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"Slow Down the Political Response... | by jdelphiki | 2009-02-10 06:37:29 |
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Any organization that gets funding from | by themadkansan | 2009-02-10 07:09:40 |
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Well, at least they are mostly consistent | by vdp | 2009-02-10 07:17:15 |
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I'm sorry...where did this turn into... | by jdelphiki | 2009-02-10 07:38:28 |
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Attacking the source? | by vdp | 2009-02-10 09:45:32 |
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Okay...maybe not "attacking"... | by jdelphiki | 2009-02-10 10:26:01 |
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I admit to misdirecting :-) | by vdp | 2009-02-10 11:41:26 |
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No burning, here. ;) | by jdelphiki | 2009-02-10 12:00:02 |
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I have to agree, and that is why it irritates me | by Classic_Jon | 2009-02-10 12:15:07 |
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Well, if you are borrowing my phrase :-) | by vdp | 2009-02-10 12:53:54 |
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On that I will agree that Tax cuts alone | by Classic_Jon | 2009-02-10 14:05:01 |
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This is the executive summary (emphasis added) | by vdp | 2009-02-10 14:48:18 |
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by Classic_Jon |
2009-02-10 15:03:34 |
He does seem to make some valid points. I do not agree with all of them but at a top level, they do make some sense. It also makes why the vote was fairly split along party lines make more sense as well. The perspective is quite informative. senators speech on his amendment
"The Democrat bill takes money, actually it borrows money, and decides where it should go. It does virtually nothing to stimulate the economy while it wastes billions of taxpayer dollars. It's a hodge-podge of long-supported pet projects that the normal budget process would have thrown out. Using the troubled economy as their motive, Democrats have opened the floodgates for all sorts of outrageous wasteful spending. Here are just a few examples from the Senate's bill, which we will debate next week:
$400 million for researching sexually transmitted diseases
$200 million for bike and pedestrian trails and off-road vehicle routes
$200 million to force the military to buy environmentally-friendly electric cars
$34 million to renovate the Department of Commerce headquarters
$75 million for a program to end smoking, which if successful will bankrupt the Children's health program Democrats are about to pass" |
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