Bachmann helps bolster Obama’s point

[ProSense]

Bachmann helps bolster Obama’s point

By Steve Benen

I find it hard not to enjoy stories like these.

On her visit to a traffic-signal plant Monday, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann called it an example of how President Obama’s policies are “continuing to dig us deeper into the hole toward another recession.”

Standing before a row of shiny orange trailers carrying portable solar-powered traffic lights, she said her plans for a smaller government with fewer rules and lower spending would help OMJC Signal Inc. “grow, grow, grow, grow, grow.”

“That’s my goal — to see you succeed wildly,” the Minnesota congresswoman told a gathering of OMJC workers on the plant floor here in the central Iowa town where she grew up.

So, what’s the problem? As it turns out, OMJC Signal Inc. thrives thanks to government contracts — more than 80% of the company’s revenue comes from government — which allows it provide portable traffic lights, solar-powered bus-stop lights, and traffic cameras for projects nationwide.

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[arcane1]

1. I'd love to see her explain how so many private citizens purchase traffic lights

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Kolesar]

2. Lease all the roads in your neighborhood to a private company for 99 years

Then the new owner charge everybody to use their roads..../sarcasm

To be honest, road property tax levies are rather onerous.

[liberal N proud]

3. So why did they have her visit?

They thrive on government contracts and she wants to kill government.

Doesn't sound like the one at the company who invited her understands her message or they think they are immune.

Unbelievable.

[Life Long Dem]

4. She's fading away fast.

She doesn't have enough campaign contributions to get her touring outside of Iowa. If you notice she has only been in Iowa as of late.

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. +1. She has more to lose than any of them, so expect her to get crazier as her funds dwindle. (nt)