Obama urges GOP to back bill aiding small businesses - Polidicks

[QUOTE](CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday challenged Senate Republicans to back a bill that would help small businesses, calling its provisions "things the Republican Party has said it supported for years." Speaking at a New Jersey sandwich shop, Obama said the bill would help people like the shop's owners and other small-business operators by easing their tax burden and helping them get more credit. "Surely, Democrats and Republicans ought to be able to agree on this bill," Obama said. The president was surrounded by a group of local small-business owners, including the owners of the Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, New Jersey, where Obama bought a sandwich. "This town, Edison, is name after somebody who was not only one of history's greatest inventors but also a pretty savvy small-business owner," Obama said of Thomas Edison, the inventor of the incandescent light bulb. Calling small businesses "the backbone" of the nation, he said they generate two of every three U.S. jobs and allow people to pursue entrepreneurial dreams essential to the American spirit. The small-business bill before the Senate would set up a $30 billion lending fund to help community banks offer small businesses credit. It also would provide tax breaks to small businesses that invest in new equipment and hire unemployed workers. The House passed a similar bill in June. Republican opposition has focused on the cost of the measure, but Obama said Wednesday that the real reason is to obstruct progress for short-term political gain. "We've seen a fair amount of obstruction that's had more to do with gaining political advantage than helping the country," Obama said. The purpose of the small-business bill is to help entrepreneurs succeed, not prop them up, he said, adding: "Government can't guarantee success, but it can knock down barriers that keep entrepreneurs from opening or expanding." "If this bill becomes law, small businesses and startups will see the positive benefits right away," Obama said, noting that it would eliminate capital gains taxes for key investments and allow small businesses to write off appreciation on new equipment. "This is as American as apple pie," Obama said of the bill.[/QUOTE] Source: [url]http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/07/28/obama.small.business/index.html[/url] Wall Street may make the most money, it it's Main Street that employees the majority.

[QUOTE]"This is as American as apple pie," Obama said of the bill.[/QUOTE] I've never liked that saying, seeing as how apple pies originated in the 14th century in England. But anyways, :10bux: says the GOP says no and stonewalls yet another helpful bill.

It's all about the big businesses for republicans, and blocking all political opposition.

:20bux: most GOP members won't even read it, and just veto the bill because it was was proposed by Democrats.

snip because facepunch is retarded.

I think it could get through as long as there aren't any left winged earmarks for the Republicans to rage about.

Well there you go folks, Republicans rape native Americans in their free time AND they hate small business!

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;23696891]Well there you go folks, Republicans rape native Americans in their free time AND they hate small business![/QUOTE] It no where states that they hate small business. Fuck, they haven't even voted on the bill. This article only talks about Obama hoping they support it. Pay attention.

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;23696891]Well there you go folks, Republicans rape native Americans in their free time AND they hate small business![/QUOTE] Great reading +1. No one dislikes small business.

*rejects bill* Look how Obama didn't do anything to help small businesses

[QUOTE=Mr_Razzums;23697277]Great reading +1. No one dislikes small business.[/QUOTE] It's not on this source, it was on Fox and Friends, they were doing that "But some Republicans say" stuff which just means their propaganda machine has already taken sides.

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;23697395]It's not on this source, it was on Fox and Friends, they were doing that "But some Republicans say" stuff which just means their propaganda machine has already taken sides.[/QUOTE] That's Fox then, not Republicans. Your statement is still just stupid rhetoric.

[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;23697453]That's Fox then, not Republicans. Your statement is still just stupid rhetoric.[/QUOTE] Oh come on, everyone knows Fox is the Republican command center. Huckabee and Palin work for Fox...

With all the money they are wasting on businesses they could have made everyone in the USA a millionaire by now.

[QUOTE=acoustical;23697501]Oh come on, everyone knows Fox is the Republican command center. Huckabee and Palin work for Fox...[/QUOTE] What are you talking about? Huckabee works for "god". [editline]07:58PM[/editline] [QUOTE=superdinoman;23697518]With all the money they are wasting on businesses they could have made everyone in the USA a millionaire by now.[/QUOTE] I wish there was a way to slap people through the internet.

[QUOTE=doomkiwi;23697940] I wish there was a way to slap people through the internet.[/QUOTE] Yeah I know Id be pimp slapping you for not agreeing. Fuck bailing out businesses.

Obviously Obama is going to urge the Republicans to support a bill that he wants to pass. If I want something, I'm obviously going to try to get it.

[QUOTE=superdinoman;23698071]Yeah I know Id be pimp slapping you for not agreeing. Fuck bailing out businesses.[/QUOTE] gj reading because this isn't a bailout [QUOTE=lulzbocks;23698093]Obviously Obama is going to urge the Republicans to support a bill that he wants to pass. If I want something, I'm obviously going to try to get it.[/QUOTE] this is something conservatives and the GOP have been wanting for a long time, yet they will still all vote against it simply because they will disagree with anything the other party proposes. [IMG]http://media.courierpress.com/media/img/photos/2010/03/21/Health_Care_Overhaul_Reyn__t607.jpg[/IMG]