President Obama Brings Facts to Romney and Ryan
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...g.html?hpid=z6
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And by bolstering his case, the president was able to also pack more punch when he pivoted to broader arguments:
What leaders in both parties have traditionally understood is that [government] investments aren't part of some scheme to redistribute wealth from one group to another…These investments benefit us all. They contribute to genuine, durable economic growth…
It doesn't make us weaker when we guarantee basic security for the elderly or the sick or those who are actively looking for work. What makes us weaker is when fewer and fewer people can afford to buy the goods and services our businesses sell, or when entrepreneurs don't have the financial security to take a chance and start a new business. What drags down our entire economy is when there's an ever- widening chasm between the ultrarich and everybody else.