Comments on: The Dicey Politics of a Second Stimulus

[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.