What do you think of the fact that Obama passed a $800 Billion $$$ "stimulis" bill that will not stimulate?

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A bill that promised new jobs, school/education improvement, road & bridge improvements, etc ... yet only a little over a 1/4 of the TOTAL is what he promised, the rest is gove't 'pork' aka social programs to pay off the votes that got them elected!!!!I read an article today in my local paper that was written from an writer at the NY POST stating " The experts say that the stimulis package released will is not built to stimulate the economy."Why are we not listening to the experts to begin with??To you doubter posting here:$300,000 for a scultpture garden in miami$50,000,000 to a school for the arts$700,000,000 to a super computer that helps est. the weather$25,000,000 for anti-smoking campaignThese are just a few, if we really wanted to help these americans, we would put in real programs that workIf we have $819 BILLION to use then like many of you say - lets put it to good use - like increasing length of unemployement benefits, help with healthcare spending, provide funding to schools in low income neighborhoods where they run out of supplies 1/2 way through the year, etc... there is MANY things that can be spent on while we are spending other than gov't programs that will be short stints (therefore no real job creation) or progams that will not see developement for at least 3 yearsI apologize for the gramatical errors, I was not doing a copy & paste as I evidently should have. I am glad to see that society atleast cares where their $$$ is going; whether agreed or disagreed upon.another article written:http://hosted.ap.org/see: Analysis: Stimulus bill that's not all stimulatinghttp://online.wsj.com/article/SB123310466514522309.htmlFYI ... the guy I voted for Senator Lindsey Graham voted against the bill, to bad I couldn't vote in other states...
 
It's exactly what I expected a socialist to do. This was somebody's idea of 'change'.
 
Obama is a fraud.This is a no-brainer to the non-mesmerized people, but it will take others a bit of time to wake up to his treachery.When you buy a car on emotion, you fail to see it's flaws. This what happened with the masses who bought into Obama and thought he would be like a savior.There was no way to reason with them. It was like trying to talk a man out of marrying a gold digger, when you saw she was a tramp, but he was caught up with her.Some people will have to experience the hell of Obama for themselves, whereas others had foresight, but they were cast aside as the new minority.http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/807405/barack_obama_exposed_an_interview_with.html?cat=75
 
Well Obama has not passed anything yet, but it a big pork pie spending bill. He has to pay back all his little commie-crats
 
Business as usual...you should know by now that government in every form we know today does not intend to help us...only quiet us...
 
If you don't like all the ear marks and pork in the "stimulus package" you should have been more active in who represents you in the U.S. Congress. The congress decides taxes, laws, all spending and debt etc. Not the President. Understand?
 
So where were you the past 8 years when they were spending like drunken sailors on leave?Guess it's only a problem when someone else is doing it...
 
You are correct. I am going to vomit. Our country will be absolutely ruined if this passes.
 
Two choices - do something and hope it works or take the GOP lead and do nothing and hope things get better on their own......... Our current prez is at least trying to help. Hopefully when all the GOP currently in office get voted out, things will be better.
 
It's your opinion that money which will put other people to work is "pork". People have real needs which are unmet. For you to want other people to suffer and die is reprehensible. Thank goodness you are not in charge of our future. The quote is clearly wrong, as no NY Post author would have spelled stimulus that way. It isn't even pronounced that way.
 
You can't create wealth out of nothing. The bill will severely delude the value of our money and inflation and prices will skyrocket. We are creating new money to support an ever-expanding government. It won't/can't continue forever.
 
NY Post is a Neocon's mouthpiece and what they want is tax cuts for corporations and wealthy WHICH NEVER WORKS!!!Bush's 2001 tax cuts: "the weakest employment growth in decades.":2003: resulting in job creation that was "well below historical averages."only 2.6 million more jobs than in June 2003 created rather than the HYPED 5.5 million new jobs:http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2006/11/job_subsidy.htmlThe average annual employment growth was 2.5 percent after 1993 and just 0.6 percent after 2001.http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/09/supply_side.htmlAs has been extensively documented, the most effective way to close the GDP gap and lay a foundation for long run growth is by getting money into the hands of people who are most likely to spend it (struggling families), helping to shore up state budgets to prevent service cuts and property tax hikes, and through direct investment by the federal government. What we don’t need is simply more tax cuts for corporations and the wealthy.http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/89xx/doc8932/1-22-TestimonyEconStimulus.htmhttp://budget.senate.gov/democratic/testimony/2008/Zandi1119081.pdfhttp://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/07/more-stimulus-notes/http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/heritage-jobs-per-10-billion.gif
 
Bush's stimulus package didn't help either.But at least the money in Obama's plan will be spent in the USA , so it might help some Americans.
 
Obama has not passed a bill. I wish people on both sides would stop putting this on the President. I don't like the messiah, but our system of government is such that it is Congress that passes bills. The President only has the power to sign or veto them. This is Obama's bill, that much is certain. It contains payback to every organization and special interest that supported him. Just don't say "he passed it."
 
Politicians seem to have something else in mind rather than making smart educated choices. I think that Obama is only looking to raise his approval rating for the start of his presidency so that in four years he gets re-elected. Lets wait and see what really happens in the next few months as long as we keep blocking these silly packages.
 
He told you he would spread the wealth. So why are you surprised by this? It will create new jobs for the expanded government and the new socialized medicine we now have. Again why are you surprised?You are getting the change you wanted. Enjoy the down hill ride with no brakes.
 
This is from the Wall Street Journal:The Congressional Budget Office says only 25% of the money will even go out in the first year. This newspaper, in its analysis, argues that only 12 cents of every dollar is for something that could plausibly be called stimulus.LOL thumbing down an article from the #1 paper on financial matters is rich, isn't it? WSJ reporters ARE experts, and if they are criticizing it, you know it deserves to be criticized.
 
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