I'm not selecting facts. According to the analyses I have seen and from public statements by people like Sen. Inhofe, most of the spending, while not pork, is also not going to get into the economy in the next year. Part of the reason the TARP went the way it did was because that was what they could accomplish in a short time span. If most of this money isn't going into the economy anytime soon, why put it in the bill? I would prefer to see Congress pass a bill with immediate relief and signal that they will re-visit the economy every quarter or six months and pass additional spending if necessary. Or, if they want to put it all in one bill, at least put in some checks where Congress or the President can go back later and dial down the spending. This rush to allocate a trillion dollars in long-term spending is non-sensical.
On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Gruss wrote: > > Because when you do that it overshadows the other good analysis you have: > > The Whitehouse abdicated responsibility for the crafting of this to > Pelosi. Now maybe that's not fair due to the fact that they're trying > to build a cabinet, deal with a start-up government, and have had > communications problems. > > But, hey, life at fair and they volunteered. Obama fucked up > leadership on this bill, and Pelosi fucked him. Obama's also lost > control of the politics and the narrative. > > But that said, it's only 2 fecking percent of the bill and it looks > like there's a consensus. > > So Robert: return to the facts, dude. Don't pick a narrative and then > select facts - or make them up - to fit it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:287679 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
