Jared wrote:Sorry, long day, late to the party. As for the post, duh Jack. You are clearly putting politics in the post in a way that is completely unnecessary. This below is what you wrote:
JackB1 wrote:Does anyone know why the Republicans are so against passing Obama's Stimulus Bill? Is there really that much "pork spending" in there or is this just partisan crap?
Couldn't you just as easily have asked a simple question regarding information on pork spending in the bill, instead of bringing up Republicans, partisan crap, etc? Come on, you made the post partisan when you added in that stuff when it wasn't necessary. And you did this earlier in the thread a long time ago when you brought up Iraq...fortunately, no one took the bait.
I'm not going to lock the thread because one person didn't follow the rules, and things followed from there. Jack, think before you post, and I'm not giving you any more chances in this thread.
There are plenty of overtly political posts in this thread other than mine.
Just because I used the word "partisan" makes it offensive? I ASKED if it was "partisan". I didn't call it partisan. Whatever. I'm just staying out of this thread because I can't tell what is "permissable" and what is not.
Here are some examples and just from the past week or so.....
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 2:33 am Post subject:
To preface, let me just say that per CNN Republicans seeking to oppose the stimulus package in its current state published a list of problem items in the stim pkg. (at
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/02/ ... index.html )
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 5:32 am Post subject:
They'd have a bit more credibility on "fiscal discipline" if they were so hawkish about deficits when they were in charge and there was no need for fiscal stimulus.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 12:36 am Post subject:
Hill Republican: Stimulus aids illegal immigrants
WASHINGTON (AP) - The $800 billion-plus economic stimulus measure making its way through Congress could steer government checks to illegal immigrants, a top Republican congressional official asserted Thursday.
The legislation, which would send tax credits of $500 per worker and $1,000 per couple, expressly disqualifies nonresident aliens, but it would allow people who don't have Social Security numbers to be eligible for the checks.
A revolt among GOP conservatives to similar provisions of a 2008 economic stimulus bill, which sent rebate checks to most wage earners, forced Democratic congressional leaders to add stricter eligibility requirements. That legislation, enacted in February 2008, required that people have valid Social Security numbers in order to get checks.
The GOP official voiced concerns about the latest economic aid measure on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss it publicly.
Republicans have already blasted the package for including what they argue is wasteful spending and omitting tax cuts for wealthier people and businesses they say are needed to jump-start the anemic economy.
Not a single Republican voted for an $819 billion version of the plan when it passed the House on Wednesday. GOP senators arranged a midday news conference to voice their concerns.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:14 am Post subject:
The opposition to the stimulus plan is unfortunately more political than substantive. The illegal immigrants getting money out of this plan sounds like a red herring. Also some GOP politicians railing against the fact that the NEA will be getting $50 million is ideological and more symbolic than anything else. Their plan instead is just to give more tax cuts to the higher brackets, which have thus far failed in this decade to product a large number of new jobs.
Obama has been in office less than 2 weeks? Either this stimulus will work and he'll sail through re-election or it will fail and revive the GOP in 2 or 4 years. If they really believed this is a bad idea, then they should just give Obama and the Democrats enough rope, especially since the electorate voted for them partly to take the country in a different direction.
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 4:52 am Post subject:
It's sad but true. This stimulus package is an absolute joke. If it were actually going towards stimulating the economy instead of spending on pork which has maybe a 5% effect of stimulating the economy.
We are in a global financial crisis that is on the verge of a total global meltdown and our politicians are still operating with the " Washington business as usual" mentality.
