Sarah Palin in 2011 State of the Union address

On Government Reform: Cut funding for "fluffery" like the NPR and NEA

Palin had some particularly harsh words [for Obama's economic policy]: "The president is so off base in his ideas on how it is that he believes government is going to create jobs. Obviously government growth won't create any jobs, it's the private sector that can create the jobs." [When the interviewer asked] for specifics besides emphasizing the private sector over the public sector, Palin said she would cut funding for "fluffery" like the NPR and NEA, along with "Obamacare" and entitlement programs. Source: 2011 State of the Union: Republican Response Jan 25, 2011

On Technology: USSR won 1960s space race, but its debt led to USSR collapse

Palin noted, "Obama's theme in the State of the Union was the WTF--winning the future. I thought, That acronym? Spot on. There were a lot of WTF moments throughout that speech." Palin identified what the president had to say about the "Sputnik moment" as one of those "WTF" instances. "He needs to remember that what happened back then with the former communist USSR and their victory in that race to space, yeah, they won, but they also incurred so much debt that it led to their inevitable collapse." Source: 2011 State of the Union: Republican Response Jan 25, 2011

The above quotations are from 2011 State of the Union address to Congress, plus the Republican Response and the Tea Party response: Jan. 25, 2011. Click here for other excerpts from 2011 State of the Union address to Congress, plus the Republican Response and the Tea Party response: Jan. 25, 2011. Click here for other excerpts by Sarah Palin. Click here for a profile of Sarah Palin.
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