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Amidst all the talk about bipartisanship, bi-brinksmanship and Tom Daschle’s glasses, it’s easy to forget what this stimulus bill is really about: Uncle Sam injecting gobs of cash into the U.S. economy. As Schoolhouse Rock teaches us above, the bill might be altered before it becomes a law, but we’ve still got a pretty good idea about where the money is going to go. Instead of waiting to follow the money, we’d like to get where the money is going before it arrives - that way we’ll be better prepared to report on whether or not it’s making a difference. To that end, if you, or the place where you work, is expecting a boost from the proposed stimulus package, we want to hear about it.
Posted by Charles Johnson on February 18, 2009 4:18 PM
Ok, starting in 2008 there’s a huge sucking sound of money leaving the middle class to pay for gas to get to work. Now, we’re all facing pay and benefit cuts.
On the other hand, all the tax money is going to the corporations; governors and county execs are giving their staffs pay raises while the rest of us sink.
Tell me this: Who has money to buy a car?
Prediction: The “entitlement” programs that the media speaks so negatively about are gone, 2013 at the latest. That is how Obama will pay for this transfer of middle class wealth to the corporations. Bye bye social security, bye bye medical.
What happened to the independent media? Wasn’t that critical for a functioning democracy? Do we have one or are we living in the time of tyranny and corporate fascism?
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Charles Johnson
Posted by Jon Potts on March 2, 2009 6:22 PM
The huge variety of arguments against the big government approach to economic stimulus all seem to have one thing in common: this argument that an individual would make better decisions with his/her income than the government would.
It seems to me there is one thing we should not forget: the private sector (including the average taxpayer and the market) has been a miserable failure at producing sustainable wealth for Americans.
Ok, starting in 2008 there’s a huge sucking sound of money leaving the middle class to pay for gas to get to work. Now, we’re all facing pay and benefit cuts.
On the other hand, all the tax money is going to the corporations; governors and county execs are giving their staffs pay raises while the rest of us sink.
Tell me this: Who has money to buy a car?
Prediction: The “entitlement” programs that the media speaks so negatively about are gone, 2013 at the latest. That is how Obama will pay for this transfer of middle class wealth to the corporations. Bye bye social security, bye bye medical.
What happened to the independent media? Wasn’t that critical for a functioning democracy? Do we have one or are we living in the time of tyranny and corporate fascism?