Republicans Support Bilingualism

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GOP to label Obama agenda 'big government'

WASHINGTON — Republicans intend to cast President Barack Obama's second-term agenda as more "big government" and offer a series of steps to boost economic growth and reduce the federal debt, countering the president's agenda with competing visions for the country.

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, previewing the Republican response to Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday, said Republican leaders would pursue policies that would create jobs for middle-class families, tame the federal debt and hold down future spending while providing a check on the president's agenda.

"We don't just want to be the opposition. We want to be the alternative," Rubio said in an interview with The Associated Press.

Rubio will deliver his address in both English and Spanish, a move that comes as party leaders point to the need to connect with Latino voters. Obama won 71 percent of Hispanics last year against Republican Mitt Romney and Republicans have said they must address that deficit with Hispanics in order to compete effectively with Democrats in the future.

Rubio is not the only Republican who plans to formally respond to Obama's speech before Congress.

http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-politics/20130212/US.State.of.Union.Republicans/

No surprises here.

"You're usually able to go as far as your talent and work will take you and that's the direct product of free enterprise and limited government," Rubio said. "The president is basically asking us to abandon that. He's asking us to embrace the principles of more government, more government spending, more government control of our economy."

Rubio said in the past Republicans had not persuaded enough middle-class Americans to support their ideas on the economy. He said the party would argue that tax increases would hurt middle-class families because "they're passed through in the form of higher prices, less pay, less benefits and sometimes layoffs."

"Big government does not help you get ahead. It actually hurts the people who are trying to get ahead," he said.

Edited February 12, 2013 by The Patriot

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

It would be one way to get Democrats to support building a WALL on the border with Mexico...get Latinos to vote Republican!

Edited February 13, 2013 by Gary and Alla