“Arch_Druid on January 30 at 10:29 a.m.

There is no question that at least some of the spending package is pork. But before “Free In Idaho” gets into a considerable uproar over the “Democrat fraud,” Obama put out a olive branch inviting GOP supported tax cuts—which is also spending. And even further, the blog author could consider the following: in all of 8 years of the GW administration, how did tax cuts prevent the collapse of financial institutions, the closure of Circuit City, the decimation of the Big 3 auto industry, maintain a strong job growth rate for American workers? As a spending package in itself, obviously, the money didn’t go where it would do the most good. And yeah, the GOP had no heartburn over perpetrating THIS fraud during the GW years.

Kind of late to make this sort of argument, doncha think?

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BillH on January 31 at 9:57 a.m.

Good morning Druid. Obama extended an invite and then promply told the GOP “I won. I’ll trump you on that.” So much for “bipartisanship”.

If you read my blog you’d know I hold no love for the GOP, so I don’t need to defend GW. But the debt and housing crisis we’re going through now can be laid in large part at the feet of big government’s meddling in the marketplace (low interest rates, inflating the money supply, ridiculous mortgages for people who NEVER should have had one in the first place…). And Circuit City failed because they did a lousy job at running their business and folks voted for Best Buy with their consumer dollars. Same thing happened to Comp USA. Why bemoan the loss of a business that wasn’t run well enough to make it? I don’t, and that isn’t politics or ideology, it’s just business.

The Big 3 auto industry? Oh jeez, where to start? How many years of union and government meddling does it take to choke an industry? How many crummy cars, government mandates, and forever pensions can you make before you go under? Should we resurrect Hudson and Studebaker as well?

Kinda late? Not at all; I think now is the PERFECT time to make these arguments because big, fast spending government got us here and the proffered “cure” is more of the same only bigger! For crying out loud, it isn’t about GOP or DNC, it’s about what makes sense for Americans, and this so called stimulus bill isn’t good for anybody but a few unions and ACORN. It’s exactly the kind of pork laden bill Obama promised not to support and asked them not to produce, but ta-da, here it is anyway. Like I said, if big debt and lacking jobs is the problem, this bill doesn’t solve it.

Just spending a ton of money is what got us here. I don’t care WHO spent it. I’m just saying, let’s not have more of the same! It’s supposed to be different now, right?

Sorry I ran long… too much coffee. Have a great day up there anyway.

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