Rep. Manzullo Opposes Stimulus Bill on Rachel Maddow Show

[815Sox]

What Manzullo does not state is that the city that he represents (Rockford, IL) has had some of the worst employment in the entire nation for a very long long time. It has a major crime problem, 1 in 3 children live below the poverty line (seriously), major drug and alcohol addiction problems and suffers cut after cut to social security. Oh yeah, its school district is terrible. We Rockfordian's need all the help we can get and Manzullo never provides it. He ignores the plight of the most needy.

[tommyplastino]

Both of them are retarded and do not understand the danger of fractional reserve systematic economics. Creating more debt doesn't solve the credit problem. Only solving the credit problem solves the credit problem and this is done by solving our government leadership problem. VOTE FOR LIBERTY NOT FOR RED OR BLUE!

[levinedr]

Rachel has, um, a bit of a problem handling truth and logic. It comes from making up your mind before the taking the time to understand the problem or listen to her guest. Congressman Manzullo ran over her silly ideas and scattered logic.

[citadelroxyo]

@levinedr or shes just tired of hearing the same republican bullshit?

[indigojoker454]

I love it. Manzullo makes Maddow look like an idiot, as do most republicans.

To Rachel, just handing over unearned $ to anyone would be stimulus, that's not how it works.

[Luigi84289]

idiot, she has no understanding of how the economy works. Democrats aren't even using that argument.

[lilgypsy0707]

Wtf doesn't she understand that you don't spend money to create jobs when there is people already employed to do those jobs. Someone needs to tell her she is clueless and looks like the village idiot. And does she ever wear anything other that same suit (different color) and the same stupid expression on her face. She is like a freak show hermaphrodite you cant help but watching and wondering.

[bustermcc]

I don't drive a Mercedes; my auto of choice is the Bentley. My chauffer tells me that it's a much better ride, as for the extra 25 million do you have any idea how difficult it is these day's to maintain a life style such as mine, it's not easy man. So as I stated in my video say a little prayer for this Irish Tycoon tonight that I get to keep my just rewards.

Finally a sound mind has agreed with my plight, while it's true that I did a great job with AIG I didn't do it alone.

[papasBarnantiques]

OH god she is such a sick OOOOOOOOOO

[papasBarnantiques]

She spends so much time to show just how in the tank for the farrrrrrrrrrrr left she is. She is toooooo dumb to have the job she has. Makes you wonder what female she slept with lol......

[papasBarnantiques]

Dike dumbass

[GreenEyeBluey]

I have a new name for her. Rachel Madcow

[fjwjr]

Wow, is she completely stupid! How remedial does he have to get for her to understand? And all she can focus on is grass..............which he explained would fall under the parks dept creating more work for people who already have jobs or short term work for a few others, but either way it should fall under the parks budget. And that's not stimulus. Why doesn't she get it? Maybe that and her snarky smile is why she doesn't get any conservatives on her show.

[rwmossman]

I actually watched to ask her viewers to be nice so she could get more conservitives on her show. You just can't fix stupid.

[bshsbsmo58]

This broad would support transporting hog manure from Ohio or Iowa to DC to put on the Whitehouse lawn as stimulus if the libs came up with the idea as long as teamsters hauled the shit in and union illegal wet backs spread the shit for $22.00 an hour. Personally I would love to shovel some into her mouth. On second thought that is all she has coming out.

[872Chris]

YIKES! Now I remember why I don't watch her.

[masonfain]

I HATE THIS A-HOLE - her and her smarmy colleague Olberman. They both need to shut the f up, and stop pushing their awful propoganda. They're Air America on t.v.. No one cares about what they have to say..it's all anti American drivel.

[jamo387]

God this rachel lady is a f*cking idiot. She obviously knows nothing about the budget or economics in general. I can see Manzullo struggling to put things in terms that a bonehead like her would understand. I only wish he would've had the ballz to tell her that this priming the pump stuff is nonsense anyway. Didn't work in the depression and hasn't worked since. Keynes was a nice guy but off the mark when it came to Deficit spending. Check out Rothbard, Hayek or even Friedman.

[masonfain]

Look at her sh!t eating smurk the whole time. Disrespectful piece of mokey sh!t.

[GreenEyeBluey]

Wha, wha, all these invitations going out to Republicans,but none will accept! Please! your rude & condesending facial expressions would be enough to steer anyone away. I can hardly watch you! So according to you,egghead Maddow,all should vote on a bill even though they dont ultimately believe it is the right thing to do.Yea,like the 4 years the Rep were in the majority, the everyday grind of shrewdness, underhanded antics & filibustering from Dems was just them trying reach across the aisle...

[SteelHorseRiders]

I've noticed that they've feminized her a little since the presidential campaign. Before that, she was so "bull-dyked out", that she looked like the karate-kids' twin brother. She and Olberman are two angry sour pusses that I do not even bother to watch any more because it is too painful and a waste of time. Along with Chris Matthews, these bumbling idiots couldn't even hold O'Reilly's jock strap. "Such an angry little carpet muncher you". :)

[tubeampz1]

Maddow means "She-devil" in yiddish

[zhagher]

She is a $^&*#)*@ idiot.  I would never watch her stupid biased show!

[gmhays]

Biased? What is Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Glen Beck (among others)? Fair and Balanced. Give me a break.

[tonybagodonuts]

just curious, she is like your basic angry feminist lesbian intellectual, right?

[GreenEyeBluey]

tonybagodonuts...

"just curious, she is like your basic angry feminist lesbian intellectual, right?"

no, she is just your basic angry feminist lesbian.

[BlakeSchrunk]

I love this guy. He is right on. I would suggest if you want to find out who runs the show please read "The Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein. It is a frightening expose of "free trade". It explains the Capitalist Utopia it is just as bad as the Communist Utopia. Hundreds of thousands of people were killed in Chile due to these policies.

[BlakeSchrunk]

Rachel Maddow has never owned a business or sold anything. If there are not new jobs there will be no economic recovery. New manufacturing jobs not service jobs. Abolish NAFTA and CAFTA that would be a good start.

[815Sox]

@BlakeSchrunk Okay, so you just stated you love an entrenched long time conservative (Manzullo) and than bring up Klein and attack capitalism. That makes no sense. Are you one of those people who have convinced themselves that all Democrats are "commies"? You do realize that Rep. Manzullo is a conservative politicians who supports the type of lightly regulated capitalist economy Klein attacks don't you? Before you start suggesting people read books maybe you should re-read them.

[fjwjr]

Correct. An intellectual understands how things ACTUALLY work, not how they WISH things work.

[tonybagodonuts]

I couldn't have put it better! You sir, have a certain way with words! Elegant in their simplicity.

[Micaiah2004]

MSNBC a station of liberal/socialist fools....Obermouthmann and this rachel the S***Head. Pork barrel for the demonrats...payback to their constituents...Nobama's 160MM inauguration needs to be repaid. His humongous political contributions needs payback. Dig it. Corruption. got it???

[tooosweeet]

She's an idiot...

[WildWilDavis]

This he/she is or has to be slow...Maybe the talking out the side of her mouth,the way she holds her head and her clear lack of reasonable judgement are a result of her head being too big in the womb?...

People like her make no sence...They never see the error of their ways and continue down the same ole' path all the while noticing the bricks piling up...one day they open their eyes and realize they"re staring at a brick wall with no place to turn...

Good luck everyone...

[roblinkd]

past 8 yrs of tax cuts has worked so well....LOL rightards are their outdated ideas.

[du2vye]

Com'on people. Economics 101 plus. Tax cuts have been tried, they produced very little. Interest rates have been dropped to $0 and unlike the 80's, that's not working. There is not a lot left.

For anyone throwing words like "socialism" around, consider what happens when the same people are in government and business = communism.

Icelands financial collapse is a good example of following GOP ideas - increasing interest to increase saving. Didn't work.

[lilgypsy0707]

You must be a clam digger!

[eugmeister2000]

ok Mr Maddow, let me explain it to you sir.... the people CURRENTLY WORKING for the National Park Service will be the people laying sod on the Washington Mall....get it? So no jobs would be created...get it? You just don't listen, I swear dude, you are like a woman sometimes!

[soulfuluniverse]

I know why most republicans decline Rachel's invitation to her show. Because they know very well that they don't stand an chance against her.

[Argonaut1337]

Are you joking? Stand a chance? I'd tear her apart. The Government isn't a coast to coast employer. Its an institution for safety and macro economic aggregation. You coming from socialism maybe its something you're used to. Each dollar spent has to have a multiplier effect.Thus each dollar spent has a potential to create X amount of more money. Those vouchers were a lame idea as well. You can't price fix on the backs of tax payers. Ever heard the saying make a $1 out of 15 cents THIS IS THE TIME

[Argonaut1337]

She turned stimulus into a shopping spree... That's a naive sugar high way of dealing with this. You want to end the bullshit? Increase savings! Filter Owner Occupied Single family interest rates. Do not commingle them with the Fed funds rate. Have a separate interest rate for OO SFR homes. Back money with something tangible that makes sense. And start raising rates! Democrats are some self entitled nobodies. Then re budget a new outlook for entitlements, medicare, and education.

[56gig]

this broad has no clue

[DaShroom]

Inflation anyone?

[Ducky1987]

lol, this guy is ridiculously dumb

[SteelHorseRiders]

which guy you talkin' about? Maddow or Manzullo?

[lilgypsy0707]

you are if you cant understand

[patsagainstrats]

How come this young male broadcaster isn't wearing a shirt beneath his suit coat? Is he Italian?

[soulfuluniverse]

Good one.

[voiceofintelligence]

Democrats are trying to rush this "stimulus" package through before the American public finds out what is in it. THERE IS NO STIMULUS IN THIS PACKAGE! IT IS 100% PORK!! Not only will it not help economic recovery, it will extend the recession for years. The only fix for our economy is TAX CUTS! let businesses keep more of THEIR OWN MONEY to expand and grow and create more jobs!!!

[westly63]

on the same show maddow blamed the reason everyone is out of electricity in that big storm is republicans? Excuse me? apparently a republican made it snow that much, republicans are the reason there is inches of ice hanging off powerlines.....give me a break

[lilgypsy0707]

yeah and some republican caused the childhood trauma that makes her look and act like she does

[4951WEDDEL]

Rachel Maddow is so stupid it is impossible to have a intelligent discussion with her. If ANY and ALL government spending stimulated the economy then we would not have a recession now.

[highflag]

He could give me the damn car for nothing and I couldn't afford it! Registration, Insurance and gas. No money you moron!

I found this interview to be jaw-dropping. Rarely has a Republican been honest enough to state unequivocally that he cares not a whit for the people being devastated by the economy that he and his party have delivered...

[stonecast]

Because he doesnt want to waste even MORE of your money? What do you think the gvnt has lots of money from their own that if they dont spend it on these things it goes into their pockets? No, this is coming directly out of the tax payers pockets, so outrageous spending only makes matter worse for the working class.

[dznygrl]

Rachel is awesome. She can politely wipe the floor with a guest and make them thank her for doing it.

[SteelHorseRiders]

You mean O'Reilly. That smiley smirk she ( Ralph Machio) wears while interviewing people is her way of making lemmings like you think that she had the upper hand in the interview. It's sort of like being blinded and then mesmerized by slick oratory skills. Sort of like how slowly, we are starting to come to the realization that a fancy orator we've come to know , is going to drive what's left of this country, straight into the abyss..... jackass.

[dznygrl]

I feel sorry for you. It must be a very angry little world you live in.

[stonecast]

I don't believe she handled herself with maturity, she shows similarity with the talking heads that call themselves conservative like sean hannity. Now I do agree that given the upper hand on being right (to a certain point, that the bill is crap) the gentlemen wasnt very smart in this ¨debate¨. She is certainly completely incorrect in her keynesian thinking. My only hope with this comment is not to insult you in anyway, but to push you a bit to read up on what is really going on. Thank you.

[boots920]

This is why you good American citizens need to protect your savings with gold and silver. There is not one fiat currency that is backed by commodity. That means the ya-hoo governments around the world are trying to solver money problem with paper. Gold & Silver has a 6,000 year history of value. The Fed note has a 100 years.

Protect your family....Garden, Gold, Silver and treat yourself, buy that automatic pitchfork you always wanted.

[pmzephyr22]

This is the predictable view point of a rich, lawyer who doesn't have to worry about paying his bills. Notice he says "I am not demonizing putting "grass" back to work." This is an interesting slip. He clearly considers working class people, particularly those who are unemployed as weeds beneath his feet. He could not care less about the vast majority of us. He is the representative of the wealthy who would love to have a permanent slave class as are ALL Republicans.

[SuperSpence1]

Agreed. It was a ridiculous and pointless argument to say that giving out $5000 vouchers to cut back prices on cars, to boost auto manufacturing is going to help the economy!! WTF? NO ONE HAS ANY MONEY, muchless money to buy a freakin' brand new car!! Republicans just don't get it. They are so out of touch with reality, it's no wonder we are in the economic devastation that we are in, because they think money is liquid because for themselves personally...it is.

[stonecast]

Look at my reply to pmzephyr22 please. Thanks.

[stonecast]

I dont know if this congresman gets it or not, but im 100% sure Rachel doesn't get it. A few points:

A)Spending money in a non productive form isn't stimulative, we can put 5 trillion for projects around the country to pound on the floor with hammers, it isnt going to stimulate anything.

B) She enphasizes that the spending needs to be big because we have a big issue, well why not make it 5 trillion since only thing that matters is pushing money around...

I reccomend you look into Peter Schiff.

[815Sox]

@stonecast Your argument is so basic and so wonderfully closeminded its almost cute. Spending money puts people to work, those people "pounding the floor with hammers" were once unemployed. They are now employed. Making money and not receiving unemployment. Those workers take the money, buy things and create more jobs. Consumers are the real "job creators", the Republicans are trying to feed us a BS line. The rich are not spending now. Government projects create jobs. CEOs do not care about us.