David Plouffe on the State of the Union: The White House Wants to Hear From You

Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, David Plouffe, discusses the ways the American people can engage with the White House the night of the 2012 State of the Union address as well as in the days that follow. Learn everything at http://whitehouse.gov/sotu

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[ScottyMcCreery2011]

RON PAUL 2012

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[ThatOneCodGamer]

Ron Paul 2012!

[sctflasher379]

He says engage alot lol not properly used either

[JakeEvilclown]

Obviously our government is broken. It was broken right down the middle by the Reps and Dems. You think a Two party system will fix it? Dems and Reps F*CK UP EVERYTHING!

DON"T FOLLOW FOOLS!

[jgehb]

From the 2012 state of the union speech - "I'm a Democrat," the President insisted. "But I believe what Republican Abraham Lincoln believed: That Government should do for people only what they cannot do for themselves, and no more." The trouble is, there isn't much the President thinks people can do for themselves. Which could be why he left out the most important part of Lincoln's quote: "In all that the people can individually do as well for themselves, government ought not to interfere."

[followingjesus7777]

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[nafaidni]

@bradleylax22

5: World War II was likely the largest episode of government spending in US history; debt rose to 120% of GDP. Today, it's only 90% or so. Your statement on "unprecedented growth" after WWII just supports my point.

6: Taxes were probably around 70% on the highest bracket on average from 1950-1980. So that supports the point that taxing the rich doesn't prevent prosperity.

7: Wealth inequality's been historically high both before the Great Depression and this current recession.

[nafaidni]

@bradleylax22

3: If Keynesian economics and government fiscal intervention didn't work, then more nations would try not to use them and become amazingly rich and force the others to copy for competition. Obviously, every nation still uses them because they do work. If you can outline an instance where they weren't used and caused success, feel free to educate me.

4: After WWII, the government was cut in half because WE WERE NO LONGER FIGHTING A WAR.

[nafaidni]

@bradleylax22

Simple minded and idealistic types like yourself don't interest me anymore. So I'll only reply to a couple main points.

1: Government control is not what defines ideologies; it's the values and nature of policies society chooses to uphold. Left-wing ideologies support collective human struggle. Right-wing ones don't. (And this is a simplification)

2: Government is a business, economically speaking. Any business can create wealth, including government, if used reasonably.

[bradleylax22]

@nafaidni HAHA you are a Keynsian, you are wrong and have always been wrong. GOvernment spending doesnt grow economies, savings and production of real goods in the market are how you grow an economy, governments have never ever ever grown an economy, only created booms and busts. After WW2 we cut the government in HALF and had the biggest economic growth in the history of the world. You are buying into an economic theory which has been proven false. Liberty is spreading. dont be a sheep.

[bradleylax22]

you should research and study extensively before mindlessly commenting and spitting out what you hear on the news. The news work for the corporations, they dont know shizzz about economics, dont you think they would have warned people about a housing bubble? Ron Paul warned us in 1998, 2001 and so on. Research his videos, look at his predictions of the economy and how they were totally different that the mainstream. He is right and was right, just look it up, evidence is there brother.