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- Date Issued:
- 1975-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign rally at Renaissance High School in Detroit, MI. Biden criticizes Republican presumptive nominees Mitt Romney and Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) for their economic and tax proposals. He says the Republican Party had lost touch with ordinary Americans, noting "Folks, this is not your father's Republican Party. This is not Mitt Romney's father's Republican Party." He praises Detroit and Michigan for their resilience and perseverance. Biden is introduced by Flint native and Olympian Claressa Shields, winner of the gold medal in women's boxing.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-08-22T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- George Bush announces his new economic agenda in a speech to the Detroit Economic Club. Promises to cut the White House staff by a third if Congress will do the same.
- Date Issued:
- 1992-09-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Barack Obama delivers his second State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress. Obama talks about civility and the need for legislators to work together to insure that the U.S. can compete in a rapidly changing global economy. To sharpen the country's competitive edge, he calls for increased spending on education, infrastructure, clean energy technology, and high-speed Internet, while at the same time, in a nod to the burgeoning deficit, proposes a five-year freeze on domestic discretionary spending and a massive, cost cutting reorganization of the federal government. He also discuses health care, the tax code, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, national security, gays in the military, and immigration. Obama closes by saying that America is still a place where a person can rise from humble beginnings to achieve great things.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks to supporters at a campaign event held at the Bridgeport Art Center in Chicago. Obama comments on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate and talks about what he calls the "two visions" for moving the country forward. He calls the Republican tax and economic policies "trickle down fairy dust" declaring it has been tried and did not work, then lays out his objectives for a second term.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-08-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Obama frames the choice confronting voters' this fall as one of the future direction of the country, not a referendum on the state of the economy. He acknowledges that the economy is not where it needs to be, but says he believes Mitt Romney's recipe for growth is wrong. Obama says the only way for the economy to recover is to have a strong and prosperous middle class. He emphasizes the refusal of Republicans to pass any economic plans that involved raising taxes for the wealthy.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-06-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Kennedy says gas and oil taxes that are already inflated out of proportion will be raised, causing the poor to suffer.
- Date Issued:
- 1975-01-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- 2012 Presidential campaign. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney meet in their first debate of the 2012 campaign. PBS news anchor Jim Lehrer moderates. Lehrer breaks the time into six segments: three dealing with the economy and one each on healthcare, the role of government, and governing. Romney aggressively criticizes Obama and the state of the economy during his administration. Obama counters suggesting that Romney would only bring back the policies of the previous president which Obama alleges created the recession. Romney disavows several policies on which he had been campaigning like his proposal for a five trillion dollar tax cut. Obama reemphasizes the need to cut middle class taxes but restore higher rates on the wealthiest persons. Held at the University of Denver. Sponsored by The Commission on Presidential Debates.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-10-03T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama speaks to supporters at a campaign event held at the Bridgeport Art Center in Chicago. Obama comments on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate and talks about what he calls the "two visions" for moving the country forward. He calls the Republican tax and economic policies "trickle down fairy dust" declaring it has been tried and did not work, then lays out his objectives for a second term.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-08-12T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1975-10-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection