Like pigs at a trough, they just can't get enough!
In discussing the "compromise" Senate "stimulus" bill, which cuts about $100 billion in government spending as compared to the House bill, McCaskill justified the cuts by stating that the spending cuts could be added back later in an "omnibus" spending authorization.
and
Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, told reporters he and others hoped that some of the funds on the chopping block would be restored next week when negotiations open on a House-Senate compromise.
On top of this [that they are just going to spend the money anyway] we have Senator Claire McCaskill (D) saying:
I think there was some spending in the bill that was makeup for a starvation diet under the Bush Administration, some important priorities of our party, frankly of the American people. And, the question is does it belong in the stimulus bill or does it belong in the appropriations bill. I think some of the money that we cut in the compromise to get the votes that we have was in fact spending that more appropriately should go in an appropriations bill.
So, life under Bush was a "starvation diet". The president that spent money like a drunken sailor? What fantasy world does McCaskill live in? Spending under Bush went up across the board and for a Senator to say otherwise is either the height of stupidity or a blatant lie. Being that this is a Senator, either and both are possible.
Showing posts with label stimulus package. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stimulus package. Show all posts
Monday, February 9, 2009
You are too stupid to properly spend your own money
or so says John Kerry:
I've supported many tax cuts over the years, and there are tax cuts in this proposal. But a tax cut is non-targeted.
If you put a tax cut into the hands of a business or family, there's no guarantee that they're going to invest that or invest it in America.
They're free to go invest anywhere that they want if they choose to invest.
According to John Kerry, you are not smart enough to spend your money on the 'right' things. The things only a liberal politician is smart enough to spend YOUR money on. Get it?
I've supported many tax cuts over the years, and there are tax cuts in this proposal. But a tax cut is non-targeted.
If you put a tax cut into the hands of a business or family, there's no guarantee that they're going to invest that or invest it in America.
They're free to go invest anywhere that they want if they choose to invest.
According to John Kerry, you are not smart enough to spend your money on the 'right' things. The things only a liberal politician is smart enough to spend YOUR money on. Get it?
Friday, February 6, 2009
Spending Our Way to Prosperity
Last week, the Cato Institute ran a full-page newspaper ad signed by more than 200 economists, including Nobel laureates stating:
"We the undersigned do not believe that more government spending is a way to improve economic performance. More government spending by Hoover and Roosevelt did not pull the United States economy out of the Great Depression in the 1930s. More government spending did not solve Japan's 'lost decade' in the 1990s ... Lower tax rates and a reduction in the burden of government are the best ways of using fiscal policy to boost growth."
Let's hear no more about "everyone" agreeing that politicians can spend the economy into recovery.
The problem is that talk like this gets in the way of the spending orgy that Obama and the Democrats have planned.
"We the undersigned do not believe that more government spending is a way to improve economic performance. More government spending by Hoover and Roosevelt did not pull the United States economy out of the Great Depression in the 1930s. More government spending did not solve Japan's 'lost decade' in the 1990s ... Lower tax rates and a reduction in the burden of government are the best ways of using fiscal policy to boost growth."
Let's hear no more about "everyone" agreeing that politicians can spend the economy into recovery.
The problem is that talk like this gets in the way of the spending orgy that Obama and the Democrats have planned.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
"Losing Control" all right!
Yes, there are still some very legitimate issues with a bill that's supposed to be "temporary" and "targeted"—among them, large increases in permanent entitlement spending, and a paucity of tax cuts that will prompt immediate spending. Even so, Obama has allowed Congress to grow embroiled in nitpicking over efficiency when the central debate should be about whether the package is big enough. When you are dealing with a stimulus of this size, there are going to be wasteful expenditures and boondoggles. There's no way anyone can spend $800 to $900 billion quickly without waste and boondoggles.
That is exactly the point when politicians are involved and that is also one of the reasons this should not be done quickly! If they can not act like adults in an emergency (Obama keeps saying that this is one) than in this case it is more prudent to do nothing than do way too much of the wrong thing. The country has been in recessions before (anyone shouting that this is the worst since the Great Depression does not remember the early 80s so well) and if left alone will work its self out of this one. What it does not need is a bunch of politicians using this as an excuse to turn this "crises" into a feeding frenzy, which is exactly what they are doing that will result in an excess of wasteful spending that the country will be paying for for years to come.
That is exactly the point when politicians are involved and that is also one of the reasons this should not be done quickly! If they can not act like adults in an emergency (Obama keeps saying that this is one) than in this case it is more prudent to do nothing than do way too much of the wrong thing. The country has been in recessions before (anyone shouting that this is the worst since the Great Depression does not remember the early 80s so well) and if left alone will work its self out of this one. What it does not need is a bunch of politicians using this as an excuse to turn this "crises" into a feeding frenzy, which is exactly what they are doing that will result in an excess of wasteful spending that the country will be paying for for years to come.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Stimulus Package, we don't need no stinking Stimulus Package!
Most Americans believe that a dollar of tax cuts is better for the economy than a dollar of government spending.
I would not have thought this possible! Based on the general intelligence of those the MSM choose to interview, I would have thought the answer would have been pretty much the opposite of this.
Even as long as 2 weeks ago, less than half of those polled supported the Stimulus Package, only 45%.
Hopefully it will take so long to get this package going that it will not be needed, not that that would stop it from being passed. As a group, politicians never met a spending plan they did not like.
I would not have thought this possible! Based on the general intelligence of those the MSM choose to interview, I would have thought the answer would have been pretty much the opposite of this.
Even as long as 2 weeks ago, less than half of those polled supported the Stimulus Package, only 45%.
Hopefully it will take so long to get this package going that it will not be needed, not that that would stop it from being passed. As a group, politicians never met a spending plan they did not like.
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