Right Change: White House Announces Another We Can’t Wait Program

Remember Obama’s we can’t wait campaign against Congress? It was an initiative he created to use executive orders to bypass Congress so that he could get the things he wanted passed – a move that was dubbed unconstitutional by many.  A new spending project has just been announced under that campaign bringing it’s ability to grow the economy into question.

From the Hill:

“The White House said Thursday that it was expediting the expansion of five ports along the East Coast as a part of President Obama's “We Can’t Wait” campaign against Congress. 


The projects, in Jacksonville and Miami, Fla.; Savannah, Ga.; Charleston, S.C.; New York and New Jersey, have long been sought by transportation officials in those states. Obama said Thursday that building them quickly would boost the national economy.  


“One way to help American businesses grow and hire is to modernize our infrastructure,” Obama said in a statement released by the White House. “That’s why in March I asked my administration to identify important projects across the country where Federal review could be expedited. Today’s commitment to move these port projects forward faster will help drive job growth and strengthen the economy.”

One way to help American businesses rather than throwing taxpayer money at government projects would be to lower taxes so corporations would bring jobs back home. Another way would be to stop the costly government regulations that inhibit small business from hiring.

We learned a couple of days ago that the Obama administration waited three years and seven months to implement this we can’t wait program that funds new construction projects so that he could announce it 11 weeks prior to the November election. Its clear Obama is more concerned with throwing money at a problem than real solutions that put Americans back to work. We can’t wait for Obama to leave Washington.

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