President Bush
shakes hands and
greets campaign
volunteers and
small-business
owners at the end
of Friday’s rally.
Jared Paben
Editor in Chief
BUSH
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"We continue to raise the bar,"
Bush Sjiid. "We continue to use a sys
tem that works."
Bush's speech focused on econom
ic development: He said the work of
farmers, ranchers and entrepreneurs,
with the help of the Bush administra
tion's tax cut, has created 1.5 million
new jobs and reduced unemploy
ment in Oregon from 8.4 percent to
6.7 percent.
"The economy is strong and getting
stronger," Bush said.
On the stage with Bush were four
small-business owners, including
George Fuentes, owner of a Salem tor
tilla factory, who has been helped by
the tax cut. Fuentes said the tax relief
has helped his business expand by let
ting him invest in new equipment
and hire more workers.
"We've hired 34 new employees
this year," Fuentes said.
Bush said every time a small-busi
ness owner buys new equipment or
expands his or her business, new jobs
are created.
Also on stage was Kathy LeCamp,
owner of a tree-growing business,
who said the tax cut helped her build
a new warehouse for her business.
Bush said this further stimulates the
economy because LeCamp had to
hire workers for that as well.
"The role of government is not to
create wealth," Bush said. "The gov
ernment's job is to stimulate the
economy."
Bush said Kerry's $2.2 trillion tax
increase would land mostly on Amer
ica's small-business owners, which
hurts the economy.
"Why would you want to tax the
job creators of America?" Bush said,
adding that small business create
most new job in America.
Bush also spoke on the topic of
health care for small-business owners
and workers. He said America must
allow small businesses to pool insur
ance risks across state lines in order to
compete with larger companies.
Bush urged small-business owners
to look into Health Care Savings Ac
counts for their employees. These ac
counts allow workers to put money
into a savings account specifically for
health care needs that allows workers
to carry their health care from job to
job and to make better health deci
sions because they will always know
exactly how much coverage they have.
LeCamp said she supports Health
Care Savings Accounts and has one of
her own.
Bush said America needs health
care reform. He said he is working for
drug-discount cards for seniors and
more preventative screenings.
"It makes no sense to have a system
that pays $ 100,000 for heart surgery
and not one dime for the drugs to
help prevent it," Bush said.
Bush also said America needs
medical liability reform, pointing
out a difference between himself
and John Kerry.
"You cannot be pro-doctor, pro
patient and pro-lawyer at the same
time," Bush said. "My opponent has
already made his choice and put
him on the ticket."
Bush ended his speech with talk of
security. He said he did not ask to be a
war president, but that he would not
hesitate from taking action against ter
rorists or the states that harbor them
before they hurt America again.
Bush called the war "new and dif
ferent," and said its enemy is patient
and will hide and wait until America
lets down its guard.
"These are cold-blooded killers,"
Bush said. "You cannot negotiate
with them."
Bush admitted that no weapons of
mass destruction have been found in
Iraq, but said America was justified in
its action against Saddam Hussein.
"Knowing what I know today, I
would make the same decision,"
Bush said.
Bush said American soldiers will re
main in Iraq until the mission is com
plete and Iraq is a free country that
can defend itself against regional and
international threats.
'Free societies do not export terror
ism," Bush said.
Bush said Kerry's plan to signifi
cantly reduce the number of troops in
Iraq in six months will send a bad
message to both the Iraqis and their
enemies.
After the speech, Bush spent sev
eral minutes working his way
through the crowd shaking hands
and talking to supporters who con
tinued to chant "four more years!"
After the rally, Bush headed north to
continue campaigning.
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