Posted on 01/15/2009 9:45:26 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Conservative House Republicans introduced a stimulus bill of their own on Wednesday that focuses largely on tax cuts and excludes the government spending that Obama and Democrats favor.
(Excerpt) Read more at marketwatch.com ...
Aw come on. Let’s stop kidding the citizens and just make it a Trillion or Two.
You know you want to!
You know you will!
10 billion for you, 100 billion for me, 10 billion for you, 100 billion for me....I know when Im broke the best way to not be broke anymore is to max out all my credit cards, yeah that always works.
“Conservative House Republicans introduced a stimulus bill of their own on Wednesday that focuses largely on tax cuts and excludes the government spending that Obama and Democrats favor.”
Sounds like a great plan! It would be a miracle if they pass it, but I bet the ‘Rats just wanna spend, spend and spend!!!!
Obama is crazy if he thinks that massive spending is going to “jump-start” the economy.
Tax credits, not tax cuts. The marginal rates will remain the same.
The funny thing is how the libs are all excited about spending for highways. If Bush had suggested building highways, all we would have heard about was increased greenhouse gases from all that extra traffic.
This is BS and the Democrats know it, they are giving the unions 1/2 trillion dollars to elect Demmocrats to office.
The Big Dig up in Boston is a classic example of this, sub-par work, manhours lost and massive cost overruns. If there are any brave Conservatives left in Washington they need to oppose the Democrat Plan and Obama, since this will end up costing the American Taxpayer 3-3 trillion dollars in the end and elect more Democrats to office.
It kinda makes you question the IQ of the idiots that vote for RATS.
How many of the welfare queens think they will be getting jobs as heavy equipment operators building roads?
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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
DAVE OBEY (D-WI), CHAIRMAN
For Immediate Release
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Contact: Kirstin Brost, 202-225-2771
The economy is in a crisis not seen since the Great Depression.
Credit is frozen, consumer purchasing power is in decline, in the last four months the country has lost 2 million jobs and we are expected to lose another 3 to 5 million in the next year.
Conservative economist Mark Zandi was blunt: “the economy is shutting down.”
In the next two weeks, the Congress will be considering the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009.
This package is the first crucial step in a concerted effort to create and save 3 to 4 million jobs, jumpstart our economy, and begin the process of transforming it for the 21st century with $275 billion in economic recovery tax cuts and $550 billion in thoughtful and carefully targeted priority investments with unprecedented accountability measures built in.
The package contains targeted efforts in:
The economy is in such trouble that, even with passage of this package, unemployment rates are expected to rise to between eight and nine percent this year. Without this package, we are warned that unemployment could explode to near twelve percent. With passage of this package, we will face a large deficit for years to come.
Without it, those deficits will be devastating and we face the risk of economic chaos. Tough choices have been made in this legislation and fiscal discipline will demand more tough choices in years to come.
*****************Special statement about how bad Bush was for the little people*******************
Since 2001, as worker productivity went up, 96% of the income growth in this country went to the wealthiest 10% of society. While they were benefitting from record high worker productivity, the remaining 90% of Americans were struggling to sustain their standard of living. They sustained it by borrowing... and borrowing... and borrowing, and when they couldn’t borrow anymore, the bottom fell out.
This plan will strengthen the middle class, not just Wall Street CEOs and special interests in Washington.
*******************Trust US...not the Republicans******************
Our short term task is to try to prevent the loss of millions of jobs and get our economy moving. The long term task is to make the needed investments that restore the ability of average middle income families to increase their income and build a decent future for their children.
*****************************The PDF IS 13 pages....********************************
How do they expect us to do that without drilling?
Great. I’m not going to be able to take this crap for 8 years or or 20 depeneding on how long the courts allow Obama to serve as president. Maybe, God willing, I can have a massive heartattack soon and be put out of my misery.
They are going to put up more wires to the windmills.
Well Im part of the 7.2%, glad to hear that our government pretends to give a chit about me.
This has a large component for WPA type projects...
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