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- let me see--more taxes..for more TEMP workers for TEMP time period..Umm and let's tax the companies that can creat jobs and the people that can invest..Ummm>>> like the companies will not--WILL NOT hire if taxed more nor will the people invest if TAXED MORE..how about this...no investments/expansions/hiring--then tax more..nah--put the TAX money in the hands of politicians(who can not get a REAL job) and let them manage it for ya..oh yes--REAL SMART MOVE...DAH
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- There are many public works projects that need to be done. Now.
I'm sorry for the restaurant owner and the pastor.
But the main point to be made should not be the inconvenience of the repairs, but the short term effect of the repairs and the money spent on ridiculous projects. Building one street or widening a road, in every town, only has short term benefits for those employed by the projects. Yes, the benefits of the populous are longer lasting. But once the project is over, it's over for those employed by the project.
As for the 'pet' projects, (monkeys and ants, etc.), I guess some people have been watching the television commercial with the weird guy in the purple suit with the question marks all over the suit. He pitches the "Buy my book! There are thousands of government programs that you can get a grant for...." I guess that he is correct.
The sad part is that the United States Government really doesn't care where they spend OUR money, with no attempt at accountability. Valid Goals? Monkeys on cocaine or treated unfairly can't give you as valid an answer as a human being who has been treated unfairly or is a recovering cocaine addict.
If listening to the people the you represent is the problem, don't study the monkey's - ask the people, not the lobbyist's! - Reply to this comment
- I'd like to know why any money was spent on the projects listed. This is so typical of our Dem led governmemnt, just spend money. Doesn't matter what they spend it on as far as theyre concerned. The money would have been so much better spent not being spent at all. Instead we added to our debt photographing ants in other countries and how monkeys feel about unfairness. Great job Bam Bam, I guess the change is a brainless leader rather than just a retarded one.
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- Loser RepubliCON McSAME himself said that he is weak in understanding economics...he proves it every time he opens his mouth.
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- Yet another case of "journalists" reporting right wing propaganda without thinking or investigating. I recently completed a road trip and on the way saw many worthwhile projects being funded by the stimulus. How about doing some actual investigation and reporting on those instead of taking the word of a couple Republicans who want the stimulus and the country to fail? Thanks to 30 years of Reagonomics capped by 8 years of Bush, the economy is a the ditch and would be even worse off without the stimulus. Obama quips that now the Republicans want the keys back having driven the country in the ditch. The reason they want the keys back is so that they can drive the country over the cliff next time saving only a parachute for the super rich (income of $5 million or more per year).
If news organizations want to stay relavent, they need to hire some investigators and and vet these made up stories before publishing them. CBS is getting worse and worse. - Reply to this comment
- It is sad Obama and the democrats wasted most of the stimulus money. What is really unbelievable is now they want more money to waste. These folks are so out of touch. They have no clue as to how to run this government and deal effectively with the economy.
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- Everyone with half a brain, already knew about the waste.
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- The stimulus was doomed from the start. The private sector generates jobs, not Obama. It was a slush fund for political payoffs, nothing more.
Examples - "saving" union jobs at the state level that were beyond what the state could afford. Of course, when the stimulus funds dry up, the jobs go away anyway. Just a year and about a trillion $$ later. - Reply to this comment
- The federal government is out of control. Incompetence in Washington DC has risen to an outrageous level. Continued expansion of the federal government, without a means to pay for it, is leaving us with a $1.47 trillion deficit for 2010 and a national debt that exceeds $13 trillion. The federal government has mismanaged Social Security and Medicare to the point that both programs are going bankrupt. This is gross mismanagement that has never been seen in corporate America. The incompetence and corruption of our leadership in Washington demands action by voters. We must elect leaders who will reduce the federal government to a manageable size and scope. The Constitution calls for a limited federal government, and we need to do just that. It should focus on the fewer things it SHOULD be doing, and do them well.
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- Securing employment is not as easy as it once was unless you are willing and get by on minimum wage. The stimulus bill did not solve our employment problems but not only because the money was directed in huge quantities toward pork barrel politics. I do not think that the unemployment rate and whatever job creation means would have been ameliorated for any good reason because there never was a cohesive plan to put people back to work. There was enough federal money to rent or build training centers for skilled labor and administrative work all over the country. Their are millions of unemployed people who need this training and want it. Firms today unlike my era, do not have the wherewithal to hire people that are unfamiliar with their industry. Someone who is a raw trainee cannot produce for some time. There is high anxiety about taxes and health care among all businesses. The subject of liability in myriad indexes and categories are elevated in 2010 so that a simple hire is like War and Peace. Going back to LBJ who was known in Texas as a pork barrel politician and arm twister, it is not much different today. Politics is local and the cookie jar got raided in a frenetic way that is amusing when we review the expenditures. That stimulus money rightfully should have been earmarked for job training and job creation if possible.Presently we are getting the spin but we are too hardened now for that.
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