Bryon,
You don't really believe thats the only alternative do you?
Nobody is arguing that some of the allocations aren't noble or needed. The argument is, that if they are indeed so, lets debate them in the light of day on their own merits. Not have them rammed down our throat all hidden in a 700+ page jungle of lies about saving our economy like some banana republic or totalitarian nightmare. And if these progressive programs are so noble and needed why is it necessary to go so far to hide them from us? Why is necessary to hurry them through in a campaign of panic mongering before anybody notices? If they are as important as many would argue then one would think their supporters would be proud to bring them to the light of day and that they would be confident that they would easily pass without having to attach them to a volume the size of a Tolstoy novel.
You wanna argue ice breakers and global warming at the same time lets do it. But lets not pretend that somehow this is the answer to rich greed in the finance industry.
And PS: Everybody knows what pork is. But its obvious that once pork is recognized for what it is then there is no denying that our new Presidents first major piece of legislation exposes his breaking a major campaign promise. And this, Obama supporters, in a delerium of hope about honesty, and stamping out corruption, and balancing the budget, and saving the downtrodden, and ending war, and cleansing the lepers or what not, just cannot admit.
I just read about how the auditors and the auditors of those auditors, along with the lawyers and all who will oversee how the money is distributed will get the first chunk of monies out of this package...sounds like a very lucritive time to be a lawyer in DC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29296796 (link to the NYT article)
the feds cant bring out into the light , they dont know wats in it.
To me its all a scam of sorts, the "PREZ and his posse" has most likley hidden many things in the bill that will tighten the Govs grip on us and in all probability tighten its control.
MDK
So you dont think the democrats are bailing out rich people right now?
It was them who drove this bank crissis and there is proof that reps wanted to investigate the whole system, but dems screamed witch hunt.
Agin i say do no more for these failing industries and let the small companies grow and fill the void.
This bill is keeping stupid rich people in power.
MDK
HOW TO EXPLAIN THE STIMULUS BILL TO A DEMOCRAT
Shortly after class, an economics student approaches his economics
professor and says, "I don't understand this stimulus bill. Can you explain it to me?"
The professor replied, "I don't have any time to explain it at my office,
but if you come over to my house on Saturday and help me with my weekend
project, I'll be glad to explain it to you." The student agreed.
At the agreed-upon time, the student showed up at the professor's house.
The professor stated that the weekend project involved his backyard pool.
They both went out back to the pool, and the professor handed the student
a bucket. Demonstrating with his own bucket, the professor said,"First,
go over to the deep end, and fill your bucket with as much water as
you can." The student did as he was instructed.
The professor then continued, "Follow me over to the shallow end,
and then dump all the water from your bucket into it." The student
was naturally confused, but did as he was told.
The professor then explained they were going to do this many more times,
and began walking back to the deep end of the pool.
The confused student asked, "Excuse me, but why are we doing this?"
The professor matter-of-factly stated that he was trying to make
the shallow end much deeper.
The student didn't think the economics professor was serious, but figured
that he would find out the real story soon enough.
However, after the 6th trip between the shallow end and the deep end,the
student began to become worried that his economics professor had
gone mad. The student finally replied, "All we're doing is wasting
valuable time and effort on unproductive pursuits. Even worse, when
this process is all over, everything will be at the same level it
was before, so all you'll really have accomplished is the
destruction of what could have been truly productive action!"
The professor put down his bucket and replied with a smile,
"Congratulations. You now understand the stimulus bill."