On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 5:13 AM, Jerry Barnes <[email protected]> wrote:
> I must have missed that. I know he has done this with business like Goldman > Sachs and BP, but what about businesses that aren't big donors? Small > business owners? Every business that has asked for money from the government has gotten it. Weren't you among those yelling about bailouts and the socialization of the banking and auto industries? How quickly we forget. A $30 billion package to aid small businesses has been stalled in Congress since February. Guess why. > > > That was part of the problem. The government picked winners and losers in a > supposedly free-market economy. So, businesses that should have died have > been given an unnaturally long life. The first thing many private > industries did when the bailout money arrived was lay off employees. The government didn't pick. They are an equal opportunity bailer. > > The stimulus package was supposed to limit unemployment at 8%. It has > failed miserably. Moot. The point is that this administration has been anything but hostile to business. But just out of curiosity, what do you think the unemployment rate would be without the stimulus? Care to hazard a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:320371 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
