New office furniture for Homeland Security? 1st....whats wrong with the current office furniture?? Why don't we get used office furniture from these banks that are taking our money and droppin' employees like they've got the plague? Just call it payment, we'll take your empty furniture and deduct that off what you owe us, fair market value on the used furniture....not the stick it to em' boys price cause it's the gubment.

   Of course one must remember that what is pork to You and Me is steak to some of the liberal Dems, and they are crying in their beer over it's loss.

The 100 billion chopped from the bill this past week (by the Senate) was added (by the Senate) two weeks ago.
They hoped no one would remember.

Griff

I believe the correct name of this spending spree is The 2009 Socialization and Filling their Pockets Bill. Call your representatives and senators tell them to get ready to be voted out, all of them. We spend money we dont have; that benifits special interests and non-profit organizations. They wont make 5000 decent paying jobs or help out all of those who gambled on our future. Cant put my finger on the words to express my anger or remorse for the pretend american people who are letting this happen. The only use should be money that will directly create jobs or get everyone back to work. Work on the other problems when we can afford to pay for them.

It is not an economic bill, it is a demoralizing attempt to make USA a broke desperate country and dependent on handouts. I would rather make my own mistakes and earn my own way. Lets not let those morons with the blue helmets overtake our country.

Sorry I dont even have two senators to call in Minnesota, they are still suing each other to see who wins. On our nickel I would add. But thats nothing new.

We will all get through this pre-manufactured economic whole, just put your shoulder down and let em have it. Lets shoot for 400 Billion worth of jobs and security.
Dave

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
If 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.