Comments on: Analysis: Whatever You Call It, Don't Call It A "Stimulus" Plan

By: dnbunting

dnbunting — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 21:58:27 +0000

Please tell me where I’m going wrong here. Democrats want to borrow…er … spend almost a TRILLION dollars on whatever spagetti sticks to Nancy Pelosi’s wall. Republicans want to give everyone a tax credit and HOPE people wont just save the money. Could we split the difference and say give every TAXPAYER 3000 dollars and TAXPAYER couple 6000 dollars in the form of a credit card. The cards would be sponsored by the usual suspects,..visa, mc, amex, they’d get their name on a percentage of the cards. In return they’d wave the retailer fees, allowing retailers to advertise a discount to said card holders on their goods and services. Kinda socialist yeah… but kind of capitalist too. Retailers discounting to compete for business, card holders looking for the best deals on everything from groceries to cars. Putting an expiration date on the card would force people to use it or lose it. According to my math this is well short of a TRILLION dollars so use the rest for pet…er infrastructure.

By: mike

mike — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:00:13 +0000

Stimulas plan, how about a honesty plan for our elected officials, it continues to astonish me that we as the American people put up with these lowlife polititians and their crooked ways. We need to rethink our who we put in office and remember that it is our responsibility to change the goverment when it does not serve the people.
Lets audit everyone of them and see who comes up clean. Wake up America.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:11:13 +0000

Just more of the same, GRAFT. Pet projects get the money. And don’t forget the people who were major contributors (bribery) and the illegally registered voters. NOT CHANGE!

By: Larry

Larry — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 19:00:21 +0000

Brian,

I am thankful that a few Business Journalist “get it” and especially someone under age 40. Our problem isn’t lack of stimuous. We almost ODed on it over the last 15 years.

That age comment above refers to the kids (30 or younger) I see on your netword with what they try to pass off as economic understanding. They would make John Maynard Keynes proud. Suffering fools is hard work.

Larry
Missouri

By: not_sure_anymore

not_sure_anymore — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 17:18:32 +0000

Where is the stimulus funding for the preparation of Armageddon? They have $600 million to prepare the nation for national heathcare!

By: Marvin

Marvin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:56:49 +0000

Somebody needs to tell the Speaker of the House the Election is over. Her comments about the House Republicans not voting for the so called stimulus package is her fault, she needed to get off her arrogant pompous self and work as a nonpartisan body for the good of America instead of the good of herself and her fellow democrats. I used to vote democrat and although the Republicans can act the same way at times, I am glad I switched parties, at least my representatives and Senators listen to their constitutes.

By: pearl

pearl — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:25:50 +0000

This is not “stimulus”.
If housing market is the main issue.
Let’s go out buy all mortgage defaults houses and foreclosed houses. Don’t let banks to do the jobs. If this is the supply and demand issue of the housing market, Let’s break (burn) them down. There will be no more surpluses of houses (keeping houses will cost massive tax payers money) to maintain. It will be still less than the current “stimulus” and we can sure to see how our $$ is burning. No matter how much money we try to put into housing market, One simple rule, Supply> Demand= Never ending price reduction.

By the way, why anyone thought everybody deserve to own a house?
I thought Obama’s plan was to revive the economy, not to punish responsible and working people.
I guess, we should all start to speak French. Ms. Pelosi, is French lesson is a part of the Stimulus package?

By: Terrence

Terrence — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:02:52 +0000

Nice read Brian, and what a sham this is! Maybe the people should vote on this so-called stimulus plan? We need to get rid of these crooked politicians since there agenda is pure socialism. All we heard is give Obama a chance. Well, he is not starting out very well now is he? I guess it’s time for him to pay back all the people who got him elected.
At our children and grandchildren’s expense. At least Bush kept us safe with his emphasis on protecting our country. Wait till we get attacked again because our enemies think our current president is weak. Then what are we going to do? Give more money to the National Endowment for the Arts?

By: pkatt

pkatt — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 12:44:11 +0000

hmmm money for STD prevention.. round two for trying to make Gardasil a mandatory vaccine? Im sorry Im a dem.. but this bill started porky. Stimulas means job creation. Stimulas should mean confidence that the gov. is on our side and trying to help. All I see here is a big spending bill which will probably swoosh down the big black hole of failed economic bills. Meanwhile keep printin that money. Only saving grace is everyone else is too so everyones is worth nothing.

By: jenny

jenny — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:50:59 +0000

I am not happy with any of this stimulus pkg. I just read where all this money is going and I want to cry. Our country is going to hell people are losing there jobs left and right, losing homes etc and all this money, is being wasted away on foolish programs that are not important in this time of crises. Then I read about wall street taking 18B in bonuses. What in the world is going on with all this greed. I can not believe that these companies are whining for bailout money and they are getting these bonuses. UNBELIEVABLE AND SHAME ON EVERYONE ONE OF YOU GREEDY BASTARDS. Same with the big oil companies you are not any better. Your profits are outrageous, you do not need that kind of money either. The prices keep going up crippling the U.S. and you are coming up with record profits everytime. Come on people, stop being so GREEDY!!!!!!!!!!!!