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Ärende: Press Release (0607119) for Tue, 2006 Jul 11
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President Bush Discusses the Economy in Wisconsin
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
July 11, 2006

President Bush Discusses the Economy in Wisconsin
Allen-Edmonds Shoe Corporation
Port Washington, Wisconsin


˙˙˙˙˙ In Focus: Jobs _

4:24 P.M. CDT

THE PRESIDENT: John, thanks for the shoes, and thanks for --

MR. STOLLENWERK: You're welcome.

THE PRESIDENT: -- employing people.

MR. STOLLENWERK: You're welcome.

THE PRESIDENT: We're at one of America's great companies. It's a privately
owned company that is making a good product. This is a company that has
benefited because of the tax cuts. It's a sub-chapter s company. You've
often heard me talk about cutting taxes on individuals benefits small
businesses. This is a company that had benefited from the tax cuts. It's
also a company that made additional investments because of the tax relief
we passed.

When you make investments, it makes your company more productive. And when
you're more productive, it makes you more competitive. So the tax cuts we
passed have helped this company. It made a lot of sense. They've also
helped our county. This economy of ours is growing. The unemployment rate
is 4.6 percent nationally. That's good news for workers. People are making
more money. And that's good news for workers.

And as a result of a growing economy, we collected more money for the
Treasury. I told the American people we would keep spending down and keep
pro-growth policies in place to help cut the deficit in half by 2009. As a
result of the Mid-Session Review, the numbers that came out of the
Mid-Session Review, I'm able to tell the American people we'll cut the
deficit in half by 2008. The projected budget deficit over -- of over $420
billion is now assumed to be $296 billion. See, what happens is when you
grow the economy by cutting taxes, more tax revenues come into the
Treasury, and that's what we're seeing here.

I'm looking forward to working with Congress to make sure that we continue
to hold spending down; set priorities and to be wise about how we spend the
money. And one of the problems we have in Congress is sometimes Congressmen
and Senators stick unnecessary spending into bills. And I believe the
President needs a line-item veto to help make sure that there's fiscal
responsibility in Washington, D.C.

I'm traveling with Congressman Ryan. He is the sponsor of the House bill,
and I appreciate his leadership on this issue. The United States Senate
needs to get the line-item veto to the President's desk so that the
American people can have confidence in our ability to be wise about how we
spend the money. This practice about stuffing stuff into these bills that
never gets a hearing or the light of day is just -- it's just not right.
And one way to bring fiscal sanity to Washington, fiscal discipline to
Washington is to give the President the line-item veto.

I'm thrilled to be here at Allen-Edmonds. I'm thrilled with my new shoes.
(Laughter.) I wish I had them on the Fourth of July. (Laughter.)

MR. STOLLENWERK: You're a little late.

THE PRESIDENT: But these shoes last a long period of time. I intend to be
wearing them for a lot of Fourth of Julys in -- coming. This is an American
-- an American-based company making good American products. And I'm proud
-- proud of what you're doing here, John.

I'll tell you something interesting, so we're working the floor out there,
talking to the people who make this company grow, and he knows everybody's
name. That's a good sign. That's a caring -- that's a caring chief
executive officer who cares first and foremost about the people here on the
floor. And guess what happens when you have somebody like that who takes
care of his workers, they make good product. So I'm proud to be an
Allen-Edmonds customer. And I'm proud to be here at this factory. And
thanks for having me.

MR. STOLLENWERK: Thank you.

THE PRESIDENT: Yes, sir.

MR. STOLLENWERK: And a paying customer at that.

THE PRESIDENT: Oh, yes. (Laughter.) Part of the accountability system in
Washington. (Laughter.) Thank you all.

Q Do you have a comment on India?

THE PRESIDENT: No comments today, thank you very much.

END 4:28 P.M. CDT
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