What GOP Leaders deem wasteful in Senate stimulus bill, page 1

What GOP Leaders deem wasteful in Senate stimulus bill

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On Monday, House Republican leaders put out a list of what they call wasteful provisions in the Senate version of the nearly $900 billion stimulus bill that is being debated:

A $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy motion picture film.
• $448 million for constructing the Department of Homeland Security headquarters.

• $248 million for furniture at the new Homeland Security headquarters.

• $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees.

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I think it would be interesting to read what others think of Obama's "Stimulus" package. I(The GOP have taken it apart a bit so you can choose your own pork). t seems he has gifts in it for all his favorite lobbyists - some of whom he has recently appointed. Some for his favorite Hollywood supporters.

Does Obama understand the crisis the country is in? Looking at this list I am really afraid of what's coming. Which way to the survival threads?




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reply to post by slicobacon

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I couldn't agree more!

My ideal world would be a tax return where I , as the person generating the income, decide where I want my money to go to. Example:Education 20%,Healthcare 30% etc etc

War in Iraq? 0%
Assistance to Israel 0%
Repairing goverment buildings 0%
Paying salaries for incompetent elected officials 0%

And once they have established from all the returns what percentage of the total revenue each department has been allocated they can draw up the budget and work within it.

reply to post by marg6043

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lol.. I bet they will be Toyota Prius. Nothing says manly soldier then a Toyota Prius.

Anywho, half the stuff listed is trash, half seems like it wouldn't be so bad. Computers for community colleges, the Smithsonian etc. Headquarters for Homeland Security? .. I thought Dems wanted to shut that shell of an organization down?

reply to post by nyk537

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Now we are on this thread. Well my friend, can you please explain then how the 'conservative' Bush stacks up against Obama? Or do you not like what his admin did with their 'fiscal' responsibilities too? Because he, being Bush of course, borrowed in his 8 years more than EVERY SINGLE PRESIDENT COMBINED in our history. Our debt went from 3 trillion to 10 in his 8 years. Sure, over the past 2 a lot of that growth in debt can be attributed to both parties. However, he was at the head of the country when this happened. Is he not the biggest idiot and fraud?

And if you want to defend against the fraud claim, well, tell me how he truly represented the republican views and standards? He spent like he was a democrat with an 'R' next to his name. He was a HUGE fraud.

This is the government spending our money and sending out Obama bucks as a way to 'help' and 'stimulate' the economy. Want to help the economy, cut back on taxes so I can have a surplus each week. Cut FICA to 5% for 3 years and you will see not only consumer spending skyrocket but also employers will not be as burdened.

Tax cuts...that is the only way. However, due to a media campaign that sucked a BILLION dollars from our economy, and a good one it was I mean, tell me a time from convention to election that you did not go a minute without hearing or seeing something that dealt with Obama.

It is sickening to think that there are veterans, children and elderly who worked and put in their time who are not going to benefit but our country will go green? How about we tell the auto industry that whoever comes up with a total green car for under 7000 that they can be bailed out????

They give themselves(the boys in DC) raises while there are children starving in middle america. We needed change and we got more of the same, well, at least those who voted for him did. Some of us knew we had no chance....watch this video an see who elected our president and why it will all pass....

Link to video

this bill is sickening.......

[edit on 3-2-2009 by esdad71]

reply to post by nyk537

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No assumptions. I just asked you if you believed he was right. If you read what I wrote you will see that I was asking your opinion. I was being serious but I think the other threads tone may have had you in a mood of looking for the worse in my post instead of the legitimate question in order for me to find out where you stand.

I just wanted to see if you were showing double standards which you aren't. That's all. I understand that you do not like Obama. I'm completely with you on this 'stimulus' bill. I was just trying to understand completely where you are coming from.

This bill will hurt this country as much as the Bush administration did in their last few years if not more. Not because of the amount of money involved but because of the timing. We cannot afford a hit like this. The super inflation risk is great and it's like they are ignoring all of the history out there of countries that did the same thing. I forget the country off the top of my head but in Africa they just removed 12 zeroes from their currency. 1 trillion dollars is now 1 dollar. And they just DID this like half a year ago.

We cannot afford to get into that position. We MUST stop creating money out of thin air in order to pay off special interests.

reply to post by nyk537

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Okay, I re-read my post and can see how you would have taken it as an aggressive post instead of one looking for a legitimate answer. I got interrupted on my break here and my train of thought went off tilt. I apologize. But I was being serious.

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