Herman Cain delivers response to Obama’s SOTU

 Herman Cain, renowned business leader and recent
founder of a presidential exploratory committee, issued this statement following
President Obama’s State of the Union Address delivered January 25, 2011:  

 
“While any State of the Union address is certainly a historic event for the
American people, President Obama’s speech tonight failed to address the
growing and persistent ills that plague our nation, largely symptomatic of
an out-of-control government and in need of serious remedy.
 
President Obama said ‘investment.’ Americans heard ‘more government
spending.’ President Obama said ‘job creation.’ We heard ‘…but not in the
private sector.’ President Obama said it is time for civility. We heard ‘…for
thee, not for me.’
 
The true state of our union is fragile, but the true will of the people is
strong. The people will demand effective economic growth policies which
were noticeably absent from the President’s speech. 
 
The American people are taxed too much and too often. The jobs-killing
health care overhaul saddles businesses and taxpayers with even costlier
medical bills. Our national debt caused by unbridled spending will be an
agonizing weight on the backs of our children and grandchildren. And the
federal government is circumventing its Constitutional limits at nearly
every turn.
 
It is my most sincere hope that President Obama takes heed of the
warning signaled by voters across America on November 2, 2010: we are
tired of ‘business as usual’ with new rhetoric and only with bold leadership
based on Constitutional principles can this country get back on the road to
prosperity.”