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    Herman Cain blasts 'Obamacare,' nation's debt; demands common sense solutions

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Electric thank gaming.

All in the Tea Party braves organization for making this happen but it is the governor out elect thank you for being in here.

I am deeply honored.

To have been asked to -- -- Tea Party citizens' response.

Through the State of the Union Address.

-- -- just heard from President Obama.

Now many people are probably Tea Party people and they don't know.

Because if you believe in less taxes.

Less government.

The free market system.

More individual responsibility.

And enforcing -- constitution.

You -- Tea Party person.

But you may not know.

A lot of people don't know that -- Tea Party people.

Because the politically.

As well as the media elites.

Have trapped two margin -- -- this movement.

It will not be denied.

It -- stronger.

And growing as much as ever before.

In the president's speech tonight we heard.

-- -- -- -- -- We heard more proclamations.

Of how well we don't -- in in certain areas.

We heard more promises.

-- work you know on bearing problems.

We heard more class warfare.

Where the president and his administration's -- To manipulate.

But I Cisco.

And women in -- Rewards down.

And open up new loopholes of the we heard more excuses.

And blame.

And attacks on businesses.

A tax on congress.

Or what -- have not done.

In a word.

I heard him speak and it came across the hot spot.

A little idea.

No big idea.

That would fundamentally change.

How things work in -- -- no big idea.

That would dramatically.

Impact.

And job growth and economic growth in this country.

Now let me tell you what we did not hear.

We did not hear.

The real facts.

About the state of the union.

Facts.

Don't -- Here's some of the fact -- did not hear.

Unemployment.

Unemployment rate was reported to be eight point -- But if you add in the people who have been looking for so long that they stop look and and they have discouraged.

And you any in the eight million people that up under -- Lowell.

The real rate of unemployment.

It's 18%.

It's -- matter how are you wanna count.

Economic growth.

Our economic growth in the last three years has been let me -- In 2011.

Along.

It was less than 2%.

If we were really in -- recovery.

How would GDP growth should be around 5% per annum.

And that -- Only half.

Of what countries like China or experiencing.

In terms of their economic growth.

Gasoline prices up almost double.

What they work when President Obama.

Took office.

Why.

It's real simple.

We have not we do not hand.

Eight cohesive.

Common sense in -- independent strategy.

We -- not hear.

About how Obama care.

Is coming up short.

What the president and his administration thought that it will it it was a polls help bring down health care cost.

It has not.

It was the balls up she -- insurance costs down it did not.

Hundreds and hundreds of companies are asking -- wading -- You know it'd be able to try to eat that helped -- -- -- that -- -- because if they convert over to Obama care.

They won't be able to afford it they may not be able to provide -- insurance.

To their employees at all.

Obama -- simply needs to be repealed.

Because -- because it will pull down out throw to Begin with.

We also did not hear.

About being out of control spin.

-- on national debt.

It is now -- it teen trillion dollars.

And the president.

It's already asking -- another one point two trillion dollars to add onto that.

-- national debt has become a national -- grace.

Allow me to put it on another prospect.

In 1999.

-- first grandchild bull.

In 1990 and -- the national debt but every man woman and child living in this country.

Was twenty nearly 21000.

Out.

New year's day of the -- -- fourth branch out.

Debate he will all.

New -- date 2000 and -- Before he took his first breath.

That get that every man woman and child a debt that he inherited.

Nearly.

50000.

Dollars.

And it appears as -- of that is no Ian in right.

Worse yet.

Our national debt.

It -- Our GDP growth.

-- -- -- -- -- -- Some European countries.

That are facing -- -- in crisis.

That's not where the American people.

-- to be -- that's where we are.

Because the -- that spending has not stopped.

And the economic engine of this country.

Has not taken off.

And so I say and response.

On behalf of the Tea Party.

And citizen people across this country with all due respect Mr.

President.

Some of us are not stupid.

The state of -- union.

Is not good.

We want common sense solutions.

That's how we do it outside -- -- Washington.

And we happen to believe that we need more common sense solutions in out of Washington.

The American people the team very people.

We know.

That this nation is broke.

Not almost broke.

It is broke.

And -- -- and is broken.

We can't spin out a way to prosperity.

Even though the president continues to -- polls ideas.

-- bullets being mean more.

And more into -- on top of the mobile bloated government that we already area.

We also can't tax our way out a bet.

Not until we get this economy -- The president didn't talk a lot about -- Because that's what's made in in this equation in the big game -- The people of this -- -- talked to -- listened to in the Tea Party people that I've worked with the scene.

They believe that we deserved -- We deserve better than what we -- Why.

Because American -- and exceptional nation.

We -- Ain't bad error and simpler.

Tax co.

Many of the changes that the president talked about tonight.

What do manipulating around the edges for the benefit of Islam.

And of that lack of the benefits -- We need a bold.

Tax code a bold solution.

That dark we will throw it out the current tax code that we -- And put it and structure that's fair to everyone equally.

Fair and treat all business the same.

Could -- a structure.

That would not allow the politicians in Washington.

To try and pick the winners and the -- We deserve -- energy independence -- Made -- America is possible.

If we -- that map all about -- image of measles is right here at home.

We deserve.

A balanced budget.

Period.

We have been on the path of spending for decades now.

And -- elected leaders included the president have got that gets serious about -- balanced budget.

We deserve.

A government that listens to its people.

-- -- government -- Knowles its -- We -- A strong military.

Not -- we could mean military.

The people of this country.

Believe -- that -- -- peace through strength and clarity.

But yet.

Other -- administration.

Our military.

Has been cut and cut and cut.

We desired.

Any brighter future.

For our grand children.

In stated.

Of the night man and every show we are facing.

That the president.

Is -- denial.

We -- -- as a nation.

To put the word -- ninth.

Back into.

The United States of America.

The president.

Stopped the clan warfare.

-- you'll circuits from making racial -- Stop the attacks all business.

The attacks on citizens.

By making government to -- And the president -- -- ball stop the blame game.

You know it was 177.

-- The colonists.

Got fed up with opening ports in the Britain's.

And Barack act that define.

-- the ball twenty points.

-- 177.

Two years later.

We at the start of the American revolution.

-- -- -- -- -- -- We can do it again.

We need another revolution.

-- apparently -- not be about bombs and bullets.

It's going to be about brains.

And balance.

At the ballot box.

Washes and is out of touch with the people.

We got there at times they put yet.

But they worked for us.

We must remind him.

We the people economy.

That's the Tea Party message.

To Washington.

The president and his administration.

We the people upcoming.

And we know.

That we are up against the -- it.

But this is why the Tea Party movement.

Will become not a single -- Tried to -- idea.

We will be an army of -- The Tea Party movement is -- -- and -- And contrary to what -- media elites.

And the establishment not you to believe.

It is gone to continue to read -- the political landscape.

In 2000 and -- We the people -- coming.

We want.

Our power back.

Thank you for listening.

God is blessing America.

Joseph line.

The movement.

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