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Charlie Daniels pens open letter to President Obama

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    Country music legend wants less government, lower taxes

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I don't know I go to work.

He's one of the all time greats in country music -- -- that's number one song the devil went down to Georgia of course country music legend Charlie Daniels is at -- again.

It's got a brand new round is for the holidays for Christmas he joins us -- from the Nashville but first to talk about this nation.

Charlie Daniels you are a musician a creative -- but you're a businessman.

First and foremost -- -- Yes I -- -- thirty people it.

And have for the last thirty years.

Very much -- but to my people I love my people I love what I do and I'm very concerned about the country.

As a small business guy you wrote an open letter to the president and you're really concerned and here's an excerpt from that.

-- this -- -- of this nation do not need to pay more taxes the government needs to stop spending money does not have.

And has to borrow because the truth is the matter -- no matter how much taxes the government collects things are only going to get worse because you only spend it.

And demand even more which ironic is that essentially would Mitt Romney said yesterday he believes he lost the as a premise -- -- -- president -- among other things.

Promise more handouts for people that he wouldn't do little to produce -- people people are counting on government to solve their problems.

Well government ever solve all our problems in it's it has to be done from the good government did not build this country regardless of what -- president said about you didn't build it.

I can say from my point B I did build my business.

I came to Nashville with a -- dollar -- -- clutch out of my car.

And you know I know what it is a start from nothing and to build up of government did that thing connected to help me build my business.

You talk to most business people around the country you found it -- -- packets of very.

Bad attitude to have -- business and I think that if -- win this country gets back on its face it will be because of small business people and be that big -- businesspeople business'.

Industry rather than the government.

I love this one -- you wrote you said we wish you where it was -- government what I was digging out of a two million dollar debt.

Playing every smoky beer joint I could to keep from losing everything I owned you want to ask your brand out.

You are trying to hustle you -- you way back.

I just want to work you know -- -- way to do it I could at that I had no no place to go.

You know was -- got make some bad decisions and got.

Tremendously and dead and I just had to dig back dig out a bit but nobody was there to help me I had to do it just the good lord took because it got -- money.

The government did not -- me.

I got to talk to you too about the holidays I cannot believe it's here you have new album -- -- it's Christmas time again.

I assume you've got to bring the federal.

Alia Ali everything we got -- there's a bunch good -- white Christmas blue Christmas little down a bit me -- Oh Al Al -- a good step owner -- economic went a little caveat here.

It's only available at oh country books they rank hometown -- -- are male named Patrick about -- They are taken this project known they're donate the profits to the armed services YM CLA but it's only available it's those outlets.

Okay and it's visited that's -- -- behind -- old country buffet right.

-- -- -- -- -- Here's the question I always think about I know you -- record this before the holidays is it hard in August or June getting into the holiday spirit.

It really is the first Christians -- -- -- actually waited until the holidays when we came home from Christmas and -- and record it -- we.

You know but there's a -- rest up and have -- -- -- in August and July and you go to studio get -- that you walk outside that's a hundred degrees so it kind of feels the mood a little bit but -- -- -- -- -- spirited to familiar -- -- walking through cotton pretending it's now.

Charlie Daniels -- thanks so much the album I'm sure it's fantastic I'll make sure to get it and pay full price and -- congratulations only success new career.

Thank you -- period.

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