I think the rush is because we're hurting. But I don't think that in our haste, we should be short sighted.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 11:15 AM, Jerry Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Actually, don't blame Scott for that analogy, it was me. > > And why do we need an immediate stimulus passed in the next 15 days for > projects that don't have any return for a decade or decades. > > Why can we not take a more deliberative approach for that long term > spending, and handle it as "normal" spending? > > What is the rush? Seems like the used car dealer trying to get the young > couple to sign the loan quickly, without letting them read all the fiddly > details. > > > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Gruss Gott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Scott wrote: > > >> This is CPR at an accident scene, not long term health care. > > >> > > > > That's totally false. > > > > 1.) The EMT turned over the patient last year and the stimulus *is* > > the doctor for the future - it's the federal gov't. > > > > 2.) The patient has already been stabilized, which was the heading off > > economic systemic collapse in Oct 2008. > > > > 3.) Any medical procedures done today should have a line-of-sight to > > the long term health of the patient. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287379 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
