Edited by Katya Abazajian
Republicans Criticize Obama’s Message
Conservatives insist that the solution to the crisis in the USA is debt reduction.
Obama: "Not everything can be cut while unemployment grows."
The speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, and the house majority leader, Eric Cantor, have accused President Barack Obama of playing a "blame game," after his statements on the economy and the European crisis. “It's not because of the headwinds of Europe. It's not because of House Republicans. It's because of the failed stimulus policies and other items in his agenda that small businesses in this country just aren't growing," said Cantor, who appeared alongside Boehner.
Although Cantor admitted that Europe is a “serious problem” for the U.S. economy, he insisted that the difficulties in overcoming North American crisis would be solved by reducing the debt. “Just because Europe has problems doesn’t mean that we can’t begin to solve our problems,” Boehner explained. “If we don’t get busy dealing with our debt, we’re gonna be in the same shape,” concluded the speaker of the House. For his part, the Republican candidate for the White House, Mitt Romney, ridiculed the statement uttered by the President that the U.S. private sector “was fine,” as did Cantor and Boehner. “Is he really that out of touch? Has there ever been an American president who is so far from reality as to say everything is fine when 23 million Americans are out of work?” wondered Romney, while at the same time ensuring that the policies he proposes will return the U.S. to the right path.
Obama: "Not everything can be cut while unemployment grows."
The speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, and the house majority leader, Eric Cantor, have accused President Barack Obama of playing a "blame game," after his statements on the economy and the European crisis. “It's not because of the headwinds of Europe. It's not because of House Republicans. It's because of the failed stimulus policies and other items in his agenda that small businesses in this country just aren't growing," said Cantor, who appeared alongside Boehner.
Although Cantor admitted that Europe is a “serious problem” for the U.S. economy, he insisted that the difficulties in overcoming North American crisis would be solved by reducing the debt. “Just because Europe has problems doesn’t mean that we can’t begin to solve our problems,” Boehner explained. “If we don’t get busy dealing with our debt, we’re gonna be in the same shape,” concluded the speaker of the House. For his part, the Republican candidate for the White House, Mitt Romney, ridiculed the statement uttered by the President that the U.S. private sector “was fine,” as did Cantor and Boehner. “Is he really that out of touch? Has there ever been an American president who is so far from reality as to say everything is fine when 23 million Americans are out of work?” wondered Romney, while at the same time ensuring that the policies he proposes will return the U.S. to the right path.