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Date Posted: 10:42:13 02/14/09 Sat
Author: Jeannine
Subject: Everything Hogarth said and a couple of more points
In reply to: scooter 's message, "Jeannine, sami, Hogarth...." on 07:38:06 02/14/09 Sat

50 Million for the National Endowment for the Arts? One Billion for STD education? How does this stimulate the economy? That is only the beginning. I, of course haven't read the entire plan. No one has. Good thing we were promised it will be posted online 48 hours before the vote so we can all read it.....

I love Hogarth's idea of a line by line Presidential review. This is supposed to be a crisis that is so bad that we won't survive if we get it wrong. Why is it more important for the President to fly off to hard hit cities and give speeches to his adoring public than to review, revise and LEAD this Congress to do the right thing?

If I am overly sensitive and angry, it is not because "my guy" lost. It is because I am tired of hearing how bipartisan Obama is while he is totally ignoring any and all suggestions from the right. A cocktail party is not bipartisanship. I am tired of hearing how the Democrats inherited this mess while totally ignoring the role that Democrats like Barney Frank played in the current financial mess. But most of all, I am sickened that we are taking a huge leap toward a Socialist government where the people that REALLY need help from the government will instead become more dependent on it.

Bring it down to our level Scooter. Honestly. Say your child is having financial difficulty. You bail them out, I know I have with my child. But you can only do that so many times before they have to learn to survive on their own or you go broke and you are in the same shape as them. Eventually you are not the solution, you are an enabler, you are the problem. Now, imagine that you are in huge financial trouble. Do you borrow much much more and spend spend spend???? Do you spend on things that will help you recover or spend on things that gee, it will be nice to have but you could certainly put off until your problems are solved.

I know that is overly simplistic, but it is also logical.

The only good thing about this Stimulus Bill is that it is owned IN WHOLE by Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barack Obama.

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[> [> Thanks for answering my question. -- scooter, 14:04:57 02/14/09 Sat [1]

I'm not going to argue, it's pointless. We'll wait and see what happens.


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[> [> [> And I personally thank you for your civility -- Jeannine, 15:42:16 02/14/09 Sat [1]

We have rarely seen eye to eye but I honestly think you want to understand how I feel.


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[> [> Thank you both. -- niki, 10:25:51 02/15/09 Sun [1]

I finally understand a bit better. I DO have concerns with this package, but I must admit less than I had with the last one.

But it does help to hear where you are coming from.


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