Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Understanding Stimulus

[larry turner (l02turner]

I thought this quote was interesting <<Democrats were somewhat muted in 
their response to the budget, framing it as the best Obama could do, given 
the heavy burden the government has assumed to help the country weather the 
recession, and the record deficit left behind by Bush.
The new administration "is inheriting record deficits, a doubling of the 
national debt, the worst recession since the Great Depression, financial 
market and housing crises almost unprecedented in our nation's history, 2.5 
million jobs lost in just the last five months, and ongoing wars in Iraq and 
Afghanistan," said Conrad. "I've often thought what it must be like to be 
President Obama and go to work every morning facing this incredible 
constellation of crises." >>

The same article tells of << a $3.55 trillion blueprint today that would 
raise taxes on the wealthiest Americans, trim Medicare >>

so, he's going to spend his way out of debt - with other peoples money?  My 
day told me something long ago that I never forgot - "you don't solve having 
too much debt by borrowing more money."

When Brokaw was writing about the greatest generation he didn't talk much 
about their personal restraint and responsibility.  Sadly, most Americans 
failed to accept those traits.

LarryT

74 911





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> Now that's funny right there.......... I don't care who you
> are............

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This is funny too, if it were'nt so maddening.
Pork-a-Palooza. Here is Some of What Obama's Stimulus Bill Is Spending Your
Tax Dollars On.
By PUMA Pundit . February 23, 2009

Hill staffer Tom Jones is going through the omnibus spending bill with a
fine-tooth comb, and Twittering his earmark findings, including:

* $200,000 for "Tattoo Removal Violence Prevention Outreach Program," pg.
283;

*Maine lobster earmark in the omnibus, pg. 173;

*$5.8 million earmark for the "Ted Kennedy Institute for the Senate.for the
planning and design of a building & an endowment," pg. 232;

*and National Council of La Raza, $473,000 earmark from Sens. Bingaman and
Menendez, pg. 212.

a $75K earmark pg304 » link to is.gd for "Totally Teen Zone" tells
"teenagers that it's okay to "totally zone out" » link to is.gd.

big brother gets #pork $250K "for deployment of security cameras in 15
different business districts" in Pitt pg. 207

earmark to the stars?? $2M for "for the promotion of astronomy in Hawaii"
Really? pg. 332 » link to is.gd

http://www.puma08.com/2009/02/23/pork-a-palooza-here-is-some-of-what-obamas-stimulus-bill-is-spending-your-tax-dollars-on/

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