http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfmIf you want to call your senator and express your opinion it should be done ASAP!!
We are going to spend money that we do not have on things that we do not need and expect that to fix the economy.
Tennis courts, frisbee parks, sex ed, water slides at parks are a few examples of the pork in the package. One of President Obamas first executive orders was to reverse Bush's ban on sending our tax money to foreign countries for "family planning" i.e. abortions.
That's correct, no cameras, anchormen, adoring crowds, just a stroke of the pen and in our "catastrophic economy" as President Obama called it he signs a bill that WILL spend our money on aborting babies in foreign countries. I wish I was making that up but I am not.
I'm not anti park,tennis or against all of the other earmarks in the package, I am against the government spending money we don't have on stuff we don't need and telling us that this bill MUST be passed immediately or we are doomed. Not much hope there Mr. President. Fear-mongering is a democratic rallying point. That's what you accused Bush of doing for 8 years. Not much change there, Mr. President.
Bush and the democratic majority house and senate passed a 700B "stimulus" and it did no good. There was a lending crises. Let's throw money at it. Remember how McCain was severely criticized for suspending the campaign to help "fix" the problem? McCain was panicky, they said. Obama said, "You got my phone #, call me if you need me." The nation all said he is sooo cool under pressure. I'm voting for Him. Now President Obama is saying that if we do not act NOW, this crises will become a catastrophe. Not as cool now when it counts. Throw more money at it. Let's do something even if it's wrong mentality.
What makes sense to me is to stop ALL unnecessary, wasteful spending first. Until we do that we will only make matters worst or prolong the agony.
The problem is that if the republicans expanded government and increased spending (partly because of 9/11) the liberals we have elected and appointed will make the republicans look like amateurs when it comes to spending.
Remember, all the money they are printing or borrowing will only deflate our already weak dollar.