Quote:
Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
Opening the credit markets is much more important.
They are two totally different things. Doesn't make one good and one bad. The "stimulus" plan is filled with tons of pork. STD programs, anti-smoking programs, etc. I'd be fine with a stimulus package that didn't include the pork. But Dems showed their true colors on this one and showed the American people they are just like the Republicans. Out for themselves and their little friends.
|
Maybe the credit markets are more important, I wasn't saying one was good and one was bad....it's just that everyone keeps calling the stimulus "another bailout" when that's not what it is....and I think the way the bank bailout was handled (badly) is what's causing alot of people to not like the stimulus idea.
You are using the term pork incorrectly. Pork refers to the process by which a spending measure gets put into a bill, it's not directly related to what the money is actually spent on. (For instance a museum in Georgia that gets slipped into a bill without debate = pork....a museum in Georgia that goes through the committee process = NOT pork)
Every dollar of the spending in this bill has been thoroughly vetted and debated. You may not like what it's being spent on, but that doesn't mean it's pork.
I don't get your logic...for Democrats to prove they're "different" they spend the money on defense contractors and corporate tax breaks instead of social programs?
Whatever.
Quote:
Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks
Paul Begala said as much the other night on CNN. He pointed out with glee that "there are only 5 red states left."
What he forgot to mention is that those red states all have balanced budgets, while most of the blue socialist states are all running huge budget deficits.
|
Actually, almost all states have balanced budget amendments in their constitutions, so there are no states that are running huge budget deficits.
There are states with "projected shortfalls", because revenues are going to be lower in the coming year and they haven't made adjustments yet....but that takes a little longer to do in places like New York and California than it does in Oklahoma and Utah.
