Comments on: Bush Urges Congress To Pass Stimulus Bill

Senate Under Pressure To OK Economic Package To Get Tax Rebates To Workers In May

[toolmangler-2009]

Congratulations NeoConservatives! Finally, "Mission Accomplished"
Posted by lovegetpeace at 02:23 PM : Jan 25, 2008



Compared to Bushy_baby, Nixon looks like an ''Angel''

[dakotaclark]

Hmmm...

With regard to the "Economic Stimulus" the key operative words focus on "earned income."

Does this mean that folks who are receiving Social Security Disability, VA Disability, or Disability Retirement, who can no longer work due to their disabilities; and, who are just barely able to manage monthly obligations, will be left out in the cold on this one - as usual?

This sounds and looks like an economic stimulus for many folks, except disabled people.

I hope this is not true, and that there will be some "economic stimulus" for disabled folks too.

[sgtrds]

lovegetpeace

You could add this. Poverty was dropping like a rock under Clinton, but as soon as Bush came into office it turned around and started climbing again.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Poverty_59_to_05.png

[lovegetpeace]

Folks,

It is a pleasure to read so many NeoConservatives criticize the Democrats especially now after they have nothing even moderately good to say about their records/policies in the last couple of years.

Just to remind my reading audience, NeoConservatives, with their 2001 and 2003 Tax Cuts for the super riches, have given us the following benefits:
1) A 4.1 and counting Inflation Rate
2) A deep and counting recession
3) A 10 Trillions and counting Federal Debt.
4) A 5.0 and counting unemployment rate.
5) 2 un-subtained and counting wars.
6) A housing and counting meltdown
7) Record Corporation and counting Profits
8) Outsourced and counting huge amount of high paying professional jobs, we do need and want, to oversea countries.
9) 48 millions and counting Americans without health insurance.
10) Almost last and counting grades from our education system compared to other much poorer countries.
11) The biggest embarrassing LIE since the birth of civilization with the story of the Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq.
12) The highest disrespect and counting around the world, including from our closest allies whom will not send not one more troop into Iraq and Afghanistan.

I do not understand why the NeoConservatives did not give us the 4th Great Depression so to destroy this American Empire once and for all. Maybe they forgot to make their Tax Cuts permanent when they controlled the congress beside the white house.

Congratulations NeoConservatives! Finally, "Mission Accomplished"

[gopack443]

SharedNotion, Your idea makes WAY to much since for the government to do it! Nice try though.

[sgtrds]

Drop the rebates and use the money to extend unemployment benefits. The same money will stimulate the economy just as much (though it''s a joke in either form), but at least the cash will be going to those who really need it. To those who have not been able to find a job in Bush''s economy and are no longer counted as unemployed. Many of them have families and they need to pay winter bills. Give it to the poor, because their numbers have skyrocketed under this criminal administration.

[excoachken]

Stimulus package------------- Sounds like a movie I saw once that hardly had any words.

[sharednotion]

Won''t it take a while for the Treasury in Washington to process & print rebate checks, plus an additional lapse in time until the checks arrive in the mail, and are cashed or deposited? Suppose that, instead, the Congress passes a bill instructing ALL employers in the country, to IMMEDIATELY lower paycheck withholding for federal income tax to zero for, say, the first five weeks following the date that the president signs the bill into law? Wouldn''t that start getting money into people''s hands quicker (and, save the feds from spending money printing & mailing rebate checks)?

[canyoutellme-2009]

Does anyone know what TAX YEAR they will be looking at? 2006? or 2007? any link that shows it? Thanks in advance.

[ora734]

Headline today, "OIL up on stimulas hopes", they want part of our rebate as well, they have already caused this whole mess if the truth be known to the American public. We got to get these fund groups out of the futures market.

Oil FUTURES manipulation is killing the stock market. There is no shortage of oil, only a shortage of refiniers, which is all by design. This bottle neck will eventual kill the worlds economy. If farmers could manipulate and hoard food, they could starve the world to death. Oil and grains need to be removed from the futures market to get rid of the profiters that are killing this economy...... No one is pointing a finger of acusation at oil and ethanol as reeking havoc by causing inflation to sky rocket because they are making money off this "nessecity items" bonanza, that willcause an econonic apocalypse.

[easeup-2009]

I''m hoping the wife''s in a good mood so I can get some stimulus tonight......

[mcv57]

What is all the excitment about? They are going to pass it. If they don''t, the stock market will bottom-out. That simple.

[inventagod]

Hmmm...

This smells like a bribe, calculated to land in our pockets during an election year...

...the checks in the mail...