Keep appointing guys like Geithner, and Daschle, and..... they'll pay the back taxes they were sliding on... :
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Mbira said:Showing once again how much more respectable he is than the old scum that was there:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090204/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_failed_nominees
Gus said:Joel I don't think it is respectable how did Obama or his team not know? he is the president and should have all kind of information access. It reads to me like a slick way of trying to get a buddy in even if they have problems then all you do is say your sorry if it does not work out.
JohnRoberts said:I still like my idea that candidates, and surely after elected to office should be subject to perjury for all public statements.
JohnRoberts said:Trust but verify...
I trust Obama to promote a democratic agenda Not my preference but maybe that's a personal problem. The republicans surely strayed off the reservation with out of control spending and deserved to get spanked.
I still like my idea that candidates, and surely after elected to office should be subject to perjury for all public statements.
I'm not big on visuals, but this is pretty remarkable for over the top scare tactics, and sloppy math. Pelosi claiming "500 million" americans will lose jobs if we don't give up the pork... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8hMJVXt09E
I guess she was counting every warm body in the US, Canada, and Mexico losing a job to come up with that kind of number. She obviously misspoke but some politicians appear to throw around numbers for effect without much consideration for fact.
JR
JohnRoberts said:Talk about having a sick feeling...
Population of US= 303,824,640 (July 2008 est.)
Proposed stimulus bill $ 900,000,000,000 ... and this is mainly going to stimulate larger government, not permanent private sector jobs.
The amount of deficit spending per US citizen from this one bill.. $3,000 .
As of 2007, there are about 138 million taxpayers in the United States (per wiki) so more like $6,500 per taxpayer. If taxation becomes more progressive this will get even higher,
The reason politicians are going on TV claiming the end of the world and need for urgency is they're afraid the bottoming process is already in place, and the recovery is going to start without them, causing them to miss this once in a lifetime opportunity for government spending. The fed has been pumping money into the system for months now, we don't need this.
Perhaps a more targeted, and much much smaller bill could do some good, but not this pork laden load of crap... Since the new guy has promised transparency in his government I look forward to taxpayers reviewing where their money was spent after this debacle.
This is friggin insane...
JR
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