Obama collects campaign money in Atlanta
In a downtown Atlanta hotel today, President Barack Obama spoke to hundreds of supporters who donated money to his re-election campaign.
Most of the President’s speech was about the economy.
About 500 people greeted President Obama inside the Westin Peachtree Plaza hotel. Supporters gave between $250 and $35,000.
For more than twenty minutes, they heard the nation’s top Democrat center his re-election argument on the economy. The President touted the government funded rescue of the nation’s auto industry. Mr. Obama also acknowledged it will take a long time to fix the economy.
“The question is not whether we need to put more folks back to work or whether we need to see the economy growing faster or whether we need to bring down or debt,” said President Obama. The question is how do we do it?”
In giving his answer, President Obama tried to contrast his economic plan with Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican Presidential nominee. Obama said Romney’s plan would not force wealthy business owners to comply with government regulations.
“If they’re doing well, then everybody else is automatically doing well,” said President Obama. That’s their view.”
The President argued fixing the economy starts with schools.
“I’ve got a vision that says the way we’re going to grow our economy and put people back to work is to make sure every child has the best education possible,” said President Obama.
Obama also says he wants to improve manufacturing, decrease America’s dependence on foreign oil and tax the rich to help draw down the national debt.
Very little of his speech was about the health care law he pushed Congress to pass. The same law the U-S Supreme Court will rule on this Thursday.
The President did tell the crowd now is not the time to debate or repeal the law. After Atlanta, the President went to Miami for another fundraiser.