February 9, 2009 Rasmussen Report reports that 62% want Stimulus Plan to have more tax cuts and LESS spending.
On the WashingtonWatch.com, 86% are reporting that they are against this bill while a mere 14% are reporting that they support the bill.
Here's some tidbits about what this bill that "will save us all and the economy" is projected to cost each American family (information gathered from WashingtonWatch.com):
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This week, the Senate is scheduled to continue considering the economic stimulus bill, H.R. 1, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. A compromise reached in the Senate will reportedly see a vote on Monday afternoon, after which time the House and Senate will have to hammer out differences between their two versions. The size of the compromise bill, and the mix of spending and tax cuts in it, is not known. An amendment in the Senate last week would have cost about $3,400 per U.S. family.
H.R. 1The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Costs $3,381.85 per family.
Displayed below are new, updated, and passed items with their cost or savings per family.
New Items
S. 22The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Costs $55.30 per family.
Updated Items
H.R. 1The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Costs $3,381.85 per family.
Passed Items
P.L. 111-3The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, Costs $1,165.58 per family.
2 comments:
I actually have played with the math a bit. The c. $819 Billion, after interest, will be about $1.3Trillion. How much is that? According to one source, Kevin McCullough, that is the same as if one lived long enough to spend one million a day since the birth of Christ! Even my wife couldn't do that! It is almost $4300 per person, $17,000 per family.
Now, think about whether the economy would be stimulated if every family of four in the United States received $17,000, in cash or cash equivalents (like tax cuts) to spend as they saw fit! Circuit City would be back in business. Even GM would have a chance.
Now, think of the Audacity it takes to decide that the government can spend it better, and more wisely, than those families. That it is better spent on things that begin to show up in 2011 rather than today. That pet projects of the Anointed (i.e., Congress) matter more than fixing the gutters on my house, putting tires on my car, or getting a 50" HDTV. That, my friends, is the difference between a government- centric nanny state and a free-market oriented, limited government. Be careful what hope and change you support, if you are ever given another opportunity to vote for such things.
Did anyone see XIII last night? While it had many nuances, and some I thought were gratuitous, it did include an excellent picture of what it can be like to face off with the 800-pound gorilla that is government. Did we learn nothing from the Gulag Archipelago? (Have any of you read it?)
...it apparently doesn't matter what the people say or do not say these days. Obama thinks it is great, so it'll be approved.
Specter, Snowe and Collins need to be immediately stripped of there "GOP" titles. This is disgusting.
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