I stand here tonight to say to the president, not only should Congress not pass his plan, I say, Mr. President, stop. Your last plan hasn't worked, and it's hurting the American economy. Instead of temporary fixes, do what has worked in the past: permanent, pro-growth policies that are driven by the free market.
Bachmann criticizes President Obama's economic plan and calls for permanent pro-growth policies.
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Especially if she doesn't have people around her to advise her against muddying, which I think you can argue was a pretty strong argument and speech about Benghazi and presidential leadership.
It isn't a very good idea for government to be forcing mortgage lenders to make loans to people who either: (a) can't pay the loan back; or (b) aren't willing to pay the loan back.
We'd like to keep everybody on the payroll if they can, they will have to work at fewer hours. So we're looking at reductions in staff. That's what we need to do.
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