共和黨批評奧巴馬分裂策略，呼籲促進增長的政策

A two-time Republican governor says U.S. President Barack Obama has resorted to "extremism" with what he called anti-growth policies and a plan to divide Americans rather than unite them. In Tuesday's Republican response to the president's State of the Union Address, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels said the Obama administration has sought to win favor with some Americans by castigating others. He said the president's policies stifle the development of homegrown energy and have canceled plans for what he called a "perfectly sane pipeline" -- the proposed Keystone XL pipeline from western Canada to the Gulf Coast of Texas -- that supporters say would employ tens of thousands of workers. Mr. Obama has refused approval for the pipeline through the U.S. at least temporarily, while pursuing policies aimed at reducing pollution and climate change. Daniels also said the move will raise consumer utility bills and fail to improve human health or stabilize world temperatures, calling it a "pro-poverty policy.'

He said Republicans prefer a pro-growth approach that supports private sector jobs that will restore opportunity for all and generate public revenues to pay the nation's bills. He said that during Mr. Obama's three years in office, an "explosion of spending" has added trillions to the national debt. He said the president has put the nation on a course to make things radically worse in the years ahead. Daniels said Republicans do not accept the view that the nation will be one of "haves and have-nots." Instead, he said, Republicans want a nation of "haves and soon-to-haves." He called for "a dramatically simpler" tax system of fewer loopholes and lower rates. He said the nation should maximize new domestic energy technologies, which he called "the best break our economy has gotten in years." Former Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain delivered a response for the conservative Tea Party movement operating within the Republican party. He called Mr. Obama's speech " a hodgepodge ((collection)) of little ideas" and said what the country needs is more comprehensive reform. He criticized the country's rising national debt and called for a balanced budget and a simpler, fairer tax code. Concluding, he said Washington ((the federal government)) has forgotten that it works for for the American people and added that the people, in his words, "want our power back."擔任過兩屆美國印第安納州州長的共和黨人米奇·丹尼爾斯說，美國總統奧巴馬訴諸“極端主義”，奉行遏制經濟增長的政策，以及計劃分裂美國民衆而不是使之團結。米奇·丹尼爾斯星期二回應奧巴馬的國情諮文講話。他說，奧巴馬政府爲了贏取一部分美國人的好感，不惜懲戒其他人。丹尼爾斯說，奧巴馬總統的政策壓制本土能源業的發展，取消了從加拿大西部通往德克薩斯州墨西哥灣地區的基斯通XL輸油管道的提議。丹尼爾斯說，這條輸油管道“完全沒有問題”，支持者說，這個項目能僱用數萬名工人。奧巴馬至少暫時拒絕批准這條經由美國的這條輸油管道，同時奉行旨在降低污染和緩解氣候變化的政策。丹尼爾斯還說，奧巴馬的這一做法將增加消費者在水電煤氣方面的花銷，而且不能改善人民的健康，也不能穩定全球氣溫。丹尼爾斯說，這是一項“促進貧困的政策”。

他說，共和黨人主張一種促進增長的途經，這一途經有利於私營產業的工作機會，將爲所有人重新帶來機遇，並可以產生公共收入來支付國家的花銷。丹尼爾斯說，在奧巴馬執政的三年間，“支出激增”帶來了數萬億美元的新增國債。他說，奧巴馬已經使國家走上一條在未來幾年情況大幅度惡化的道路。丹尼爾斯說，共和黨人不接受美國將成爲“有產者和無產者”的國家的這一看法。他說，非但如此，共和黨人需要一個“有產者和即將成爲有產者”的國家。他呼籲建立一個漏洞較少、稅率較低的“大爲簡化”的稅收體系。他說，國家應該最大限度地採用國內能源技術，他說這是美國經濟多年來遇到的“最佳轉機”。共和黨前總統參選人赫爾曼·凱恩向共和黨內保守派的茶黨運動發表有關回應。他說，奧巴馬的講話是“一些小想法的集合”，而美國需要的是更加全面的改革。他批評美國不斷升高的國債，並呼籲平衡預算，簡化稅法，使之更加公平。凱恩講話結束時說，聯邦政府忘記了自己是爲美國人民工作的。他還說，人民要“收回權力”。