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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
I agree, it was sold poorly to the American people. They didn't explain what the reasons were and they weren't transparent. It also came across as something that wasn't thought out very well.
I'm going by the definition I know of for pork. Here it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pork_barrel_spending
I'm also sure it's been vetted and debated, it doesn't make it stupid. I have no problem with a stimulus plan, one that is built to stimulate the economy by creating real jobs and building real value for the country. This plan has a lot of bad spending that won't benefit anyone but their supporters.
To prove they are different, they should cut out the bullshit special interest spending. That's the spending Republicans did for a decade and helped get us in massive debt. It's the same thing now, just different special interests. They don't give a shit about any of us. Look at the bill objectively and not as being written by "your team". |
Great article about this
http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.ht...6-61336864e25c
Everyone both democrat and republican can agree that what got us all the way out of the Great Depression was WWII.
Can you think of more wasteful spending than on tanks and planes and ships that are just going to be blown up on the battlefield?
I realize we needed to fight that war...but from an economic standpoint, building all of those tanks, planes, and ships and just dumping them into the ocean would have had the same effect on the economy...or as Keynes once said, government should pay people to dig holes and then fill them up again.
Spending money on anything creates demand and stimulates the economy. The difference between the democrats now and the republicans for the past 8 years is that this bill is a response to an economy that needs stimulus.....the republicans were spending money just to spend money and reward their contributors/constituents etc.
If the dems play the same games with the regular budget when it comes time to write that, I'll agree 100% with you that it's bullshit and should stop....but a stimulus package by definition needs to be deficit spending and needs to happen quickly.
