Stimulus for Who?
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Like I said, I don't expect much self-reflection, just more lashing out.
You even wanted to blame the financial crisis on poor people who couldn't afford their homes, Steve. You're probably the biggest offender.
Seriously, go see where your tax money goes.
Like I said, I don't expect much self-reflection, just more lashing out.
Yeah how dare I.
You even wanted to blame the financial crisis on poor people who couldn't afford their homes, Steve. You're probably the biggest offender.
Great comeback Heck.
Speak mouth.
But yes dear people who take or sell shaky and irresponsible loans or "investments" and the crooked politicians tyhat push them really are to blame.
Not your (and the empty suit's) pat answer : "It was BOOOOOOSH I tell ya!!
I seen him sneaking out of the barn!!!!"
Seriously, go see where your tax money goes.
Seriously who cares? It won't save me anything and who cares?
Hopefully Obamas power mad cronies will wise up and see the brick wall his idiotic long range spending will send us onto and put the kibosh on it before there's real trouble.
The skimulous? Who cares. Peanuts. It's the long term damage we need to worry about.
Hey does it concern you that the smartest man in the world was clueless about the ethics of so many members of his proposed cabinet might be just as informed about their abilities?
Nah didn't think so.
(and thanks for the monkey shit Dan.)
WSS
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But Leg, if you're asking me if I'm worried about the size of the budget, and the projected deficits, and the specter of higher taxes, you bet I am.
Most of the change is going to have to come from health care and entitlement reform, but also from things like cutting the defense budget. Which is why I applaud the move by Gates to reign in some of the larger cases of waste, abuse, and the needless spending in the defense budget, not run around like my hair is on fire screaming that Obama is gutting the military.
We need temporary stimulus spending, then all sorts of reform.
But Leg, if you're asking me if I'm worried about the size of the budget, and the projected deficits, and the specter of higher taxes, you bet I am.
Most of the change is going to have to come from health care and entitlement reform, but also from things like cutting the defense budget. Which is why I applaud the move by Gates to reign in some of the larger cases of waste, abuse, and the needless spending in the defense budget, not run around like my hair is on fire screaming that Obama is gutting the military.
We need temporary stimulus spending, then all sorts of reform.
Yeah I agree.
I tried to avoid the gutting the military thread as long as I could (because I knew where it started & where it was heading) I only chimed in after reading that the Lefty version of "Bunker" figured we ought to arbitrarily cut the military in half. I'm definitely all for streamlining.
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"What I am saying is that the system in place that adjusts & corrects these things is(was) at fault and is now being rewarded to utilize that very system that should have been used 5 years ago. Sure it may cost more now to the taxpayers to use AIG rather than Outside company X, but isn't that what this is about? Long term?"
Yeah, what you touched on above will be the next phase - putting in some sort of smart, new regulatory scheme that keeps us out of these bubble/boom/bust episodes. There will always be periods of growth and recessions and such, but the idea is to figure out what we can do to keep this type of thing (massive bank failures that threaten to drag everyone down with them) from happening again.
That's something I don't know too much about. Tupa could probably help more there.
Problem is, you're depending on a lot of people who either aren't that smart or don't know much or anything about this stuff - i.e. most members of Congress - to be the smart ones.
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"What I am saying is that the system in place that adjusts & corrects these things is(was) at fault and is now being rewarded to utilize that very system that should have been used 5 years ago. Sure it may cost more now to the taxpayers to use AIG rather than Outside company X, but isn't that what this is about? Long term?"
Yeah, what you touched on above will be the next phase - putting in some sort of smart, new regulatory scheme that keeps us out of these bubble/boom/bust episodes. There will always be periods of growth and recessions and such, but the idea is to figure out what we can do to keep this type of thing (massive bank failures that threaten to drag everyone down with them) from happening again.
That's something I don't know too much about. Tupa could probably help more there.
Problem is, you're depending on a lot of people who either aren't that smart or don't know much or anything about this stuff - i.e. most members of Congress - to be the smart ones.
That's something I don't know too much about. Tupa could probably help more there.
Problem is, you're depending on a lot of people who either aren't that smart or don't know much or anything about this stuff - i.e. most members of Congress - to be the smart ones.
Uh so since Obama and Geitner have it figured out, why isn't that a good thing?
If all congress needs to do is rubber stamp utopia why all the hedging and anger?
WSS
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You're really turning yourself into a complete non-factor. I love the utopia lines. Those never get old. You're like Victor Davis Hanson without all those degrees.
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You're really turning yourself into a complete non-factor. I love the utopia lines. Those never get old. You're like Victor Davis Hanson without all those degrees.
You're really turning yourself into a complete non-factor. I love the utopia lines. Those never get old. You're like Victor Davis Hanson without all those degrees.
Yeah?
Damn.
Anyway again, what's with the bitterness?
Aren't you supposed to be "glassy eyed" and covered with "goose bumps?"
You seem angrier than you did when Bush was in office.
You guys have carte blanche. Cheer up.
Hey as I said I think protests are stupid.
Who cares? I pay my taxes. Lower 'em if you wanna.
Like I said if my taxes go down for reasons other than prolonged recession or the financial community's vote of no confidence for Obama great.
If he wants to sport me some health ins for less than I pay I'm all for it.
But I don't want it to suck, capice?
I don't have much of a beef with the skimulus.
It all goes in somebody's pocket and that is the idea.
I guess I prefer somebody have to at least do some busywrk for it, no?
But if you're nervous about the plans, as you should be, what good does it do to berate me?
It should be "Ha!! Well bucko wait and see!! "
WSS
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It's odd to see Heck against wasteful defense spending.
But, let Obama up the spending on domestic programs by
huge numbers, and Heck couldn't care less about the
wasteful spending, because the defense budget is big.
Heck is sliding into liberal hatespeak, liberal intentional blindness,
and expert cherry picking.
Go ahead, Heck - give Soros and Obama great big smoochies.
But you make no sense at all with living on the liberal side of things at any cost,
like a brainwashed cult member...
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And we're back to square one.
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Square one? Is that where you leave after whining about not getting conservatives banned, and Shep comes back?
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And we're back to square one.
And we're back to square one.
It's never gotten off square one Heck.
We don't have that many "issues" and the ones we do have are still there.
You guys have railed at Bush for 8 years no matter what the "issue" might be.
He deserved some of it.
But his party was demonized and defeated.
Your party has a commanding lead in both houses.
So just don't get all outraged if I ask 'em to put up or shut up.
You must have something to bring to the table besides anger no?
WSS
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