And more money for corrupt giveaways to DNC supporters, bridges to nowhere, "Obama Foams", Food Stamps, and union thug payoffs.
Where did the $890 Billion from his last "stimulus" for "shovel ready" jobs go?
Posted on 02/26/2014 2:46:38 PM PST by SkyPilot
Just two days after the Pentagon outlined major cuts to the U.S. Army and other military programs, President Obama is calling for a whopping $300 billion commitment for America's roads, bridges and mass transit systems -- though as much as half comes from a tax plan that has bleak prospects on the Hill.
The president talked about the stimulus-style plan during a stop Wednesday afternoon in St. Paul, Minn. Officials say the money, as proposed, largely would come from "pro-growth business tax reform." But aside from the challenges in pushing tax reform, Obama could have a hard time making the sell when his military leaders, just days ago, were complaining about the budget crunch.
Moments before the president took the podium, the Republican National Committee also questioned whether new transportation spending would be the jobs engine the administration claims.
"President Obama claimed that the $830 billion stimulus would spend money on shovel-ready projects that would repair our country's infrastructure," RNC spokesman Jahan Wilcox said in a statement. "If the president couldn't fix our economic problems the first time, then why would we trust him with another blank check?"
On Monday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel proposed shrinking the Army from its current level of 522,000 to between 440,000 and 450,000, which would be the lowest level since before the World War II build-up. He called for a range of other cuts including retiring the A-10 fleet for a savings of $3.5 billion. Military officials said they need to cut $75 billion over two years, to comply with congressionally mandated reductions.
The $302 billion infrastructure fund Obama is talking about would last for four years, but more than eclipses the budget shortfall the military is grappling with.
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And more money for corrupt giveaways to DNC supporters, bridges to nowhere, "Obama Foams", Food Stamps, and union thug payoffs.
Where did the $890 Billion from his last "stimulus" for "shovel ready" jobs go?
Ping.
All he accomplished today was screwing up the traffic here at midday.
Cut the military — give more $$ to the unions.
It’s the democrap way.
Let me see, as I recall, Porkulus was supposed to address all that, but as any thinking person knows, that money goes to green groups to “study the problem” not for actually building anything. That’s what they call “infrastructure spending” these days.
RE: Amid military cuts, Obama urges $300B for roads and railways
What ever happened to the over $800 Billion stimulus bill? I thought they were supposed to be used for roads and bridges ( AKA shovel ready jobs )...
YOWZAH!!!!
”We have dutifully kept your borders open.
We have armed the terrorists with Fast&Furious guns
and Benghazi MANPADS, and in ways you could only dream.
We have now imported over 40,000 of these armed terrorists.
And they are protected now by the US Constitution
and need these roadways to get to all US cities
and then escape quickly, after, you know, workplace accidents."
A trillion dollars and all we got was this crappy road sign.
The nation wide $0.05/gallon fed tax on vehicle fuels under G.H. Bush and the $700+ BILLION TARP funds under obozo, both said were needed to keep the highway infrastructure maintained and for new construction of same, and it all was spent on what?????????????????
Translation:
Roads - after stealing the money from the Gas Tax fund for everything except roads for years, the theft will lessen a little.
More buses and bicycles, and maybe even rickshaws for “urban areas”...$149.999 billion.
Graft, theft, palm-greasing, no-shows and other misc. expenses - $150 billion.
Hears another one: what do bank robbers do when they discover the bank has no money?? They take the money out of the pockets of the people inside the bank.
Obama is looking to build an Autobahn.
Not so many of those stately girder bridges left nowadays.
Sadly.
Bob “Drunken thug” Beckel just said the military cuts aren’t deep enough. Why does little Bobby hate the military so much? He hid in the Peace Corpse during Vietnam (in the Phillipenes, where many people go for vacation). What a tool.
The juggeared marxist was here in St.Paul pimping more ‘free’ money from Uncle Sugar for his Dem mayors and their choo choo trains.
Meanwhile the mayor of St.Paul can’t even manage to get the roads cleared of ice and fix the thousands of potholes.
If you don’t clear your sidewalk of the snow you get fined.(St.Paul/MPLS/etc)
If the city doesn’t fix the roads and you break your suspension, you complain and are told to pound sand.
High-speed rail!
and...
No pat downs!
road work == money into the pockets of his constituents.... and out of the mouths and wallets of his political enemies
I don't need to listen to anything that guy says, much less about our brave military.
DemoRat Bob Beckel Caught up in Sex Scandal
Fine, he is in recovery from alcoholism. Good for him. But even most alcoholics, in their most drunken stupor, don't hire prostitutes to drive out to their homes in Virginia to give them blow jobs in their kitchen.
Except for Bob Beckel.
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