Comments on: The Big Lie at the Center of Big Spending Stimulus http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:53:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Al Bullock Sterling http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12551 Al Bullock Sterling Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:24:14 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12551 BS is at the center, nothing more and nothing less. As long as we, the opposition,look at the solutions with a jaundiced eye we will right. BS is at the center, nothing more and nothing less. As long as we, the opposition,look at the solutions with a jaundiced eye we will right.

]]> By: Ms Conservative, CO http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12520 Ms Conservative, CO Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:26:24 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12520 It's going to be a huge waste of money!! For one thing, we all know how honest and incorruptible people are with government contracts in the offing. For another thing, they're still giving the money to the people at the top instead of to the people who actually make the country run, the EMPLOYEE. They rail against the excesses of big business (Big Oil, Big Auto, etc) but THEY ARE RUNNING THE COUNTRY JUST LIKE THOSE BUSINESSES ARE RUN; everything for the execs, nothing for the workers. And they railed against the free spending of the Bush administration, but all of a sudden now that BO is in office we need more spending?? Deficits are a good thing?? It's all a scam to drive everyone out of the private sector and have everyone work for the government. Just you watch. It's going to be a huge waste of money!! For one thing, we all know how honest and incorruptible people are with government contracts in the offing. For another thing, they're still giving the money to the people at the top instead of to the people who actually make the country run, the EMPLOYEE.

They rail against the excesses of big business (Big Oil, Big Auto, etc) but THEY ARE RUNNING THE COUNTRY JUST LIKE THOSE BUSINESSES ARE RUN; everything for the execs, nothing for the workers. And they railed against the free spending of the Bush administration, but all of a sudden now that BO is in office we need more spending?? Deficits are a good thing??

It's all a scam to drive everyone out of the private sector and have everyone work for the government. Just you watch.

]]> By: U NO HOO, USA http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12513 U NO HOO, USA Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:05:06 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12513 Is it true that a lot of people made it through The Great Depression by doing each other's laundry. Maybe someone should suggest this to Obama and he can have the givernment do our laundry. Is it true that a lot of people made it through The Great Depression by doing each other's laundry.

Maybe someone should suggest this to Obama and he can have the givernment do our laundry.

]]> By: Houston, Texas http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12512 Houston, Texas Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:02:06 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12512 This is one of the reasons I have read the New York Times may be months from bankruptcy. We can only hope. This is one of the reasons I have read the New York Times may be months from bankruptcy. We can only hope.

]]> By: JohnWendell http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12511 JohnWendell Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:59:04 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12511 We must all make our best effort to convince our congressment that the only "investment" that will have immediate results is the lowering of income tax withholding from workers and a major reduction of corporate taxes. These two moves put cash into the buyers pockets and lowers business costs that must be passed on to consumers. The result would put a huge amount of cash into the free market without the government spending the bulk of money on "administration". Sending checks to non-workers is not an investment. It is vote buying. We must all make our best effort to convince our congressment that the only "investment" that will have immediate results is the lowering of income tax withholding from workers and a major reduction of corporate taxes.

These two moves put cash into the buyers pockets and lowers business costs that must be passed on to consumers. The result would put a huge amount of cash into the free market without the government spending the bulk of money on "administration".

Sending checks to non-workers is not an investment. It is vote buying.

]]> By: U NO HOO, USA http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12510 U NO HOO, USA Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:51:13 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12510 It is going to snow over the weekend, stop by my house, I'll have a "shovel ready" project ready to start. It is going to snow over the weekend, stop by my house, I'll have a "shovel ready" project ready to start.

]]> By: H Markey, Enfield, C http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12509 H Markey, Enfield, C Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:40:39 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12509 This is so simple, no wonder the theives in Washington don't get it! The Government does not create anything! They don't make "things" for the market to buy or invest in so any "job" the government creates must be funded by the taxpayer. The Government are not responsible for maintaining a bottom line, or satisfying stockholders. The only way to stimulate our econmony is to stimulate investment. Someones butt has to be on the line before any kind of motiviation can be created to get things moving again. Obama is an idiot who knows nothing of the real world. I didn't vote for him so don't blame me! This is so simple, no wonder the theives in Washington don't get it! The Government does not create anything! They don't make "things" for the market to buy or invest in so any "job" the government creates must be funded by the taxpayer. The Government are not responsible for maintaining a bottom line, or satisfying stockholders. The only way to stimulate our econmony is to stimulate investment. Someones butt has to be on the line before any kind of motiviation can be created to get things moving again. Obama is an idiot who knows nothing of the real world. I didn't vote for him so don't blame me!

]]> By: George Serniuk, West http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12508 George Serniuk, West Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:39:35 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12508 Taxes, Fees and Regulations have the same relationship to business as a bucket of water has to a camp fire! To stop a recession, you have to eliminate the CAUSE and that is government interference in business activity. Massive doses of federal money only mask the disease and bring with it those unintended consequences. Those secondary infections can make the econony worse. Take a look at what the illadvised intervention during the Great American Depression did to prolong the suffering of this nation. Also, the Federal Reserve System played a promenent role in that debacle as it is playing in this one. I realize that our money is based upon debt but that debt will eventually strangle all of us as we smile going down in complete disbelief of what is happening to us. Taxes, Fees and Regulations have the same relationship to business as a bucket of water has to a camp fire! To stop a recession, you have to eliminate the CAUSE and that is government interference in business activity. Massive doses of federal money only mask the disease and bring with it those unintended consequences. Those secondary infections can make the econony worse. Take a look at what the illadvised intervention during the Great American Depression did to prolong the suffering of this nation. Also, the Federal Reserve System played a promenent role in that debacle as it is playing in this one. I realize that our money is based upon debt but that debt will eventually strangle all of us as we smile going down in complete disbelief of what is happening to us.

]]> By: Shirley, Ohio http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12507 Shirley, Ohio Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:38:38 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12507 This so-called stimulus plan is nothing short of absolute INSANITY. Everyone in Washington is to blame for this incredible mess America finds itself in. To think that spending even more money that we DON'T EVEN HAVE will help is so ludicrous, it defies my capacity to process. We are all in deep, deep trouble as a country. I find myself having difficulty sleeping at night because of it. Just as frightening is what else is right around the corner...nationalized health care. We are living in a nightmare while the blind electorate needs to wake up and figure out what is going on right under their noses. Washington DC is filled to capacity with criminals intent on gaining power and robbing the middle class family. The media is just as criminal, imo. What a travesty. I weep for my country. This so-called stimulus plan is nothing short of absolute INSANITY. Everyone in Washington is to blame for this incredible mess America finds itself in. To think that spending even more money that we DON'T EVEN HAVE will help is so ludicrous, it defies my capacity to process. We are all in deep, deep trouble as a country. I find myself having difficulty sleeping at night because of it. Just as frightening is what else is right around the corner…nationalized health care. We are living in a nightmare while the blind electorate needs to wake up and figure out what is going on right under their noses. Washington DC is filled to capacity with criminals intent on gaining power and robbing the middle class family. The media is just as criminal, imo. What a travesty. I weep for my country.

]]> By: Gary, Texas http://blog.heritage.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12502 Gary, Texas Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:59:43 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/2009/01/07/the-big-lie-at-the-center-of-big-spending-stimulus/#comment-12502 The worst of this is the massive debt we are building up for the benefit of the baby-boomers... will be conveniently handed to my kids and "their" grandkids. This is a pile of debt that will destroy all our children's opportunity and stiffle their future. Our current politician's continue to spend money that does not exist because we allow it and do not yet love our children enough to save them from this horrible burden. The worst of this is the massive debt we are building up for the benefit of the baby-boomers… will be conveniently handed to my kids and "their" grandkids. This is a pile of debt that will destroy all our children's opportunity and stiffle their future. Our current politician's continue to spend money that does not exist because we allow it and do not yet love our children enough to save them from this horrible burden.

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