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Originally Posted by pocketkangaroo
Some people, like myself would rather save the pet projects for another time. Perhaps a time when the country isn't massively in debt. Why not just look at the bill objectively and agree that some of that shit is completely unnecessary?
And the reasoning for the pork is pretty sad. The "we'll spend money on stupid shit but it won't be as bad as the stupid shit that Republicans spend on". It's like shitting on someone's floor and then telling them it's good because at least it's not in their bed.
I just wish some of you guys would stop the whole game. This should be about doing what's best for the American people, not "beating the Republicans". Partisians would rather see the country go to shit if it means they can get some political victories out of it. It is what is turning Washington into the cess pool it is.
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Either you're not reading what I'm writing or you're intentionally ignoring it because you don't like the message.....but the whole point is
that money has to be spent NOW, right fucking now, not when the debt situation is better, not once more worthy projects have been found,
RIGHT NOW.
I would much rather spend the money on other stuff, and in a perfect world we could...but in a perfect world our economy wouldn't need close to $1 trillion in stimulus either.
If we don't create demand in the economy now, then the downward spiral will continue. The losses in tax revenue from the drop in economic activity would increase the deficit by as much, if not more, than the stimulus bill is going to. So whether you like it or not, and whether this bill had passed or not, we'd still have that much debt at the end of it all. (unless you want to drop unemployment benefits and constantly cut government spending as the recession worsens...keeping our budget in balance but worsening the recession, a death spiral of sorts)