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Hi I'm Newt Gingrich. I want to talk with you
for a moment about the stimulus, |
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about 2 small business owners in Pennsylvania.
And what we can do to get back on the right |
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track. Two of our American Solutions members,
Marie Beth and her husband Steve, |
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run a tree removal company in Monroeville
Pennsylvania. |
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For 18 years they've owned small businesses
and they know first hand what it takes to keep |
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a company going. They understand that
while the out of control cost of litigation, |
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high business taxes, and red tape from Washington,
are bad enough on their own, |
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they can be deadly in this economy.
Their experience is shared by millions, |
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around the country who work hard everyday
to pay their bills, meet their budgets, |
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and provide for their families. They expect
Washington to be on their side. |
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To reward work, saving and investment.
But our politicians are out of control. |
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The same old Washington answers of more
money for government, |
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more powerful politicians, more debt and
more bureaucrats, |
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will not lead to real growth and jobs in
prosperity. |
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Bailing out failure, and spending your tax
dollats based on politics and favors, |
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is not a solution. Real solutions will be found,
by putting more power into the hands of the people |
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that make this country work. Our small
businessmen and women, |
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are innovators and entrepreneurs. They are
the job creation engines of our economy. |
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So with the input and feedback from our members,
we are laying out our 12 American Solutions |
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for jobs and prosperity.
For one, |
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we believe we should cut the corporate tax rate
on business, to match Ireland. |
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So that we can create jobs here in America,
instead of exporting them to other countries. |
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We believe that we should abolish the capital
gains tax, to match China, Singapore, |
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and many other of our competitors, so we
attract money to America, |
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to create jobs in America. We believe that we
should control Federal spending, |
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so we can move back towards a balanced budget.
In particular, |
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we need to end congressional year marks
and wasteful pork barrel spending, |
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that has caused Americans to look upon their
government with contempt |
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and mistrust. To see all 12 of our American
Solutions for jobs and prosperity, |
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please visit:
www.AmericanSolutions.com |
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It's going to be up to us, the 1.2 million
members of American Solutions, |
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and all those that join our mission, to point
out to our elected officials, |
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why they are wrong, and to educate them on why
our solution will be better for more Americans. |
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We should be having this debate,
everywhere in the country. |
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Whether it is at your dining room table,
on your college campus, |
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or at your local church or synagogue.
When talking about their struggle |
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to keep their business afloat, Mary Beth and Steve
from Pennsylvania said: |
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" We work very hard, and we're very good at
what we do. |
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" It's not easy to keep things going, but we will
not give up. " |
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Nor should you. Please visit:
www.AmericanSolutions.com |
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to endorse our plan, and to get involved.
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