare and replace with common-sense health-care reforms. Specifics were not discussed today, but have been in the past:
- Tort reform
- Ability to purchase insurance across state lines
- Moratorium on earmarks, however, that only addresses $16 billion out of the $14 trillion deficit.
- Cut or cease non-Constitutionally mandated programs.
- Ratchet down or eliminate: National Public Radio (NPR), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and Amtrak subsidies.
- Open lands needed for energy independence.
- No new entitlement programs and reform existing ones. Existing participants grandfathered in to promised benefits. Benefits to change for new participants.
Gov. Palin said that while lies by some Alaskans are particularly hurtful what is more important are people losing jobs, whose health is in jeopardy, or who have sick children. "Those are the things that really matter." Gov. Palin expressed gratitude for the blessing she and her family have. Gov. Palin said she will "love Alaska till the day I die."
Governor Palin on the Bob and Mark Show – January 27 2011 retrieved from PalinTV