What's in Obama's Stimulus Package?

[Chronopolice]

What's in that piece of legislation that's making them (read: members of the US Congress, both Houses) queasy?

P.S.
It's not anthrax or a letter bomb for sure. ;D

[Soazigstan]

i guess spending for the national mall to have grass implants put in[to beautify the area]...I'd say that's a little porky--and I'm all for the stimulus but for parts like that...

[Isles of Nixon]

What's in the stimulus? Hmm, let's take a look:

$335M for research into STDs
$30M to save the salt marsh harvest mouse in San Francisco
Tax cuts that would only increase weekly pay by a whopping $13
Hundreds of millions in earmark projects despite the fact that there are no earmarks in the bill according to the Democrats.

[Chronopolice]

Feb 12, 2009 22:41:44 GMT -5 Isles of Nixon said:

What's in the stimulus? Hmm, let's take a look:

$335M for research into STDs
$30M to save the salt marsh harvest mouse in San Francisco
Tax cuts that would only increase weekly pay by a whopping $13
Hundreds of millions in earmark projects despite the fact that there are no earmarks in the bill according to the Democrats.

USD335M for STD research ain't that bad.
USD30M for preserving species affected by progress makes sense.
Tax cuts are always good.
Earmarks sound porky, I would rather give it to the States.

Btw, that package is just a hop, skip and a jump away from approval from Congress.

[Iwerddon]

"ain't bad" doesn't mean it's going to "stimulate the economy" does it?

What pisses me off is that the government with -anybody- in charge can't do jack without blowing MILLIONS of dollars on "ain't bad" instead of on "gotta do it"

[Anime Daisuki]

Feb 14, 2009 11:48:12 GMT -5 Chronopolice said:

Feb 12, 2009 22:41:44 GMT -5 Isles of Nixon said:

What's in the stimulus? Hmm, let's take a look:

$335M for research into STDs
$30M to save the salt marsh harvest mouse in San Francisco
Tax cuts that would only increase weekly pay by a whopping $13
Hundreds of millions in earmark projects despite the fact that there are no earmarks in the bill according to the Democrats.

USD335M for STD research ain't that bad.

If people don't have sex outside of marriage, they won't get STDs. They decided to take a risk, and well, I don't know why the rest of us have to spend $ 335,000,000 to help.

[Estayland]

Feb 14, 2009 11:48:12 GMT -5 Chronopolice said:

Feb 12, 2009 22:41:44 GMT -5 Isles of Nixon said:

What's in the stimulus? Hmm, let's take a look:

$335M for research into STDs
$30M to save the salt marsh harvest mouse in San Francisco
Tax cuts that would only increase weekly pay by a whopping $13
Hundreds of millions in earmark projects despite the fact that there are no earmarks in the bill according to the Democrats.

USD335M for STD research ain't that bad.
USD30M for preserving species affected by progress makes sense.
Tax cuts are always good.
Earmarks sound porky, I would rather give it to the States.

Btw, that package is just a hop, skip and a jump away from approval from Congress.

So, you're giving people another excuse to take risks without consequences. There is more money spent on AIDS research than heart disease, cancer, and other more serious medical problems COMBINED.

Giving money to a mouse and not taxpayers makes as much sense as giving money to a gambling addict.

Tax cuts are always good, but $13/wk doesn't help much. Yeah, it's a lot for people in the Phillipines, but it doesn't mean crap here.

Earmarks can be used for good, but a vast majority of the time it's not. Bridges to nowhere, indoor rainforests, etc. do little to spur economic growth. Bridges such as Golden Gate or the Causeway helped with commerce.

[Chronopolice]

So what would you like to see in that Package?

[Estayland]

What would I like to see?

Tax cuts for individuals:
10% and 15% brackets reduced to 0%
25% and 28% backets reduced to 15%
33% and 35% brackets reduced to 25%

Tax cuts for businesses:
25% flat tax above $100,000

Reduced spending across the board and even elimination of some departments.

[Chronopolice]

Reduce the footprint of government. I agree.

I think what happened with the Stimulus Package is that there are too many cooks in the proverbial kitchen.

Besides, I don't trust some politicians when it comes to spending money. ;D

[Estayland]

You shouldn't trust ANY politicians when it comes to money. Vote them out when they don't do what you want them.

[Greek People Nation (GPN)]

Feb 12, 2009 22:41:44 GMT -5 Isles of Nixon said:

What's in the stimulus? Hmm, let's take a look:

$30M to save the salt marsh harvest mouse in San Francisco

looks like Nancy Pelosi area there.

[Chronopolice]

Feb 17, 2009 14:21:19 GMT -5 Greek People Nation (GPN) said:

Feb 12, 2009 22:41:44 GMT -5 Isles of Nixon said:

What's in the stimulus? Hmm, let's take a look:

$30M to save the salt marsh harvest mouse in San Francisco

looks like Nancy Pelosi area there.

How did you know?

I'm betting the 'mouse' part gave it away. ;D

But I do support spending a bit of our tax money to keep the environment healthy. You can't tell which plants or animals might become essential to our future survival.

[Anime Daisuki]

Who thinks there's going to be a Stimulus v2.0 raise your hand! ;D

[Lassiem]

Feb 17, 2009 20:05:47 GMT -5 Anime Daisuki said:

Who thinks there's going to be a Stimulus v2.0 raise your hand! ;D

An actual stimulus bill or another pork bill?

[Bad Infinitum]

It's only three or four thousand billion dollars or so...

[Estayland]

Well, when you put it that way, I feel better. NOT!

[Greek People Nation (GPN)]

Feb 17, 2009 17:15:07 GMT -5 Chronopolice said:

Feb 17, 2009 14:21:19 GMT -5 Greek People Nation (GPN) said:

looks like Nancy Pelosi area there.

How did you know?

I'm betting the 'mouse' part gave it away. ;D

But I do support spending a bit of our tax money to keep the environment healthy. You can't tell which plants or animals might become essential to our future survival.

Only people in San Fran will vote for an idiot like her.

[Chronopolice]

I do. We're not out of the woods yet. The damage is much worse than we think.

Damn greedy b@st@rds (read: some Wall Street CEOs and some irresponsible Main Street peeps) upset the economics and we all get to pay the price.

They don't want to raise our wages and they expect us to spend more? Ludicrous!!!

[New Dracora]

Feb 15, 2009 12:56:23 GMT -5 Estayland said:

Reduced spending across the board and even elimination of some departments.

No comrade, it is time for increased spending and more departments! Let us take away all financial control from those irresponsible capitalist pigs on Wall Street and give it all to those who deserve it - the people!

The time has come for the government of the people to actually start governing the lives of its people! So rise my fellow proletarians and let us usher in the new era for the GLORIOUS United Soviet States of America!!!

;D

[Jmarjhah]

Lmao dracora, i really believe that is what this country is devolving into: a European socialist state. Btw, I hear that apparently Chairman Mao has decided that we have maxed out our credit card.

[Anime Daisuki]

Feb 18, 2009 15:58:35 GMT -5 Greek People Nation (GPN) said:

Only people in San Fran will vote for an idiot like her.

There are some good people in San Fran.

But for every hardworking person, there's like 10 hobos and yuppies. It's one man one vote. What can we do?

[Chronopolice]

Feb 24, 2009 19:55:45 GMT -5 Anime Daisuki said:

Feb 18, 2009 15:58:35 GMT -5 Greek People Nation (GPN) said:

Only people in San Fran will vote for an idiot like her.

There are some good people in San Fran.

But for every hardworking person, there's like 10 hobos and yuppies. It's one man one vote. What can we do?

It is one of the major weaknesses of a representative democracy. No wonder the primitive Greek 'democracies' have small numbers of voters.

[Chronopolice]

Feb 17, 2009 22:57:58 GMT -5 Bad Infinitum said:

It's only three or four thousand billion dollars or so...

BBC?

Sorry for the multiple posts but this quote caught my interest.