The big news this week is still the stimulus.
There’s a lot of information to process, and – as you’ll read in just a minute – most members of Congress can’t even be bother to get all the details.
The Heritage Foundation has put together a helpful overview of this disastrous bill. It’s worth a look... but be warned, there is some scary stuff in here:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjY0NWFjMjZiZmYxMTcyM2UwYTg3Y2YwNmMxMWEzYTc
Now let’s look at some numbers from this past week...
$790,000,000,000 – that’s 790 BILLION dollars... the cost of the “stimulus” bill that Chuck Schumer and the liberals in Congress are ready to approve and rush over to the White House for Barack Obama’s signature.
1,071 – the number of pages in this monstrous bill...
0 – the number of Senators and Representatives who claim to have actually read the entire bill.
$13 – that’s how much some workers will see added to their paychecks each week thanks to this stimulus bill. That’s the Democrats’ idea of “tax relief.” This bill is such a failure, even the paltry amount of money given back to some taxpayers is an unlucky number.
$300 million – that’s how much is reportedly included in the stimulus bill for hybrid and electric cars for the federal government... including golf carts for federal workers.
$30 million – the “stimulus” spending reportedly earmarked for wetlands restoration in the San Francisco Bay Area (Nancy Pelosi’s home base, of course) to protect, among other things, the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse.
Check these links for more info...
http://cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=43478
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96A51G80&show_article=1
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/12/earmark-less-bill-gives-pelosis-mouse-cookie/
MORE STIMULUS NEWS: The Democrats have broken another promise to the American people: They said the bill would be available for review for 48 hours before a final vote was held. Anybody who believed that in the first place deserves to be disappointed... http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30697
Here at home: Gov. Paterson has admitted the obvious... that his “fat tax” on soft drinks is just another failed liberal idea: http://wcbstv.com/politics/obesity.tax.soda.2.934147.html
“In meeting with college students over his budget, Paterson told the young New Yorkers not to worry about his soda tax because the Legislature won't go for it. But he said it has served its purpose of raising awareness of childhood obesity.”
Yet another reason that we simply cannot take the Governor seriously... and another reason why he needs a serious challenger in 2010.
An interesting article from The New York Times: “To Some in Gillibrand’s Old District, Her Evolution Is a Betrayal”
There’s a lot of information to process, and – as you’ll read in just a minute – most members of Congress can’t even be bother to get all the details.
The Heritage Foundation has put together a helpful overview of this disastrous bill. It’s worth a look... but be warned, there is some scary stuff in here:
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjY0NWFjMjZiZmYxMTcyM2UwYTg3Y2YwNmMxMWEzYTc
Now let’s look at some numbers from this past week...
$790,000,000,000 – that’s 790 BILLION dollars... the cost of the “stimulus” bill that Chuck Schumer and the liberals in Congress are ready to approve and rush over to the White House for Barack Obama’s signature.
1,071 – the number of pages in this monstrous bill...
0 – the number of Senators and Representatives who claim to have actually read the entire bill.
$13 – that’s how much some workers will see added to their paychecks each week thanks to this stimulus bill. That’s the Democrats’ idea of “tax relief.” This bill is such a failure, even the paltry amount of money given back to some taxpayers is an unlucky number.
$300 million – that’s how much is reportedly included in the stimulus bill for hybrid and electric cars for the federal government... including golf carts for federal workers.
$30 million – the “stimulus” spending reportedly earmarked for wetlands restoration in the San Francisco Bay Area (Nancy Pelosi’s home base, of course) to protect, among other things, the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse.
Check these links for more info...
http://cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=43478
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D96A51G80&show_article=1
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/12/earmark-less-bill-gives-pelosis-mouse-cookie/
MORE STIMULUS NEWS: The Democrats have broken another promise to the American people: They said the bill would be available for review for 48 hours before a final vote was held. Anybody who believed that in the first place deserves to be disappointed... http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=30697
Here at home: Gov. Paterson has admitted the obvious... that his “fat tax” on soft drinks is just another failed liberal idea: http://wcbstv.com/politics/obesity.tax.soda.2.934147.html
“In meeting with college students over his budget, Paterson told the young New Yorkers not to worry about his soda tax because the Legislature won't go for it. But he said it has served its purpose of raising awareness of childhood obesity.”
Yet another reason that we simply cannot take the Governor seriously... and another reason why he needs a serious challenger in 2010.
An interesting article from The New York Times: “To Some in Gillibrand’s Old District, Her Evolution Is a Betrayal”
(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/nyregion/09district.html)
Is the Times really surprised that voters might be disappointed, outraged even, when an elected official completely abandons her principles just to appease her party’s bosses? Still a pretty fair article – and more evidence that Sen. Gillibrand is probably in for a tough 2010, as well.
Hope you’re getting ready for a pleasant weekend, and that you will take some time to remember the Presidents who worked to make this country great. The best way we can honor them is to work as hard as we can to fight the good fight, and keep America strong.
Is the Times really surprised that voters might be disappointed, outraged even, when an elected official completely abandons her principles just to appease her party’s bosses? Still a pretty fair article – and more evidence that Sen. Gillibrand is probably in for a tough 2010, as well.
Hope you’re getting ready for a pleasant weekend, and that you will take some time to remember the Presidents who worked to make this country great. The best way we can honor them is to work as hard as we can to fight the good fight, and keep America strong.
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