(Okoboji)– Two more Republican Presidential hopefuls made appearances Wednesday evening in the Iowa Great Lakes. Thadeus McCotter and Herman Cain spoke at an event put on by Dickinson County Republicans at the Barefoot Bar.
Speaking to a crowd of several hundred, McCotter says the country is currently faced with a series of crisis…Click here to hear mp3 file
McCotter says it’s time the U.S. did some reorganizing…Click here to hear mp3 file
And he says that reorganization needs to be extended to the financial sector…Click here to hear mp3 file
Businessman Herman Cain also addressed the gathering, calling himself the growth candidate. He too described what the nation is currently going through as a crisis, adding the biggest one is this…Click here to hear mp3 file
Cain said it’s going to be up to the business sector to pull the country out of recession…Click here to hear mp3 file
Cain says the answer is to reduce the capital gains tax to zero, saying he feels lowering taxes will create jobs…Click here to hear mp3 file
When it comes to reducing the deficit, Cain is highly skeptical over the special committee that’s been put together to come up with recommended cuts. He’s especially concerned over automatic triggers that would kick in if the committee can’t reach a concensus…Click here to hear mp3 file
And on entitlements, Cain is proposing a personalization of Social Security…Click here to hear mp3 file
Cain also called for more domestic energy production; he describes the current foreign policy in the White House as “foggy” adding he would never tip his hand to the enemy; and on immigration, Cain said securing the border and enforcing existing immigration laws are his priority, along with allowing states to enforce their own immigration laws.
