“What is $400 million for climate change research going to do to put people back to work in Indiana?”
—Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), speaking on the floor of the House against the stimulus package that he and every other Republican voted against
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Posted 11:30 AM on 29 Jan 2009
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liberalnun Posted 4:50 am
29 Jan 2009
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Pompey Road Posted 10:33 pm
29 Jan 2009
Been studied to death but still a worthy thing to give further study, but not on this bill.
To much fluff and democratic social agenda programs. It is is not direct job producing, infrastructure, mass transit, alternative energy keep it out of this package.
Everybody know there will be some kind of government trust set up to buy the toxic assets. There will more billions to be spent as soon as this economic recovery package flows through the process.
850 billion is really 1.2 trillion when you add the interest on top of what we already owe.
When the rating agency's rank the U.S. as a bad risk the interest rates will skyrocket and the dollar is going to take a bath.
You can cut this bill by 200 billion by just getting the social agenda out of it. I know that most are worthy programs but do not belong in this bill.
The eons of time and nature was good to us down here. It was not until we become civilized that destroying our habitat become fathomable or fashionable.
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