Lame-Duck Stimulus? Probably Not

why do a few big corporations get huge bucks for resorts and the good life while the people who need it most get a lousy few hundred dollars? how come the people get so little respect? is that just the way it is? put the rich on pedestals so they can s h t on the poor folks?

James,
Yea, right James, why extend unemployment benefits in this awesome economy where there are tons of jobs. What a joke people are. I can see you are not hurting to feed your family or pay your mortgage. Im sure if you were you would be singing a different tune. But I guess you figure the I’m Ok, Your Ok attitude works best for you, so screw the rest of us.

what a shame that someone thinks we can all build roads and bridges that will take years. I would think an economic stimulus would mean stimulating the economy, meaning ‘spendable’ money. People out of work and those on social security should have had stimulus checks in November and December. Many of the stores could have had a decent holiday season. too.

Some of you are hilarious soooo, why not send everyone gift certificates ?

Patriotism – Do the Right Thing for the USA
Hey Dubya – stop your insipid Horse – Crap and do whatever Barrack Obama and Joe Biden tell you to do – tell your dog Dickya to do the same – if you have any patriotism in ya – ya woulda already resigned on day after election – you created and left several crises and distasters for the new team – fortunately and thank God they are up for the task – so just get out and take your dog Dickya withya – dont worry about history – you have a 5 point legacy – 1) crashed economy – 2) Iraq – 3)Katrina -preventable ya shoulda built the levies 4) 911 -also preventable – why was USAF on the ground when 2nd plane hit – 5) stole 2 elections.-
All 5 points of your criminal legacy which you and your corrupt gangsta administration should be prosecuted for : the key prosecution witnesses – 1) Paul ONeil US Treasury Secretary for economy and 2) Colin Powell (Joe Wilson & Valerie Plame) for Iraq and disasterous foreign Policy 3) people of NOLA for Katrina 4) people of NYC for 911 5) 62+million voters for Barrack Obama Joe Biden (who also voted for John Kerry and Al Gore) for 2004 and 2000 stolen electionsall the best (LOL) to ya and ya dog Dickya on ya exile in Paraguay (FYI – thats a country in South America where a lot of Nazis fled after their horrific crimes) Orange County Republicans (LOL) for Barrack Obama & Joe Biden
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George,
Everybody is talking about the next Economic Stimulus Package. It looks like there will be close a $1 Trillion hand out from the US Government (The People) to Banks and other Businesses.
What about the people who are over 50 years old and have been laid off? Why can’t the US Government offer a tax break to employers who hire people who are 50 years old and older; perhaps on a gradient level, more of a tax break if the person is 51 compared to 50; more of a tax break if the person is 52 compared to 51, etc. These people have already seen their 401K become a 200.5K and they will not be able to retire until they reach the age of 66, 70 or beyond! These people face age discrimination from employment agencies and human resource departments. The US offer tax breaks to employers who hire veterans and offer paid college education to college grads if they work for the peace corps, or teach in an inner city low income city. The people who have been laid off and are 50 years old or older have an extremely difficult time getting hired. These individuals will not job hop. They need to work. Now is the time for the US Government to offer a tax break to the employer as an incentive to hiring these individuals. A $600 or $1,000 payout does not last as long as a long term permanent job. What’s right is right! Do the Right Thing!!!!!

when will the big gov give do it right?because of corps getting money they really dont need the million dollar bonuses get handed out like usual.put an immediate stop on all exec and chair bonuses , regulate the use of the money to go to the right places and there will be more money for more needs.helping those in foreclosure danger is one thing but what about helping putting those who lost everything back on track with a new house and mortgage.oh ya , whatya say about firing all those who illegally, unethically and unmorally got rich from running the game on those who lost.no severance and no unemployment , they got enough to support multiple families for a few years.matter of fact with the disposable cash and property owned they could open a business and employ a few people without anykind of loan money.why should these crooks benefit twice for the same thing.

I love how the Fed always comes out with, “we cut the rates again to help”…to help who??? Banks get the money and sit on it. They don’t lend it cause they know times are tough and some of us had to resort to living off credit cards, huh, no loan there.
Give me the stimulus check and guess where it goes…back to the credit card company that just rose my rates, cause they know times are tough….
The Fed wants to help? How about telling credit card companies that they can only charge 5% maximum…forever.
Make it easier to file for bankruptcy…the loan sharks get a percentage anyway when they “charge off” an account. The 400 a month I pay to see my debt to credit cards unchanged just might be spent on products…which creates jobs…duh.

As we pass environmental regulations, the price of converting oil to gas increases.

James, you should turn down Social Security when you become eligible if you feel so strongly about working; that is, if you aren’t eligible already because it was the ‘working people’ at the time that actually got it in. They also called them Communists at the time. Suppose you think that’s welfare too! By the way, if you do turn it down, SS that is, I’ll give you my address and you can send the monthly check to me. I’ll make sure it’s spent wisely. Also, you should probably volunteer to work on Labor Day. Give somebody else the day off who really appreciates it.

we will certainly hold your administration accountable for this stimulus program. you better get much more in the way of controlling this package and rule out the pork barrel and ear mark projects or we will be wasting billions of dollars. Some of the proposed expenditures are totally ridiculous. You still need a way to rule out some of these suggested ways to the spend money. the mayors and governors have some really bad ideas on this. It’s going to take time and vigilance to protect us from wasted money. I’m still not convinced there has been any where near the time needed to rule out waste. No time to loose but this package is no where near ready.

Stepanapolouass..you are a ass…..

I am just a middle class guy trying to break out of that situation. Not a great place to be. The Politicians and the Media manipulate us on a daily basis. I could go on a Rant for twenty pages, but I will spare you that for now. I have been watching the news for months about the current financial crisis and I still haven’t heard anyone break it down as to what the real problem is. The real scary part is how can they fix a problem when they can’t identify the root of it or even make a simple list of thing that need to be addressed first. The list is very short: Consumer Confidence and do what ever it takes to make the Banks lend money. Until those two things happen, it will only get worse. Maybe they understand this, but they aren’t saying it publicly or loud enough. Oh by the way, they give these banks all this money and they can’t or won’t tell anyone where it went. Solution, give it back and eat the big one like everybody else. No we are just going to through money at it and pray to God that it works. So which window do you want to jump out of?
Here are some of the things I will change when I am in charge:
1.Get ride of the IRS, what a pain they are. This is the fastest way to get money back into the economy. The Solution, (The Fair Tax) City, State, Federal Sales Tax. I understand this is way to simple, but think about it for a minute, it would not matter where the money comes from, if you spend it, you pay a tax. Oh wait, that would eliminate the need for small businesses to pay employees cash to avoid taxes, or hide money in offshore accounts. How about a business would be encouraged to show as much profit as they can so that when they go to the Bank for a loan the books reflect the true financial position of the company. The way it is now a company has to reduce the profits on the books in order to not give it to the government and when they go to the Bank to get a loan, look out there are several different scenarios that could play out, none of them good. Lets go through just a few, Business can lie to the bank, Banker can ignore the books and take care of his buddy, business doesn’t get the loan when in reality they have the ability to service the debt and make their company grow and employ more people, which in turn makes the economy grow. Great system, lets do more of that and see where it gets us. Enough of that, I’m Ranting.
2. The President will no longer have two terms. What you say? The President will only serve one
term of six or eight years (I haven’t decided yet). Now the Big Why. He no longer needs to spend half of his first term getting re-elected for his second term. Now he can do what he was elected to do in the first place and doesn’t have to worry about who he pisses off. Now wouldn’t that save a lot of money and time and also close a door for possible corruption (not that any of that happens).
I’m going to stop now; I don’t want to get into a real rant that I feel coming on. I feel better now.
JP at http://www.recessionbuster911.com