That’s former Senator Rick Santorum (the only person in the world requiring a “beastio” just for invoking his name) channeling George Bush. Twice over: once with the English and once with the congenital misperception of the economy:

I really do believe that the fundamentals of American economy is still strong

(To be fair to George Bush though, their statements would be grammatically matched only if Bush had said “Is our the children learning?”)