"If men were angels, no government would be necessary" (James Madison)
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Oscar Rogers Says It Is Fixed So Do It
TW: I hope his confidence in the stimulus package is well-placed.
2 comments:
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General stimulus comment/question(not referenced to the video): Partisanship aside, what do you say when you look at the itemization of the package and there are spending intiatives that clearly look like pet projects and are not part of stimulating the economy. Some of these can add up to a quarter of the total spending. It strikes me as odd that these would be tacked onto such an important bill in an important time, and right after the elections- where both candidates pledged no "pork". Why is the Obama admin not addressing/defending some of these items and why are they there in the first place?
On a separate note, this link has a pretty good graphic of the overal allocation of funds. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2009/02/01/GR2009020100154.html
2 comments:
General stimulus comment/question(not referenced to the video): Partisanship aside, what do you say when you look at the itemization of the package and there are spending intiatives that clearly look like pet projects and are not part of stimulating the economy. Some of these can add up to a quarter of the total spending. It strikes me as odd that these would be tacked onto such an important bill in an important time, and right after the elections- where both candidates pledged no "pork". Why is the Obama admin not addressing/defending some of these items and why are they there in the first place?
On a separate note, this link has a pretty good graphic of the overal allocation of funds. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2009/02/01/GR2009020100154.html
will answer in tomorrow's 11 am post.
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