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The pundits are speculating that the House had to vote for the package because they wouldn’t want the President to get a black eye on his first major agenda item.  And there is so much money to spread around the country, it must have caused some politicians to salivate at the prospects of bringing the pork bacon back to the home grounds  We’ve got to do something, right?  Herbert Hoover tried to do something by increasing expenditures by forty percent and at the end of his term unemployment was still at fourteen percent.  We CAN’T spend our way out of a recession EVER!!!  Where are the Republicans?  If you’re a traditionally Republican voter  represented by a Republican legislator who voted for this slush fund, find a new Republican to represent you in the next House election.  The one you have now is not a Republican.

   My great great grandchildren will still be covering the cost of the last two “stimulus” packages if we haven’t killed the golden goose that is the U.S. economy already.  We got sooo much bang out of the first one, didn’t we?  The treasury is going to have to double its printers to keep up with this administration and it’s only two weeks old.  Don’t miss the point, there are things in this bill that are worthy things that need to be addressed but not wrapped up into a bill that is framed as an economic stimulus package and not now if we are truly believing that we can stoke the economy into action.  However, without incentivising business and investment, our Congress is swinging at air.

   I have only heard of one elected executive with the guts to say no to Washington’s money, Scott Walker.  He’s the Milwaukee County Executive and he is getting crucified by the press, crucified.  He should be given a medal and be the first elected official in the public servant’s hall of fame, if there was one.  How can he turn down all the “free” money,they say?  How can the press, who is supposed to inform us be so uninformed?  Tax money is NEVER free!!  Taxpayers have to fork it over before it is available to the government. 

   Next the Democratic Congress will throw a million dollar “free” money celebration when it’s passed by the Democratically controlled Senate and they can pat themselves on the back for averting the crisis.  I just hope America is watching, listening, and caring about what is going on.  We will certainly care about the results, if it doesn’t help, and they ask for more “free” money.  It won’t, and they will!

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