Comments on: The Dicey Politics of a Second Stimulus

[Aldymac]

Einstein once said; "You can't solve a problem when you use the same kind of thinking that caused the problem in the first place".
The libs on here say that Bush caused the problems we now have because he spent a lot of money, well, correct me if i'm wrong, but, isn't spending even more money what the democrats want to do?

[speakinup22]

EXCELLENT observation.

[Aldymac]

It's called "voter remorse".

[GiveMeFreedom]

Memo to Obama, Geithner, Reid, Pelosi and all other democrats in Congress. Please, please do pass a 2nd $1-2 trillion plan and add it to the debt level. I love to watch you morons head off to China and Saudia Arabia to beg them to buy our debt. Plus then you can finally end this insanity once and for all. After you do this there will be no more money for anything. That is the only thing that can stop you idiots in DC from ruining our country anyway. So please get it over with and BK the U.S. now and let's get the new U.S. started. I do not want my kids saddled with this debt, so let's BK this country now and get it over with.

[alien_view]

This is the end of the US as we know it. Just look at the pictures of the Obama administration and Congress. The who's who of Marxism and corruption. Everything they touch turns into a freekin disaster, including our economy and defense. Princes P and her 22 person royal staff and person airforce one aircraft. Must be nice to spend eveyone elses money, after all that can they do about it...nothing we control the house and senate and all of the peasants. Just look where we spent stimulus money..in the areas that voted or our Obama Admin. Payoff for votes, thanks American you can be bought for less than we thought.

[Joe_NY_15]

charlie/donnie/william/whatever,

It says "Since" Obama signed the stimulus, not before....is everything and every mistake and wasteful spending by Obama going to be blamed on Bush ? how intellectually vacant

[jschmidt27]

The next stimulus should give 3-5k+ to each taxpayer in a debit card so they have to spend it; a larger amount to infrastructure that the 5% in the last stimulus to rebuid cities and road; it should give incentives to business to hire like a one time tax credit of say half a new employees salary if they stay with the company for a year; it should drop the corporate tax rate to 5% for 3 years; special incentives for manufacturing businesses and tax forgiveness for offshore profits if brought back to the US. Businesses supply the long term jobs. Gov't should not. And save some money with NO PORK EARMARKS in the bill. Also fire a few czars who are appointed by Obama bypassing Senate confirmation. And get the crooked Democrat committee chairs, Dodd, Rangel , Murtha, and Frnak out of those positions.

[speakinup22]

I'm not sure I want to endorse a redistribution of wealth, just yet, to get the economy going.

I DEFINITLY agree on the Pork spending. ALL spending needs to be carefully examined so that it is for the top priorty purposes, not just spent on frivilous tasks to get a politician votes...

Sure - spend the money if you must, but at least fix a highway (one of Obama's better ideas), don't investigate mating habits of snakes or the like.

I'm ALL for getting rid of anyone in politics that is not a statesperson. Republican or Democrat. If they cheat on their spouse - they are out, because they will cheat on you.

[Joe_NY_15]

Since President Obama signed the $787 billion stimulus package in February, ---more than two million jobs have been lost--- and unemployment has hit its highest rate in a quarter century, 9.5 percent.

Thanks for the Stimulation and wasteful spending

[Joe_NY_15]

charlie/donnie/william/whatever,

It says "Since" Obama signed the stimulus, not before....is everything and every mistake and wasteful spending by Obama going to be blamed on Bush ? how intellectually vacant

[speakinup22]

You are so right. We HAD to have the 787 Billion spending ASAP otherwise in 2010 we were going to have 9% unemployed.

Uh, barry - it's 2009 and we've got 9.5% unemployed. You shoplifted the pootie, prez. IT is MUCH better to think things out and do them right than act rashly with limited resources.

Take careful aim and squeeze off that last round at the charging lion, don't panic and shoot wildly hoping to hit it.

[beaumuff]

I thought I saw that picture hanging down at the post office.

[BlockbusterGirl]

As the saying goes OBAMA (One Big A** Mistake, America). All the democrats and black people thought that electing Obama was going to fix all of their little problems. Well, SURPRISE! Has the employment rate of black people gone up? Nope. But that's not nessicarily Obama's fault. But he sure hasn't made anything better for anyone. We should have stuck with Republican. It's just that all the democrats and liberals actually got off of their lazy butts and went vote for the man who is "different." Good job kids!

[demongirl60]

I have to agree with what Jimbo_delux said! Instead of giving money to the ALREADY WEALTHY Why don't they just give each American adult 21 yrs and older a check for $100,000.00 ( one hundered thousand ) dollars? That way people COULD, say, catch up on or PAY OFF their mortgages or get a new car if needed OR pay off their credit card bills.... ( Tough luck for the credit card companies! ) People could do a LOT of thing with that money instead of the LAZY WEALTHY CEO'S pocketing it and walking! Something to consider, huh??

[beaumuff]

Where was poor ole foot in his mouth Joe's head at when he told that lie? What factories are opening up and where are people going back to work? He must of not seen that we lost another 565 thusand jobs last month.

[gunndee3]

The former red states that went blue last Fall are swinging back red.

[Aldymac]

It's called "voter remorse".

[speakinup22]

I like to believe it is more like, realizing that we made a huge mistake when fed a bill of good by the media, aldymac.

buyers remorse, which you have borrowed the term from, implies a temporary feeling - that there is going to be a possible positive outcome to the overall situation.

If Obama continues to spend on needless plans, telling us that he's got savings in areas to cover the expendture, when in fact it simply isn't true... there will only be inflation on top of the current economic problem. It would seem our "educated" President learned nothing from history.

[spaceatoms]

the bottom line is its now not politics or business but "polibus" which is the combination of politics and business. The United Stats is deeply in trouble for several reasons. First, there simply isn't enough to go around and no bailout is going to solve that problem; someone has to be poor, but it doesn't mean they have to be hungry, this isn't Africa. Secondly, the fascination with green needs to come to an end; we are living like its a war out there and allowing people like Madoff, Enron, and corporate bullies to ruin other peoples lives and destroy the economy for a few selfish people. Third, its this honesty factor that we voted for Obama and it made FDR great. Obama is still getting his chain pulled by corporate politics and hasn't stopped the war and can always blame everything on Bush still, its this idealism that will be his downfall. Fourth, stop trying to equalize everything, we are not all equal and its not socialism. As I said before, its one thing to be poor, but its another to be sick and hungry. The globalization has put a dent in the economy and must be slowed drastically; I don't understand the need for China to own our country, thats just ridiculous thinking on every level. Another bailout will only feed the investors more, america needs to get back to savings and drop the investing hype, the 90's are over so stop hanging onto a dream.

[rushlimpdrug]

do it again till it works.

[twbeat]

Are we getting to socialistic, aka, communistic?

[ubrew12]

Do you mean tax cuts and deregulation, gulliberal?
Were you just not alive when Bush followed your advice for eight years? Tax cuts out the yingyang (correct me if I'm wrong but didn't he double the national debt in a time of relative prosperity? Do ya think that extra $6 trillion would have been helpful right about now, now that government spending is the only thing keeping our economy from falling into an abyss?), and a hands-off policy toward the captains of capitalism (who responded by gambling with people's mortgages, touching off a real-estate bubble and corresponding derivatives super-bubble that have now popped, leaving egg all over our economy). Oh yeah, the GOP solution of tax cuts and deregulation have worked MAGIC on our economy over the last few years! Shazam!! Some people just NEVER learn.

Magic piece of advice: if you don't like socialism, try not cr*pping over our capitalism for so many years, REPUBLICANS.

[ubrew12]

Your kids are gonna be FINE. It'll be ten years before this economy recovers and they'll be, what, 13? Perfect.

I fear the victims of this depression are somewhat older, kinda like the last one.

[tautomer]

why doesn't the government take their $800 billion and pay off everyone's mortgage? It wouldn't take that much to pay off everyone's mortgage.
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cool so people who don't own houses or those who own their houses outright can pay off your mortgage? LOL

[pachak12]

Yeah lets think about this, this has been issue for a long time over spending and greed. Being that the democrats are in office I think they are the ones calling for the 2nd stimulus. More money that my children will have to pay. For it is no health care your baby has to die but more money please!!!

[pachak12]

They do not think like real people but I like that idea.