So who here still thinks the Stimulus was a good idea because you're stupid

[reelop19]

Senator Tom Coburn R-Oklahoma and John McCain R-Arizona have come out with a list of 100 stimulus projects that are a complete waste and some even cost people jobs. I read through this thing and am blown away. FUCK ALL OF WASHINGTON ESPECIALLY THOSE GOD DAMN DEMOCRATS!!!!!

http://coburn.senate.gov/public//index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=e1e0624e-d02a-42d4-9dbb-f5b9f21b3572

[Jon325i]

Please please......we cannot cast judgment on this administration by weighing results. It's the good intentions that matter.

[bmwstephen]

these washington monkeys make the soviet union look good.

[Raxe]

[joshh]

I wasn't totally against the bailout, but I knew that the incompetence in Government was going to make a disaster of it.

[Need4Speed1299]

Dumb da dumb dumb dummbbb.

[KenC]

This country would have essentially collapsed without the bank bailouts, but the amount of pork that was injected into the subsequent stimulus bills (by both sides) is absolutely reprehensible. "Look-what-I-did-for-our-community-remember-my-name-on-the-ballot" projects don't have a place in ANY of the packages.

[ck_taft325is]

This country would have essentially collapsed without the bank bailouts, but the amount of pork that was injected into the subsequent stimulus bills (by both sides) is absolutely reprehensible. "Look-what-I-did-for-our-community-remember-my-name-on-the-ballot" projects don't have a place in ANY of the packages.

Ken, I think you just gave me a hard on.

[th3blue]

not even half a drop in the bucket next to the pointless wars and bush tax cuts

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3036

also, the list of 100 has already been ripped into pretty good for not telling the whole story in many cases. I'll also raise you a bridge to nowhere and friends.

but what do I know, maybe if we give the rich even lower taxes they'll hire some more people, because this has been working great so far.

[reelop19]

Ken are you fucking serious? Bank bailouts lined the pockets of big banks and the fat cats on Wall Street. Its well documented that they didn't use that money to clear out toxic assets so that there would be money to continue lending. I'm not mad though. I'm resigned to the fact that there are still people out there who will believe anything they're spoon fed when it comes from the "experts." You should be ashamed. In fact I shame you and will only take it back when you renounce your previous statement.

[wildstoats]

This country would have essentially collapsed without the bank bailouts, but the amount of pork that was injected into the subsequent stimulus bills (by both sides) is absolutely reprehensible. "Look-what-I-did-for-our-community-remember-my-name-on-the-ballot" projects don't have a place in ANY of the packages.

Ken are you fucking serious? Bank bailouts lined the pockets of big banks and the fat cats on Wall Street. Its well documented that they didn't use that money to clear out toxic assets so that there would be money to continue lending. I'm not mad though. I'm resigned to the fact that there are still people out there who will believe anything they're spoon fed when it comes from the "experts." You should be ashamed. In fact I shame you and will only take it back when you renounce your previous statement.

The ironic thing is that you're both right. Although I suspect the amount of pork spending relative to the amount of money that was transferred from the public to the private sector is minuscule.

[z31maniac]

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2004/06/The-Laffer-Curve-Past-Present-and-Future

[KenC]

Ken are you fucking serious? Bank bailouts lined the pockets of big banks and the fat cats on Wall Street. Its well documented that they didn't use that money to clear out toxic assets so that there would be money to continue lending. I'm not mad though. I'm resigned to the fact that there are still people out there who will believe anything they're spoon fed when it comes from the "experts." You should be ashamed. In fact I shame you and will only take it back when you renounce your previous statement.

So you think that the govt should have just let the banks fail?

[mar1t1me]

^^^^YES. When any and I mean any business behaves so irresponsibly so as to endanger its very existence, it risks failing. But if they know the taxpayers will swoop in and bail them out, there's no incentive to tighten things up.

But wouldn't it have sent a nice message to other banks to watch once mighty institutions fail? I'd be fine with bailing out the people affected by the failures- taxpayers helping taxpayers- but we all knew that pouring money in the top wasn't going to make more come out the bottom.... and so even though the banks are still there, the confidence of the people that got screwed has yet to be restored.

[gwb72tii]

not even half a drop in the bucket next to the pointless wars and bush tax cuts

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3036

also, the list of 100 has already been ripped into pretty good for not telling the whole story in many cases. I'll also raise you a bridge to nowhere and friends.

but what do I know, maybe if we give the rich even lower taxes they'll hire some more people, because this has been working great so far.

please explain yourself
show mw how the bush tax cuts caused the deficit to go up?