01-30-2009, 04:00 PM
It really is sickening. These last couple of months I have really been contemplating my own personal philosophies in regards to current events. Here is one thought; I am a dyed-in-the-wool conservative! As such I feel that capitalism works if it is left alone. In my view the best way to fix the economy in the long run would be to give tax breaks to everybody but especially small businesses and the people who own them. Even if these entities just put their money in a bank it is going to be either invested in the stock market or used to give loans out to other people. What would probably happen is that these businesses and individuals would spend this money on either more employee's or technology and equipment to help their business. If that happens then presto you have a good economy! (this is way oversimplified but I think you guys can grasp my meaning)
Obama on the other hand feels that the best way to jumpstart the economy is to start pumping money into the lower classes by keeping them employed. If you think about it though, these people will generally spend the majority of their money on consumer goods. (Food, electronics, lottery tickets, you get the idea) The prime example of this philosophy is the New Deal.
So Obama and I have significant differences. However, I wished him well and hoped that his programs could prove me wrong and that finally somebody would do what they said they would do. BUT NO! This bill is the largest spending extravaganza ever for the Dems. Every social program they could ever want is in this bill. For crying out loud there is $250 million buckaroos dedicated to the people who will oversee this monstrosity! Of the $819 billion only $30 billion is going to roads. Now that still is a lot of money but it is only 3.66% of the pie! And that is the only part of the bill the media and the Dems are talking about. Where is the rest of the money going? This is no stimulus package; it is just a lie to cover up the transfer at one fell swoop from a democracy to socialism. Jumping Jojobaâs, why is $350 million devoted to researching STD's?! I usually control myself and try not to be inflammatory but if we don't see what those scumbags in Washington are doing, America as we know it is doomed!
*exhales*
Obama on the other hand feels that the best way to jumpstart the economy is to start pumping money into the lower classes by keeping them employed. If you think about it though, these people will generally spend the majority of their money on consumer goods. (Food, electronics, lottery tickets, you get the idea) The prime example of this philosophy is the New Deal.
So Obama and I have significant differences. However, I wished him well and hoped that his programs could prove me wrong and that finally somebody would do what they said they would do. BUT NO! This bill is the largest spending extravaganza ever for the Dems. Every social program they could ever want is in this bill. For crying out loud there is $250 million buckaroos dedicated to the people who will oversee this monstrosity! Of the $819 billion only $30 billion is going to roads. Now that still is a lot of money but it is only 3.66% of the pie! And that is the only part of the bill the media and the Dems are talking about. Where is the rest of the money going? This is no stimulus package; it is just a lie to cover up the transfer at one fell swoop from a democracy to socialism. Jumping Jojobaâs, why is $350 million devoted to researching STD's?! I usually control myself and try not to be inflammatory but if we don't see what those scumbags in Washington are doing, America as we know it is doomed!
*exhales*
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