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FBN's Lou Dobbs on Obama’s $50B proposed infrastructure spending while blaming the GOP for sequester damage.
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A lot of administration again sounding the alarm over the 85 billion dollars in what it calls it devastating spending cuts which are now just a week away.
And today it was Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack warning of the dire consequences.
Should be automatic spending cuts hit on marks -- first met at the same time.
The president is calling on congress for fifty billion dollars in new infrastructure spending.
An amount that would be the largest infusion of new spending since in 2009 stimulus have time now for Lou Dobbs is already tackling.
And -- it and it to get -- that's how it makes sense and -- he's trending to spend money at the same time trying to make spending cuts.
To -- your -- asking me to do impossible.
I I I cannot make sense of this man I cannot make sense of his values.
As reflected in the policy choices he's making and in the statements he's making this remember this is the guy.
Last Bashir said there won't be a sequester this is the guy and and and twenty allotment.
Who -- said no to all of those Republicans who wanted to eliminate the sequester not -- we're going to move forward.
-- here we are and that there's no way to rationalize this because this is stupid policy.
It is policy created by both Republicans and Democrats but it is the president's.
Idea it is his little vehicle and he gets to have all the -- Our government bond warnings from does this -- Bonnie mentioned agriculture like -- -- -- gonna get so what E.
Coli because inspectors on going to be there to protect the food.
We I think it's incumbent upon us.
All of us in the media ought to explain that this is a dog and pony show.
And their trotting out a -- and -- secretary whomever may be -- to bring with them it's like we're all around the campfire.
And -- telling ghost stories and everybody's been assigned.
In the administration to bring this -- -- -- -- just a little more -- first responders the fact of the matter is this is 2%.
-- percent of federal spent.
Is it onerous and I think absolutely outrageous that we will treat this administration will treat.
That he says 800000.
Federal employees the way.
You will here's that is to furlough them one day a week.
For twenty weeks if this is outrageous -- is that he is not this is not leadership.
This is childish it's pure trial it is couple.
Here's what I have a beef with I mean -- Obama has come out as a champion in the -- benefits for lower class and middle class Americans.
Yet these these changes he's cut -- talking back to the FAA to need inspectors to mothers with aid.
Are exactly targeting these people he says that he separately we -- -- -- keeper of.
Women and he also says that's the problem isn't spending.
He also says that his administration's the most transparent.
I reject the -- hit yeah it is claimed that he is worried that working men and women.
He just putting 2% payroll tax back on them on January 1 that was a matter of choice that's his tax.
And some for him to say he's not taxing the middle class -- taxing working men and women.
This man has just dropped a load on the back up everywhere and -- man woman in this country who have passed who.
Stood -- Medicaid -- -- -- -- this this this preoccupation.
With.
Dumping -- this money into infrastructure.
It's selling.
I think didn't work and -- eleven that I jobs act as a joke.
And the president knows better than to a power play these hearings -- what is really offensive.
I think really affects it.
Is he actually -- there and looks into the camera.
And looks out over.
During the state of the union to all of the assembled senators and -- representatives he says and I know you wanna support this -- and we want the jobs in your district.
He might as he's talking pork folks and that isn't the reason for an infrastructure investment.
Quote unquote jobs.
It's up payoff and it's that simple it's not gonna happen.
And if we're going to build infrastructure should be for a purpose there should be any government interest in so doing.
And -- in about three million folks are unemployed yeah.
What is driving more than anything else to you -- drive around and you can see our dilapidated bridges and our road system in an eight it could use an upgrade certainly.
Well take New York for example and the potholes that I mean this city is more adult -- potholes.
We've got a -- more concerned about the size of a soft drink.
-- is about half the size of a -- -- -- -- -- -- And I'm telling you that's that's city money that's supposed to be going there its state money it's supposed to be going other places.
Federal money for the you know the the interstate commerce great -- -- national highways but this is this is dom.
And and that's what -- it's really embarrassing I'm starting to be more than -- that are frustrated or angry with this administration.
-- none of the above any longer.
I I am absolutely.
Befuddled by them now this is silly.
-- and I think the best we can do is just you know -- for the country and will be introduced at the folly of at all.
And -- -- always understated -- the but but the -- Always year and Lucille do dogs here every day at this time and of course on his show seven and 10 PM eastern.
You can cats tonight congressman DeVon noon as a Republican from the -- from California on the -- quest to -- say that ten times blamed the -- -- those of us have ideas so why did he keep blaming.
The Republicans and one.
