Obama Faces GOP Fight on Stimulus Plan

Hi Mr. S.- saw you speak on GMA a few minutes ago and thought you hit the nail on the head. It is the CONGRESS that is out of control here, not just these banking firms. They have no idea what they are doing with this bailout, other than throwing money at firms that can still justify a $50 million jet in the light of what is going on in this country.Barney Frank is an absolute joke and the people of Mass. should be ashamed for putting this man in congress-he’s a criminal and should be thrown out. He should be held accountable for this banking and bailout mess, not put in charge of it like he is now. Please, Mr. S., please keep up the good reporting for us regular people out here in America who feel helpless about the whole situation.

After eight years of reckless spending it cracks me up to hear the republicans whine about spending now. I guess it’s only spending if it’s that other party? Jeanne, as you say that about Barney Frank? Palusen, the one in charge of that last bailout money? Well, he contributed to the big mess as well.

It is really tough to know if any of these folks understand economics. It seems they continue to discuss economics in terms of politics. …………
http://thefiresidepost.com/2009/01/27/economic-illiteracy/

The GOP spent like drunken sailors for 8 years and racked up an unprecedented federal deficit. Their president led the charge for a $750 billion TARP bailout that we still don’t know how was spent. The Republicans have absolutely no clue on fiscal responsibility, accountability or how to restore the economy. While it’s admirable that Obama is trying to build bipartisan consensus he shouldn’t hold his breath. It’s most important to keep all the Dems on the same page.

The Republicans would be wise to push for as many chages as they can get and then vote against the final plan. This Plan has no chance of working and the Reublicans need to distance themselves from it so they can hold the Democrats accountable.
A very large majority (59%) of the American people are concerned that Obama will over spend. The Republicans have the path to regain control of the house and senate by opposing this wasteful and politically motivated spending plan.

Unbelievable that the only Republican idea is still tax cuts. The Republicans gave 8 years of hugh tax cuts to the wealthy, telling us that they would spend & stimulate the economy. Obviously it didn’t work.
As usual they are just playing politics & not caring about the consequence.

Kristina,
Instead of just spewing liberal talking points, check the real facts!
Ten Myths About the Bush Tax Cuts—and the Facts
Myth #1: Tax revenues remain low.
Fact: Tax revenues are above the historical average, even after the tax cuts.
Myth #2: The Bush tax cuts substantially reduced 2006 revenues and expanded the budget deficit.
Fact: Nearly all of the 2006 budget deficit resulted from additional spending above the baseline.
Myth #3: Supply-side economics assumes that all tax cuts immediately pay for themselves.
Fact: It assumes replenishment of some but not necessarily all lost revenues.
Myth #4: Capital gains tax cuts do not pay for themselves.
Fact: Capital gains tax revenues doubled following the 2003 tax cut.
Myth #5: The Bush tax cuts are to blame for the projected long-term budget deficits.
Fact: Projections show that entitlement costs will dwarf the projected large revenue increases.
Myth #6: Raising tax rates is the best way to raise revenue.
Fact: Tax revenues correlate with economic growth, not tax rates.
Myth #7: Reversing the upper-income tax cuts would raise substantial revenues.
Fact: The low-income tax cuts reduced revenues the most.
Myth #8: Tax cuts help the economy by “putting money in people’s pockets.”
Fact: Pro-growth tax cuts support incentives for productive behavior.
Myth #9: The Bush tax cuts have not helped the economy.
Fact: The economy responded strongly to the 2003 tax cuts.
Myth #10: The Bush tax cuts were tilted toward the rich.
Fact: The rich are now shouldering even more of the income tax burden.

“Obama and His Magic Egg of Power”
from Hillbuzz
http://hillbuzz.wordpress.com/2009/01/27/this-is-almost-too-crazy-to-be-real-but-we-swear-its-true-obama-has-a-magic-egg-of-power-in-the-oval-office/#comments
Read the whole article, including the info about Odinga.

Hey Mike – Myth #6 kinda overrides Myth #4 and #9.
And you have to remember that all of this revenue was goosed with cheap money/credit from the Federal Reserve.
End the Fed.
-DaveP Pgh PA

TONY T: You sound like a republican true and true come on 2 years compared to 6 years of control by the republican party do the math the republicans have messed this country up good and now Obama has to try and fix it. A trillion dollar pay out compared to Bushes stupid war that has cost us over 4 trillion dollars it is the republicans that have put us in this mess. It was the young people this election that said no more and it will be the young people that decide in the next election who to trust. NOT REPUBLICANS.

RJ,
I sure hope your never in charge of actually recording anything going on in your own life.
Jimyy Carter & the Community Reinvestment Act, Bill Clinton, Larry Summers (And yes Phil Gramm, a Republican) with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, BARNEY FRANK with his insane press to lend to anyone with a pulse.
Tim Geithner’s role in the bailouts last year which have failed to produce results.
Plenty of blame on both sides of the aisle. Try to get it right, its really not that hard!

Why not shave a few hundred billion off of the plan and focus the plan entirely on economic stimulus? This bill isn’t just economic stimulus – it contains lots of financial gifts to organizations like ACORN and Planned Parenthood. Unlike the economic stimulus plans passed by Clinton and Bush (which were also hotly debated and opposed), this one goes far beyond trying to stimulate the economy. If it focused solely on the economy, there’d be a lot more support for it.

Obama wants to have transparency…here is his chance.
Post each and every expenditure in that bill online. by line item, with the name od the responsible party for putting it in there, be it Democrat, Republican or Independent.
Let the American People know EXACTLY who thought adding money for birth control or 200 million for the Mall in DC, or even the 600 million for the Digital TV conversion is somehow related to stimulating the economy!

Well ………..well this stimulus bill which is more of an IOU from the Democrat Party as a pay back to their thousands of donors and supporters this past November…………..
Look what the Dems are stuffing in this IOU bill:
Republican lawmakers are raising concerns that ACORN, the low-income advocacy group under investigation for voter registration fraud, could be eligible for billions in aid from the economic stimulus proposal working its way through the House.
House Republican Leader John Boehner issued a statement over the weekend noting that the stimulus bill wending its way through Congress provides $4.19 billion for “neighborhood stabilization activities.”
He said the money was previously limited to state and local governments, but that Democrats now want part of it to be available to non-profit entities. That means groups like ACORN would be eligible for a portion of the funds.
The dirty Dems always greasing the fingers that feed them……..sad.
Why not do what’s right for America, for a CHANGE

President Obama has the votes to get this Stimulus passed as it is right now and still he is willing to reach out and listen to the Republicans.
I’d say he is the Bigger Man, and Republicans are pushing the envelope at the expense of the American people.
also,
it’s amusing to read comments that blame our current economic crisis on the Democratic Congress which held control for the last two years.
The effects of a problematic economy may have become “Obvious” over the last couple of years but, Democrats are not alone in putting the country’s economy at risk.
I am not an economist but, I do work with the root of the home building industry. I could see the problems long before the last couple of years. Outrageous, overblown housing prices, loans going to people that didn’t qualify and credit card debt of people living beyond their means.
On top of all that is a leadership that believed that the economy was fundamentally strong.
That all has been going on for awhile now folks… a lot longer than the last two years…
There are Democrats and Republicans with their hands filthy from that mess.

LOL, you liberal puppets….
By all means lets just make this package 2…no 4 trillion dollars…. just keep sloping your pork into it….come on now….
lets be proactive here….lets just give the auto makers 500 billion now so we dont have to listen to them whine & beg in a few weeks.
You guys wanted 200 million to work on the National Mall ….lets make 600 million!!!
come on every one….lets jsut add a few more on to it…

4 billion for ACORN?
How is this economic stimulus?
Liberals, you have been had. Or paid off.
Either way, it’s a national disgrace, Mr.Obama!

Oh, I forgot…
IT’S ALL BUSH’S FAULT
200 million for contraceptives?
Liberals, come on now. Where does it end? Spend, spend, spend….BROKE!

Stimulus package? Bad idea.
Government abortions? Bad idea.
Gitmo closing? Bad idea.
Tax cuts? Non existant.
Obama? So far so bad.

Absolutely correct.. WJ LePetomane!
AmericanPie… you and your sour grapes don’t deserve the name.

“Government Abortions: bad idea. Good thing he is not proposing them.”
LOL…no he is authorizing us to send money to foreign countries so we can pay to theirs

Let’s see if I have this figured out correctly. We spent the last 8 years under Bush control and 6 years of Republican control of Congress which gave the wealthy tax breaks in order to strenghten our economy. This failed philosophy just put our country in the worst recession since the great depression and cost the Republicans the last election. But these same Republican clowns are now trying to convince Obama and the American people that they have the best ideas on how to fix the economy that they screwed up. What a bunch of hypocrites.

Question? How can Barney Frank get 12 million for a bank in his home town? When he was the cause of Frannie and Freddie going down the tubes and forcing banks to give bad loans.Northing has change they are all looking out for themselves. It should be a true stimlus package not the same old Pork that Pelosi pushes and pushes
How is that stimulating the economy?
There is so much bull crap spending in this bill anyone with half a brain would not vote for it.

Mike_C posts:
“Government Abortions: bad idea. Good thing he is not proposing them.”
LOL…no he is authorizing us to send money to foreign countries so we can pay to theirs
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No Mike, that’s not true. Rescinding the so called “gag rule” frees up money for organizations that offer [among other services] family planning counsel to poor nations. They were denied these funds for even mentioning abortion as an option (even in the case of rape, incest or danger to the mother’s health).
These organizations DO NOT advocate abortion as birth control.
Please read up on this before you just spew regurgitated talking points.
Thanks

Stimulus package? Bad idea.
Government abortions? Bad idea.
Gitmo closing? Bad idea.
Tax cuts? Non existant.
Obama? So far so bad.
I agree completely

It is great for people to have opinions, but the opinions should be with ideas, comments or suggestions that will help this country. Time for childish name calling and rehashing old campaign trash talk is long past. People are hurting, families are being destroyed by the financial crisis, and there is no political affiliation, religion or economic status that isn’t impacted in some form or fashion whether it be friend of foe. It may make some feel good to get a few words in a blog to bash the President, Democrats or Republicans, but when tomorrow comes, this nation is still in crisis. President Obama took this burden on and honestly seems to be trying to pull it out. But it is going to take every Senator, Congressman and American who voted for and against to try to be creative with ideas and suggestions vs being divisive and harmful. I challenge every person who blogs on this issue to offer an idea to help. Now with all this said, here are my suggestions: (1) every high school graduate or dropout 18 years and up should be required to spend 18 months in military service, but never leave U. S. soil. This will provide training to millions of young Americans, provide them with health insurance, and most of all teach them discipline and provide a source of self-esteem and self respect. After 18 months, they can decide to stay in the military or to be discharged. If they stay, they can be deployed to the location of their choice if circumstance permit. If they choose to be discharged and it is honorable, they still qualify for the educational and other GI benefits. (2) interest rates for all mortgages, auto purchases and credit cards should be capped at 5% for all banks who receive bailout funds, no exception. (3) Any organization receiving bailout funds should be audited by an outside agency and report monthly how the funds were spent to stimulate the economy. (4) Reduce payroll taxes by 2%. Can you contribute your ideas! I challenge you.

“When Obama lets the Bush tax cuts sunset, that $500 ($1000 for a married couple) is not going to make up for it. We will all be paying MORE taxes.”
Considering he’s now talking about cutting taxes, that appears to be irrelevant.

The Republican party is now playing the role of ‘Obstructionist’s’ under the leadership of Rush Limbaugh. Republicans are intent to make Obama fail no matter what the cost is. The heck with infrastructure projects that will create needed jobs, the Republicans are singing the same old tune of tax cuts for the wealthy. Shameful.

Obama has already won this phase of the Political Parlor Game. He brought his Oracle of Politics to Washington and he is making brilliant plays. ……….
http://thefiresidepost.com/2009/01/28/political-parlor-games-and-obamas-oracle/

OMG!! This is why 1/3 of my income goes to taxes?
“…several hundred million for family planning services and contraception … and $200-million to refurbish the National Mall.”
Bush was bad but this is ridiculous! Give me my money back! I can spend it better than this!

we should eliminate all taxes for anybody makeing under 100,000 and triple tax the super wealthy,they have raped america for long enough,

For “T”
If you eliminate taxes for everyone under 100K and tax those who make more than that heavily, what do you think will happen?
A good bet would be that those people who own small businesses that make more than $100K would go out of business. Then there would be a lot of people who would be out of a job.
But you are right, at least then everybody would be on the same level…unemployed. Sounds fair.

T – Your brother-in-law must be as dumb as you are. There is no way a small business owners would spend more money when they know they are going to be paying more in taxes. They will save that money to pay it to the government. Less investment and more complacency is always the result of higher taxes.
By the way, learn to spell and punctuate correctly and maybe you can find a job so you can pay more in taxes like the rest of us.

what?—ok whatever keep believeing taht republican lie. i have a small cleaning company if i want to save from paying taxes i buy equipment or give out bonus to the two part timers i hire,so i can write that off..that is how it works and if you dont spend it on yourself the government will take it…oh an dthsi is blogging not a english paper,so i type real fast. i donttype for a living so not prcticed at it. i am not a rich republican with all day to sit on my butt why working people make me rich.

ABC LOCAL NEWS BORDERS ON PROPERGANDER(WHERE IS THE SPELLCHECK).In this peanutbutter killer food out break is really not beeing reported to the public in Georgia lik it should be.The elected officals ARE NOT BEING QUESTION. THE LOCAL NEWS SEEM TO BE DOWNPLAYING IN HOLDING ELECTED OFFICALS ACCOUNTABL. Same thing happened in our energy shortage WITH LOCAL NEWS. I ask the rest of the country this republican state is herting the rest of the country! Please help.

what? ok keep up the lies. maybe you need to see a accountant and find out how to hied profits so you dont pay taxes. because that is how the rich people do it. you buy equipment make capital investments and give raises or bonuses to keep from paying it in taxes.. wake up grow up and get smart.

How much of this is going to ACORN but stated under disguised terminology?! PORK PORK PORK
And as a former Dem, I would like to state: The Dems in Congress got us into this financial mess with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac!

Obama doesn’t need votes from the Republicans.
He just wants them to share the blame for this ridiculous dirt sandwich.

Obama has 90 percent media support. And they’re working on shutting up the other 10 percent. He can’t have everything! Obama doesn’t have the experience to have both Houses just bow down without questions.

T – The only one you are hiding (noticed I spelled it correctly) your profits from is yourself.
JL – George Bush and the great men and women of the armed forces kept the war in the Middle East and away from us here in the U.S. Clinton let terrorism come over to N.Y. when he pulled out of Somalia letting the terrorist have it and did nothing about the attack on the USS Cole in the port of Aden. Clinton also did nothing when U.S. embassies in Nairobi, Kenya and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania were bombed. In Nairobi, 12 Americans are among the 291 killed, and over 5,000 were wounded, including 6 Americans. In Dar es Salaam, one U.S. citizen was wounded among the 10 killed and 77 injured. And don’t forget when a bomb in a van explodes in the underground parking garage in New York’s World Trade Center, killing six people and wounding 1,042 Clinton allows the investigation to stop here in the U.S. allowing Osama bin Laden to continue building his terrorist organization. A Democrat allowed the mess and a Republican cleaned it up. Unfortunately President Bush couldn’t clean up the economic mess Clinton made before the lies told by the liberal press allowed and facilitated an inexperienced clearly weak man to win the presidency. Obama’s first formal TV interview was with the Arabic cable TV network Al-Arabiya were he basically excused much of the America-hating Arab world and said he would bring a more pro-Arab policy to the U.S. Obama is saying terrorism works to change U.S. policy so keep it up. Now you want to criminalize the previous administration? The one that kept us safe? You and your kind are pathetic. We’ll see what mess the next Republican President has to clean up.

I kind of thought I was in business to make a profit.
That would be the liberal way, though. Work hard to make sure you don’t make a profit.
How long will people work harder to make less? Not long. I’d rather just go get a Government job and work less to make less.

Mac,
Man, you just don’t get it. We democrats don’t care about you troubles. We wanted change. We wanted people to suffer. We like it when people suffer because they vote democrat. Then democrats work they magic and blame republicans and people suffer more and vote democrats. We Democrats LIKE it when people have hard times…. THEY VOTE DEMOCRAT. Aint you paying attention? You miserable but we democrats like it that way…. keep talking …we like to hear it.
Course tax cuts help business. We know that. Tax cut will motivate the man to create companies and jobs. We know that, but it don’t help the democrats get or keep control by keeping people hurting.
Brother, all you pretty talk about hurting make us DEMOCRATS HAPPY!!!
We love that George S is __horing for Democrats…. don’t now how he is getting paid, but we know he is getting paid by ‘tuking for the democrats. Thanks George S for servicing the dems for the team.

colinalcarz,
GOP aint obstructing nothing. We passed the bill. Gotta pay attention Man.
Dems had the votes and we passed the bill. We dems can do whatever we want without any GOP votes. How they obstructing anything?
And, who cares how GOPs vote? We dems are doing whatever we want because we don’t need GOP votes.
Where you getting your information, bro?
Bill passed without GOP.
Or do you just like calling names?
Ob-struction-ist. I can go for that, even if it don’t mean nothing and aint necessarily true. You go, bro.

Colinalcarz, You forgive me for not being aware of intricacies. Big of you man!!!
What if the GOP doesn’t give criticism? Who cares. We democrats don’t need their votes to pass the bill in the senate. We have the power to call for a vote. We have the votes. The GOP can argue ideologies or practicalities (see man, I can use them big words too), and can disagree with provisions all they want, but we democrats have the votes. We do what we want.
You afraid of passing the bill without GOP support? Why Man? The bill does what the dems want it to do….spread the money from the richer to the poor, support social programs, provide for contraceptives, make it look like we’re doing something for the little people.
Make the little people think we care about them. You know the game.

HES GONNA FEAR THE REPUBS LIKE HE DOES RUSH

colinalcarz,
Rhetotorical device. I like that. Yeah, I use rhetorical device.
I like you Man. I get you.
You want it to look like the GOP had input so that if the bill sends this country deeper into the dirt we dems can say it was a bi-partisan thing. Good thinking, but we strong dems know what we’re doing and can stand tall without blaming the f__king republicans. Bunch of obstructionists anyway.
Like you say:We rolling with the numbers, we tell people we are saving the planet, we are letting people believe we are helping with the economy and jobs.
But, you wrong if you think we need the GOP to help implement because we have the power and they want to eat, they do what we say. But if they help implement, when it gets screwed up, we can always point at them, right?
Like I say, I get you Man. You go, bro.

I don’t think you really do get me. I don’t think the GOP should get on board so they can be blamed if things don’t go well. My whole point is that this crisis is beyond partisanship. We need both sides because it will take both sides. We can’t let divisiveness continue. That was a tactic for election purposes, it doesn’t serve as well now, even though you could say there is always an election. The object isn’t to find blame if it fails its to make sure it doesn’t fail. Most of the pork provision on this bill are long standing hold overs from the past that are just coming up for votes. I don’t mind omnibus bills, both sides use them, but the compromises that inevitably come as a result have to be made carefully and for the country not the home-state constituency’s best interest. Not this time anyway.

That the crisis played in “our” favor is beyond question, so I suppose “we” used it. But I’m sorry if I don’t share your cynical attitude about wanting people needy and government dependent to get votes, that’s like suggesting “they” want republicans to be southern evangelical “christians” because then they’ll vote as a bloc for conservatives for their positions on social issues. Or “they” want them to be wealthy business owners dependent on government de-regulation so they will return the favor and vote GOP. I’m probably naive, but I think people have become sick of thinking either party deserves their loyalty either for providing subsidization, entitlements,etc. or for relaxing rules and regulations that favor greed. I’m not so closed-minded that I can’t see merit in the ideology of a given party. If the dems have been using divisiveness and dependence to win votes in the past, the time for that is over. The GOP has its forms of corruption as well and it should reform too. Unfortunate that you won’t be seeing this. I appreciated the exchange.

Shame to be a Republican. Republicans should not get any money from this stimulus plan. They should cut their own spending. Republicans do not need help. All House Republicans voted “No” for this stimulus bill. They rather see people dying on the street than helping them. Poor people do not have money to cut spending! Tax cut alone can not stimulate the economy! People are jobless! What tax cut will do for them? People are scared and will not spend even if they have little more money. Somebody must spend correctly to stimulate the economy. I see that Republicans do not or do not want to understand! Republicans are best in attack, blame, and lie.

To continue from my last post – Stop being Democrats and Republicans and start being Americans who care about this country and the people who have made it a great country. Stop blaming and start doing something. GROW UP!! Read exactly what is in this stimulus package and honestly look at yourself in the mirror and say this is going to stimulate this country. There is nothing to stimulate anyone. Do they really want to create jobs? Then bring all our jobs back from overseas. Give the corporations a tax break if they keep the jobs here and penalize the corporations by extreme taxes if they send their jobs overseas. Why doesn’t congress want to deal with this problem? Start demanding answers and help from our elected officials.

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Mike_C posts:
“Government Abortions: bad idea. Good thing he is not proposing them.”
LOL…no he is authorizing us to send money to foreign countries so we can pay to theirs
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No Mike, that’s not true. Rescinding the so called “gag rule” frees up money for organizations that offer [among other services] family planning counsel to poor nations. They were denied these funds for even mentioning abortion as an option (even in the case of rape, incest or danger to the mother’s health).
These organizations DO NOT advocate abortion as birth control.
Please read up on this before you just spew regurgitated talking points.
Thanks
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Serena,
I had not looked at this blog in a few days, but your ingnorant reply demands a response!
You may “THINK” this is not about abortion, but your wrong! Indeed itis you that NEEDS to read up before you “spew” on a subect you do not understand!
First, Lets see how the Media Reported it….
From CNN (Hardly a proponent of conservative views!)
“WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Obama struck down a rule Friday that prohibits U.S. money from funding international family-planning clinics that promote abortion or provide counseling or referrals about abortion services.”
ABC :
“President Obama signed an executive order today reversing the ban that prohibits funding to international family planning groups that provide abortions, as first reported by ABC News.
President Barack Obama is expected to sign an executive order Friday reversing the ban that…
President Barack Obama is expected to sign an executive order Friday reversing the ban that prohibits funding to international family planning groups that provide abortion. The move is expected to draw heat from the right, but is a victory to abortion-rights groups.
(AP/ABC News)Under the hotly debated “Mexico City Policy,” the U.S. government could not provide funding for family planning services to clinics or groups that offered abortion-related services overseas, even if funding for those activities came from non-government sources. It essentially barred recipients of U.S. foreign aid from promoting abortion as a method of family planning. ”
Wall Street Journal :
“WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will issue an order restoring U.S. funding for international family-planning groups involved with abortion. But he chose not to do so on Thursday, the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
President Obama was breaking with the tradition set by his recent predecessors to make an abortion-related order on the anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling, another example of his attempt to support liberal policies he believes in while trying to defuse emotional political debates.”
MSNBC :
“WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Friday struck down the Bush administration’s ban on giving federal money to international groups that perform abortions or provide abortion information — an inflammatory policy that has bounced in and out of law for the past quarter-century.”
Now The White House itself…..
“The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(f)(1)), prohibits nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) that receive Federal funds from using those funds “to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of family planning, or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions.” The August 1984 announcement by President Reagan of what has become known as the “Mexico City Policy” directed the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to expand this limitation and withhold USAID funds from NGOs that use non-USAID funds to engage in a wide range of activities, including providing advice, counseling, or information regarding abortion, or lobbying a foreign government to legalize or make abortion available. The Mexico City Policy was in effect from 1985 until 1993, when it was rescinded by President Clinton. President George W. Bush reinstated the policy in 2001, implementing it through conditions in USAID grant awards, and subsequently extended the policy to “voluntary population planning” assistance provided by the Department of State.”
It was in the beginning and still today about ABORTION and the concept that many feel it is wrong for the US to fund foreign abortions!
I dont care what side of the policy you support, IT IS ABOUT ABORTION!
So next time you READ FIRST, before you “spew”!!!!

Obama faces GOP stimulus fight…. what kind of headline is that… I’m not a republican and i have some serious issues with this bill… get rid of the pork spending and put more stimulus spending plain and simple

Each and every comment by Demint made it clear why the GOP continues to run as a herd of Happy Hoovers – while we lost 102,000 job just last week – relying on the Heritage Foundation – no matter how wrong every projection it made has turned out – denying reality no matter how bad it gets – message to GOP – My 401k tells me quite clearly how little credibility you have! Also, I think an awful lot of reasonably paid jobs come from renovation of the National Mall – truck drivers, landscapers, seed farm laborers, and just maybe our capitol wouldn’t be such a disgrace. When American want to see how competent DC is at governing we have only to look at how well they take care of DC! The GOP objection to stimulus is that they haven’t figured out a way for their cronies at Halliburton to run it yet! They ruined our infrastructure, healthcare and education systems with a break-the-bank privatisation plan and now we’re broke and we still have no health care – why is anyone still listening – 30 years of middle class decline on a mantra of tax cuts, wage cuts and war profiteering.

I don’t quite understand why more tax cuts are required. How much more money do the wealthy need? It’s a shame that Wall St and corporate executives have taken all those bonuses over the years while bringing the world’s economy to halt. I’m sure the amount in bonuses just from the financial firms would be plenty to stimulate the economy so why are we considering more tax breaks? I can’t help but think the money that was pilfered from every unethical mortgage transaction went to bonuses for the extremely wealthy, it’s as if it was just taken from our economy and now we, the tax payer have to replace it.
What’s going on here?

I thought I’d blow a fuse when the Bush admin.didn’t regulate these executives paychecks if they recived TARP funding. They did it anyway because they still had control and these execs were huge contributors to these GOP folks running the show at the start. Did you know it used to be a FELONY to BET on the stock market when you didn’t OWN the stock you were betting on to fail? Talk about TOXIC We must address THIS ISSUE before another taxpayers dime gets sent in another millionaires pocket.

Republican Congress actions explains WHY McCain failed big time in the last election.