Can you fathom all this money the government is spending. I do not argue that
to some extent it is necessary due to the horrible economic situation we are in.
However, do we need to spend THIS much money? With so many "so-called" smart
people we have running our country is it not possible to find a more efficient way to
complete this successfully?
The over $800 stimulus plan is a virtually uncountable some of money. If you were to
spend $1 Million every day since the Birth of Christ you will still not have spent all of the
stimulus package.
The thought that these greedy and sleazy politicians reaction to the complaints of the 'pork'
in the bill is that it is only a couple of percent of the bill so it is okay. What in the world are these
greedy and spoiled politicians thinking? Yes, maybe one of the pork projects is only 0.01% of the bill, but that could still be $80 Million. Wait a second, last time I checked the total amount that my immediate family will ever make in our lives is probably going to be less than that. The total income of the apartment complex I live in (including the apartment complex corporation) will not make that much in one year (or even 5 years). Every dollar counts, and until the politicians in Washington realize this, our country will never be great.
All politicians need to be held accountable, and I would say that any politician still working for pork barrel spending should be impeached, for he/she is violating the responsibility and trust that they were elected to uphold. It is no better than Gov. Blago in Illinois. Something to think about next time you vote for any public official.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
The Stimulus Package
Well, I have been silent for a while, but here I go.
Did you know that the $787 Billion Stimulus Package signed into law is so big
that if you were born at the time of Christ, and spent $1 Million every day through
the end of 2009, you would have spent about $733 Billion. In fact we could go until
the year 2160 and still not quite reach it. That is a crazy number, and to think they spend
a measly month and a half coming up with it.
By the way, the bill is over 1100 pages long. I am not quite sure if anyone actually has
read the whole thing yet, or at least not the whole thing before they passed the legislation. Again, what a crazy idea.
Don't get me wrong, I am for 'A' stimulus package. This package that was passed will have to do (since it is already signed into law). I am just disappointed that there is so much stupid waste in the bill. Again, don't read this the wrong way since I am all for re-sodding the National Mall (to make it pretty for all the tourists). It is fine with me to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for STD prevention and birth control. I am okay with many of the 'wasteful' spending, as long as they are bills of their own. These are not things you spend money on when you are trying to avoid the biggest economic catastrophe since the Great Depression. Come on people!
We elected Obama to change Washington. To come in with new ideas, new ideals, and new politics. However, it is all the same as before. Nothing has changed. How is this any different than Bush? In fact, because of Obama's lack of speed in fixing anything, and his lack of leadership over his own party has caused things to get worse. The economy is in a tailspin and Obama is hanging out smoking is cigarettes, and riding on Air Force One and calling it a 'spiffy ride.' We said this before we elected him, that this is not a job that has the wiggle room for 'on the job training.' I am afraid his training will cost the country's prosperity.
A stimulus package is great, but it is not the end all, be all plan that people hope for. When it comes to averting a depression or severe recession I think the sentiment of the people is key. Right now you have Obama leading the charge that the world is coming to an end unless we pass the stimulus package, fix the banks, fix housings, etc., etc. The man who rode the wave to victory with the message of hope and change is strangling the psyche of the American people. All of this negativity breeds more negativity. People lose hope, stop shopping and investing. Businesses brace for the worst and cut costs and employees. Without some positive energy our country is doomed to fall further into what quite possibly could be a world wide Great Depression II. I hope not, but I see nothing from our Leaders and Politicians that would prove that wrong. When will Washington finally learn? When will they get the message? When will they actually serve the interest of the common good and the American people, instead of themselves and their own reputations and wallets? I do not know, but I fear it will be never
Did you know that the $787 Billion Stimulus Package signed into law is so big
that if you were born at the time of Christ, and spent $1 Million every day through
the end of 2009, you would have spent about $733 Billion. In fact we could go until
the year 2160 and still not quite reach it. That is a crazy number, and to think they spend
a measly month and a half coming up with it.
By the way, the bill is over 1100 pages long. I am not quite sure if anyone actually has
read the whole thing yet, or at least not the whole thing before they passed the legislation. Again, what a crazy idea.
Don't get me wrong, I am for 'A' stimulus package. This package that was passed will have to do (since it is already signed into law). I am just disappointed that there is so much stupid waste in the bill. Again, don't read this the wrong way since I am all for re-sodding the National Mall (to make it pretty for all the tourists). It is fine with me to pay hundreds of millions of dollars for STD prevention and birth control. I am okay with many of the 'wasteful' spending, as long as they are bills of their own. These are not things you spend money on when you are trying to avoid the biggest economic catastrophe since the Great Depression. Come on people!
We elected Obama to change Washington. To come in with new ideas, new ideals, and new politics. However, it is all the same as before. Nothing has changed. How is this any different than Bush? In fact, because of Obama's lack of speed in fixing anything, and his lack of leadership over his own party has caused things to get worse. The economy is in a tailspin and Obama is hanging out smoking is cigarettes, and riding on Air Force One and calling it a 'spiffy ride.' We said this before we elected him, that this is not a job that has the wiggle room for 'on the job training.' I am afraid his training will cost the country's prosperity.
A stimulus package is great, but it is not the end all, be all plan that people hope for. When it comes to averting a depression or severe recession I think the sentiment of the people is key. Right now you have Obama leading the charge that the world is coming to an end unless we pass the stimulus package, fix the banks, fix housings, etc., etc. The man who rode the wave to victory with the message of hope and change is strangling the psyche of the American people. All of this negativity breeds more negativity. People lose hope, stop shopping and investing. Businesses brace for the worst and cut costs and employees. Without some positive energy our country is doomed to fall further into what quite possibly could be a world wide Great Depression II. I hope not, but I see nothing from our Leaders and Politicians that would prove that wrong. When will Washington finally learn? When will they get the message? When will they actually serve the interest of the common good and the American people, instead of themselves and their own reputations and wallets? I do not know, but I fear it will be never
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