Jeb Bush: Government should focus on needy rather than creating a security blanket for all of us.

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Thu Oct-22-09 09:50 AM
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Jeb Bush: Government should focus on needy rather than creating a security blanket for all of us.

Jeb Bush argues Republicans need to be more welcoming

:rofl:

Media Credit: Jonathan Ewing, Hatchet Photographer

Jeb's got a brand-new 6-point *plan* to revitalize the GOP.

Wait for it. :crazy:

1. 'We can't be "the old white guy party"'...
2. 'We can't get stuck in "the nostalgic good old days.... and there WERE some good old days'......
3. 'We can't just be "the party of NO"'.....
4. 'We must reform education, particularly the use of technology in the classroom'.....
5. 'We need to lead on education, energy, foreign policy and immigration'.....
6. 'We need to re-establish limited government'.....

Kara Dunford writes:

October 22, 2009

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"You don't have to be a rocket scientist to realize that in order for a political party to be successful it has to reach out to everyone," Bush said. "In politics, you never win when you say 'us and them.' We need a more welcoming message."
Bush added that his party needs to modernize and embrace 21st ideals and technology.
"I sense that our party is kind of in a nostalgic mode where we look back to the good old days," Bush said. "However good they were, and there were some good days, is completely irrelevant in 2009."

Bush discussed the need for reform in education, particularly the embracement of technology in the classroom. Bush said the Republicans need to lead the charge on education issues, as well as on energy policy, immigration policy and a foreign policy that defends America's interests.

"We just can't be the party of no.

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Bush advocated a return to the principals of limited government, something he said President Barack Obama has shifted away from since he took office in January.
"In the last six months, there have been significant changes in the relationship the American people has with their government," Bush said.

Bush expressed the need to limit government spending while poking fun at Vice President Joe Biden, who he described as "the gift that keeps on giving." He said the government should rebuff Biden's belief that America needs to keep spending to avoid going bankrupt, and instead limit federal spending.

"In Washington, that kind of spending makes sense, but around kitchen tables across America, it doesn't make sense," he said. Bush said the percent of the gross domestic product that goes to government spending is "breathtaking," saying the figure is somewhere around 40 percent.

"Those numbers look more like what we typically equate with a European-style government, rather than an American-style that rewards individual achievement and tries to focus on taking care of the most needy, rather than creating a security blanket for all of us," Bush said. "That stifles, in my opinion, innovation and the ability to create more prosperity."

:wtf:

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"I'm sick of hearing people, particularly in Washington, look at capitalism as a sin. In fact it is our savior for greater prosperity," he added.

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And we are sick of hearing from the bottomless pit of your insufferable utterings, JebCrow. God help our children under your version of **educational reform**.

What part of **We don't want whatever it is you are selling** don't you understand?