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  • Now that it is 2011, we can look back and see (as I suspected) that they'd waste hundreds of billions of dollars and have nothing to show for it. Surprise, surprise!

  • Screw all you conservatives...I don't want to work and I want your money.

  • in indiaiana every road you drive on is being repaved thanks to the stimulus. the problem is the current EPA director shut down 1 of only 2 factories that are lisenced to make highway paint. so none of our roads have strips. the contractors cant get paid until the job is done, and the jobs cant be finished until they get highway paint. i wonder how many contractors will go bankrupt waiting on paint?

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  • Oama is a sellout.

  • Hello, Youtube. It is I, Jesus Obama, da 1st BIRACIAL (HALF GOD / HALF HUMAN) President here to save you all!!! So, thou shalt just get on yo knees, juggle my Nutz and chant "Chaaaange" or "Yes, We Caaaaan" like the mindless brainwashed zombie sheep followers that you are! Don't like Nutz? Do not worry... Thou shalt just get down on yo chin & twitter Michelle Magdalene's Clitoris. Thou shalt let thy holy spirit of NEW WORLD ODOR shine bright upon thee - Your God/Prez Foeva, -JESUS OBAMA-

  • isnt it funny how all the sudden that now that obamas programs are starting to be in effect that their is a glimmer of hope for the economy whereas last month we had to do this or else the economy will tank

  • isn't it funny that this bill was passed because the democrats where just trusting obama, the fact that there was a handful of copies of the plan that was handed out. and what glimmer of hope? we are still in the same situation, I don't know if you have been watching the stock market but its continuing to drop slowly and steadily. watch this video. "Ron Paul Discusses Stimulus on CNN American Morning 02/16/2009"

  • i was being sarcastic... obama said to the media that there was now a glimmer of hope for the economy and yes i have been watching the stock market its been going down but the multiplier effect from bushes stimulus is helping slow up the decline and the fact that obama is saying that there is light at the end of the tunnel is helping consumer confidence. i think you should take an economics class in college

  • and im taking it that u didnt watch the video. and please don't start assuming about me because it just makes you look ignorant and pathetic.

  • that was a different video though and i wasnt assuming anything about you i was just saying you should take a college economics class because before i did i thought i knoew alot but in reality i didnt

  • do you know how the stimulus package was passed? as in, do you know how long all of house of representatives had to read all 1100 pages? And did you know that in the last few pages it says that these large businesses that receive the bailout money can not be punished for how they spend the money with no regulation on the spending? was that not asking them to be wasteful with the money?

  • if i remeber correctly i wasnt even talking about the stimulus package in the first place and they wont be punnished but they eventually have to pay back the loans

  • but if i remember correctly the only reason this package was passed in the first place was because no one had time to read it. and you of all people should know that whether the government intercedes with the economy or not, the economy will pull itself out. you and i both know that the economy will pick itself back up again after a while. And those loans will not have to be paid back because the government bought stock into the companies to keep them afloat, thats y the citizens own many corps.

  • o yes they do have to pay it back thats what a loan is they wont have to pay interst but they will have to pay back the citizens. its not like a normal loan so they wont be so harsh on the rules but in due time they will because as a loaner i would want my money back and as a manager of a company i wouldnt want my company to be in government control because then i wouldnt be able to do everythin i wanted

  • well that is wat buying stock is. that is why the government owns 10% of GM with the majority of the stock going to the autoworkers union. that is not a loan, that is a "here is some money don't screw up". And companies like AIG will not have to pay back the loan because.... O they dont exist. we are now being told that AIG is now going to be AIU. and if everyone that receives money from the government is now on loan then i owe the gov. $1000 from my check last year.

  • ya so the gov is loaning money from the citizens and are goving the stock to the people who made the auto companies in the rut they are in

  • yes and that is also the same question i have for obama for why he picked all stock brokers for his staff. First time in history for that.

  • do you want to know why i think we have presidential terms? its because the public can't be trusted to spot corruption.

  • well they have done studdies that people usually get sick of having the same president for roughly 8 yrs in a row and i think we have terms because we dont want people usurping power

  • really? can i see these studies? And even if there are studies done then how come the most loyal and cynical civilians of a country are in monarchies or dictatorships?

  • because people are afraid of going to jail or being executed from a corrupt gov

  • Someone needs to tell Obama that he has nearly 0% support from all the major economists. Even far left economists like Paul Krugman are against Obama's economic policies. His actions are completely against almost all major economic thought. Only the most extreme neo-Keynesian supporters think he's doing what's right.

  • i am NOT an obama supporter. i am rather appalled of the choices he has made, such as the Stimulus Package. More Taxes. Whoopee! :P (not really whoopee)-- My mum works her bottom off everyday to feed us.. and this stimulus package ain't helping at all. i see the kind of "change" obama is bringing...

    let me tell you all this: Change isn't always good....

  • Before the end of 2009 Americans will hate this fucking nigger obama! He's destroying ALL incentive to produce in this country! I HOPE HE FAILS! I HOPE HE FAILS!

  • i got fired in august 2008,

    do i still get a check?

    anyone, PLEASE

  • OBAMA IS MY NIGG...u gotta spend money to make money

  • You know what I find funny? If this was a REPUBLICAN President, Democrats would be spazzing out about Stimulus Package. You would be totally against it in every which way...

  • im not a republican or democrat...i go for whats best for the u.s and whats best for us right now is the economy and mccain didnt win me over with his plan

  • I really wasn't for McCain either. I wasn't too pleased with this years candidates. I just rather have McCain over Obama.

  • id rather have obama over mccain lol...we can only hope does well

  • All we can do is hope and pray... so far- not to impressed..

  • No, you can write your congressman. That'll do more than "hope and pray".

  • Well, if your a Christian then praying is the most powerful. --take that back, Christian or not, Praying is the most powerful thing.

  • well maybe when you pray, God will give the the opportunity to be motivated to call or write your congressman.

  • xD haha. funnyy. or maybe God will help Barrack..

  • well God will do for him what he will do for anybody else, give him the opportunity to do whats right, whether or not he does whats right is where free will comes in. You may not be old enough to vote, but you are old enough to use email and a phone right? and call your representative to voice your concerns. I recommend studying the constitution. Read the Federalist papers too while your at it.

  • haha. yeah. we learned about that stuff in History. anyways. yeah. i agree with you. but i am not emailing or calling my representative..

  • History class doesn't teach you shit, you gotta be pro-active in your research, basically history class in school gives you an idea of what to learn more about on your own...so many people only go off of what they were taught in history class even less since they don't remember half of it, and are then destined to repeat history's mistakes. and i really didn't expect you to call or email or your representative...he wouldn't take anything you say into consideration, since your younger than 18.

  • I won't be 18 for another 5 years.

    are you mad at me? because i'm sorry i didn't mean for you to get mad at me.

    but i know.. we didn't really "learn" about them. like, we read them and that's all..

    And i do research stuff, not just rely on what other people tell me.... even though i am 13 i have quite an interest in politics, i find them rather amusing... unlike my friends i like to know what's happening..

  • alright, well good on ya, no im not mad...well just remember guns save lives, and income taxes are unconstitutional, and tell all those who will listen that Ron Paul needs to be president next time around. peace.

  • haha! dude! i totally agree with you. i like Ron Paul. Umm.. and i don't really understand what you mean by "income taxes". like paying A certain percentage of you pay check to the government? or having Rich people pay more Taxes than middle class people? Because i think EVERYONE should pay the same percentage of taxes.. It is good for the rich people that they worked hard and got money, we shouldn't punish them for having money

  • well paying any sort of income tax is wrong and unconstitutional, thats what i was getting at...think about it do you think that the founding fathers wanted us to be taxed because we decided to step up and make money to improve our livelyhood? taxing only decreases incentive for hard work.

  • Yeah. I know i hate taxes... and also.. welfare bugs me.. like if people totally rely on it. like, if someone uses it like for a short time just to get back up off their feet I'm okay with that, but when people don't make a better living with it, they just take it for granted , it ticks me off because us as tax payers have to pay for their crud. :P

  • u gotta remember that every1 wants the quick fast and cheap way to do things...but thats not an option...these things take time but yea all we can do is hope

  • fuck the nwo

  • Funny how the stock market reacts to Obamas speeches: while people respond to Obama's fancy speeches, the market responds to reality (Dow, S&P, and NASDAQ decide to plunge).

  • WHAT A STUPID NIGGER

  • Any leader of countries who uses the phrase "absolutely confident" is a liar, decieved, or ignorant.

    PERIOD

  • Obama, you are king shit of turd island.

    Quit acting so freaking cool, as if you know all things like some god. You can wiggle your ears nicely, quit pretending to be in control because the shit is going to hit the fan with both economy and external affairs.

    I will enjoy the trouble, not because I want the trouble to happen, but because I want you to get off your soap box dude

  • so what, you would rather having him freaking out, let me guess, you don't like the fact a negro got in office, well get used to it bitch

  • Are you talking to me? because if so, then no. i don't care about the skin color. what i look for is the politics.. even though i am not old enough to vote yet...

  • This dude chats about "the American people" and demands that politics be kept to a minimum, because "I don't expect 100 percent agreement" in his own words. He refers to his own little plan and uses phrases that seem to play to freedom of thought but in reality refer to the "pres plan." I guarantee that if "his plan" is not accepted, his shit will hit the fan. He chats about the "irresponsible and the nasties." Who defines these? The MASTER obama apparently. Come on obama.

  • Once this dude gets through with america it will be a centrally planned dictatorship, owned by the obama elite. The obama government already owns your homes and your future, compliments of your ignorance about democratic ridiculousness

  • I'm sure Rom shook his head all the way to the grave. And you will be shaking your heads all the way to your own little economic grave, and perhaps more, once the mouse sheds it's costume and becomes what it really is...a freakin' RAT

  • Democracies and capitalist ideologies are becoming extinct. Either capitalists, republicans and democrats, the voting dudes, are going to bow down to the socialists and communists, or they are going to be shot.

    If you do not do what your savior obama requires of you, then fine, for now, but eventually, when the magnificent obama takes ground and control, you will be shot, just like the SA in Hitler's world.

    If you militate against a "god" you get shot, no matter what you were prior to the shot

  • When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend is about the end of any nation."

    You cannot multiply the wealth by dividing it.

  • Despite the slogans about progress, the upshot of the Obama administration is as deeply reactionary as anything that Bush conjured up. Despite all the hype and hope, what Obama offers is nothing new. It amounts to the robber state and the regimentation of society, a plan that will kill off prosperity and the conditions that allow for it.

  • I hate to say it guys but your hero Obama is going to double the national debt within two years!  Guess where the 800 billion dollars come from. It is loaned at interest to the american government from the federal reserve bank. The banking elite are going to make billions from the money paid by your income tax dollars which go straight to paying for this loan. Sounds like Mr. money bags campaign is a frontman for wallstreet. You people just accept everything authority tells you without question.

  • Republicans pride themselves on supposedly being good at economics but let's look at the FACTS:

    Ronald Reagan and George Bush II spent far more money than Clinton (the real fiscal conservative) ever did. So much for supposed "tax and spend libruls".

    This current economic mess occurred under the watch of Bush and Congress which had been Republican-dominated since the mid-90s.

    Most economists think Obama actually ISN'T SPENDING ENOUGH right now. Most economists don't agree with the GOP.

  • reagan saved us from a nucklear war becuase of that spending, and bush II had a very successful run in the economy until the latter months of it coming to a close when wall street couldn't manage...

    OBama is spending a lot and thats all, there is hardly any stimilutation in that stimulus bill which most economists are now calling a spending bill. the GOP want tax cuts but want them done right and in the right areas...

  • "reagan saved us from a nucklear war becuase of that spending"

    What the hell are you talking about?

    "bush II had a very successful run in the economy until the latter months of it coming to a close when wall street couldn't manage"

    Newsflash: Recessions don't appear out of thin air. This recession was caused by Bush's policies during his 8 years.

    h t t p : // w w w . harpers . o r g /archive/2008/01/hbc-90002247

    Yes, the Democrats are to blame too for going along with all this shit.

  • do you even know how the cold war ended? reagan out spent the russians who went into bankruptst (40 years in a shell)

    Bush had the lowest unemployment in nearly two decades, beating clinton. THe reccesion came from corruption within wall street and the lack of oversight by the fed.

  • "do you even know how the cold war ended?"

    The Soviet Union collapsed under its own weight as bureaucratic inertia slowed, the economy grew too large for the centralized government to coordinate, they spent themselves silly during recessions and they were economically cut off from the rest of the world by NATO and other various embargoes and economic blockades.

    "Bush had the lowest unemployment in nearly two decades, beating Clinton"

    Bull-shit.

  • 20% of people are unemployed that's not enough for the economy to crumble. THIS ECONOMY IS CONTROLLED BY CONSUMER'S CONFIDENCE TO BUY. In my opinion, that's all OBAMA needs to do (at all cost)

  • Too many republicans with short term memory are commenting! Bush asked and got when it was all said and done 800 Billion Dollars from congress last year and none of you clowns know where any of that money went. Republicans raped and weakened our great country; Obama is going to pull us out of this GOP mess.

  • No cock sucking republicans can blame democrats for the mess. 8 YEARS OF A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT for fuck sake. Not to mention a candidate that was arguing a few days prior to the meltdown that the economy was strong, yet I guess you had your hands down his pants up to that point (probably beyond). All the other stuff you argue can be argued to high heaven- depends on your sources. I urge you to move away from Fox News as your source.

  • obama is damaging a very damaged country... if i lived there i'd be protesting him

  • Green peace welcomes this economic meltdown. Electricity demand going down, Car sales going down, so emission that cause global warming will also go down.

    I thought Obama psomised to fight global warming. Most of the stimulus package is for construction, airport expansion !!!!

    What a contradiction !!

  • salaam shalom

  • Actually, I may or may not be a jew, I'm still inquiring about that. My dad is such a shit

  • Just kidding, I think that jews are fun

  • I communicate with any ideology except jews

  • What!!! You don't like my lazy life, the OBAMINATOR says it's kewl, so shut the fuck up and let me be what I am, a poet

  • Hell, of course the lazy assholes are going to like what the obamaman offers. They don't need to give a dick shoot of effort to remain with the essentials, this asshole is giving it for free, let's go out and shoot up the streets, the Obaminator is giving us all of the funding for us to completely forget the idea of looking for a job. Our OBAMINATOR is setting up the scenario for us to dude up, get wild, and carry on. Love that nigga!!

  • democrats love to pick up the sludge from the ground and try to turn it into something worthwhile. They glory in the dole, and the lazy ones love that democrat ticket that gives them so much without them even needing to change channels. democrats are lazy assholes who need to learn how to become innovative and entrepeneurial, and run a business, and be proud. Obamaland is turning America into some sort of soviet la la land where government hands out coupons to losers and liars and lazy citizens

  • Proof is in the pudding???? As you can NOW see, they could have passed ANYTHING since 2006 without Republican help IF they had but TRIED. But nooo.... $4.00 a gallon gas, the collapse of the stock market and all that had to be put on Bush's watch. Good old lefty politics as usual. The ride has just started it's already looking like a roller coaster that jumps off of a cliff.

  • Bullshit! where was the 60% majority in the house to do that. Democrats never had that. Hey do your homework.... many Democrats (and only Democrats) were pressuring Washington for quite some time in fear an economic collapse was nigh. The response from Bush was the same as his response to Clintons warnings on a terror attack on the U.S. N O T H I N G

    Something Bush has admitted he took more serious when he was first in office.

  • Hey hero.... they have had control of the house and senate since 2006. And now have proven that they can pass anything without Republican help. And it was Clinton's lack of resolve with Bin Laden that opened the door for the terrorist attack. Do YOUR homework.

  • republicans did nothing. Democrats could have been more proactive than they were but the house demoracts spoke with a louder voice on the potential crisis than the Republicans- many of whom still remain in denial. forget he fact that the democrats in the Senate sought to pass key legislation to address some of the underlying issues, in that same period- yet were effectively blocked by Republicans due to the 60 votes needed.

  • unclesam21:

    LMAO!! Your statement is COMPLETELY backwards!!

    This crisis began with the lack of Fannie/Freddie oversight

    The REPUBLICANS sponsored bill S190 to provide more oversight --- all Republicans supported & needed only one Democrat to get the 60% needed. ZERO Dems supported it

    Republicans, including GW, predicted this crisis would occur if action wasn't taken

    Go back & research that and you might want to turn off the MSNBC

  • nice work you moron

  • Amazingly so, a fucking arab is our president

  • I am absolutely confident that osama bin obama is some kind of arab moron invader to america

  • Kiss my ass you lovers of saddam hussein obama

  • This moron is turning america, the land of opportunity, the land of entrepeneurialship, the land of investing individually, wisely, and individually, into some sort of government communist, central owned, place, where some "boss" who owns all of you tells you what you own or not. Dick head commie

  • You are grabbing from the reserves of America, printing money that doesn't exist, and turning America into some sort of Soviet or Russian planet hollywood.

    You love to create money where money does not exist, you moron

  • This dude copies the intonations of that other black dude, Martin, and tries to copy the "spirit" of Lincoln, as if he has any right to think that he is some "result" of Lincoln, but I'm sure from his "speeches" he does think that he is worthy of that, since he is the first black man to be president. You are the first black man, yes, so quit pretending to be some sort of black Lincoln. You have already screwed up with the economy.

  • Every freaking speech he makes is like a speech relative to being "anointed" pres...

    Dude, you are now pres, you do not need to do the election speeches any longer, with all of the diatribe, the vagueness, etc.

    You are now pres, so, tell us how you are going to save us all from the arabs

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  • You don't need to be saved from Arabs. we should STOP thinking that ARABS = TERRORISTS. ask yourself WHY terrorism exist. prejudice, patriotism aside; if you can answer that, then you'll know who really needs to be saved.

    And STOP thinking of obama as a savior. he's just president who trying rebuild this economy. NO REPUBLICANS, NO DEMOCRATS, NO ECONOMISTS KNOW FOR SURE WHAT'S GONNA WORK

  • The dude at least admits that he isn't very intelligent with economics, but his republican appointments are a different matter. Didn't this guy chat with his "appointments" prior to the appointing??? He has lost 2 appointments in 2 weeks, is that how this dude is going to "own" government over the years? How the hell can this guy and his "clan" screw up so bad immediately? Shit, the guy has big ears, he is ugly, and his wife is uglier, if he wasn't pres none of you gals would even consider.

  • Obama's amateaur, immediate, sudden, and bold reactions to the downturn in the economy show how short-sighted and foolish he really is regarding economic policy/ along with his competence in being president.

    How can the government possibly know what to fix, the time to fix it and how to fix it when it needs to be fixed and in the order it needs to be accomplished and in what needs to be accomplished in what in order to get x result?

  • Obama doesnt have a clue! Only the opinions he thinks is right that are founded upon other (THE WRONG) people's opinions, not his own.

    Our president has no imagination, what-so-ever. He is incapable of creating anything of value, making things efficient, or anything worthwhile or lasting to American citizens.

  • So what's your plan for saving this country?

  • Lower Taxes

    Decrease Government Spending

    Raise Interest Rates

    Do not touch banking/security industries

    Do not buy up any bad loan, faulty appraisals

    Lower Capital Gains from 15 to 5 percent

    Convert funds from bullshit gov. programs to increase spending in widening highways, roads, bridges, tunnels, airports, stadiums, water, sewers, complete wall for illegal immigration, etc for temporary job conversion.

    Research in National Defense, Better guns/planes, etc.

    NASA

  • Not to mention, increase recruitment in military, improve military facilities, open/improve old bases and put in new bases where needed.

    Recruit more police, firefighters...

    Recruit construction workers...

    Get troops out of Iraq, let the people fight themselves, secure/occupy/protect US oil interests...

  • yeah Ok buddy, If you think that we need to police the world and put more money into the military then your absolutely brainwashed. We have 160 bases in 160 countries, we are not the know all say all on this planet. We are becoming obnoxious in the fact that every world affair has to include us. What if another country had a base in our country? That would seem ridiculous. We are being stretched to thin, like the skin on a drum. Most other countries dont need big brother america bothering them.

  • Those are very points. Obama is doing at least 70% of what you just mentioned.

    except for Raising Interest Rates (banks are raising interest rate on credit cards. how's that gonna ease the suffering?) , Do not touch banking? ,Do not buy up any bad loan? The banking system is the one thing that created all this mess. we should have strict regulations, rules, that control banks. How can you leave the future of this country on the hands of greedy CEO's?

  • your on ur way to socialist ideals...but hey why shouldn't the gov control banking, they took a great job with the DMV

  • "your on ur way to socialist ideals"

    I'm a socialist already. I'm a libertarian socialist (aka anarchist).

    "but hey why shouldn't the gov control banking"

    I don't believe in government ownership. Or ownership by private capitalists. I believe in ownership by the people. I believe people should directly own the means of production (workplaces, factories, farms, etc) that they use for themselves.

  • well, as history shows (russia, china, vietnman) socialist driven economies do not work ...your system that you want is only a dream that cannot be attained, simply becuase you do understand the multifacted complexities of mankind. You know what YOU want, but you dont understand poeple

  • "socialist driven economies do not work"

    That's a broad and incorrect generalization. Capitalism has not worked well in some countries and others it has. Socialism has not worked well in some countries and regions and in others it does (like Angola, Libya, Namibia, Seychelles, Cuba, the Kerala region of India, Catalonian Spain, parts of Mexico, Argentina, etc.) It all depends on a variety of A LOT of factors.

  • some socialism is good, but when it infiltrates the economies main structural foundations (health care or banking systems), then it gets ugly...the gov has to maintain a steady balance, treading a fine line between what is right and wrong, and that is something obama doesnt understand.

  • "you do understand the multifacted complexities of mankind. You know what YOU want, but you dont understand poeple"

    Neither do you. And that's the point of anarchism - letting people decide for themselves what's best for themselves and letting them take control of their own lives and their own work instead of being ruled by a government or a capitalist.

  • poeple are greedy and when they have a chance, they'll make money for themselves...this doesnt pertain only to rich folks...the poor and middle class, everyone. We aren't good by nature, we're selfish...let poeple take control? what if we were to let bill gates do such a thing? lets just say you would have never heard of Apple or IBM or any other computer software...poeple like to take, build and dominate...we're cut throat, and without (some) regulation and oversight,it'll all turn into entropy

  • "poeple are greedy"

    If people were truly all that greedy they wouldn't allow themselves to be ruled over by bosses in the first place. They would be robbing people in the streets and corporations and markets would be impossible to maintain because everyone would steal from each other. Workplaces and markets require a degree of selflessness.

    "some socialism is good"

    There have never really been any civilizations that were purely capitalist or socialist.

  • Y'all deserve what y'all is gonna git

  • popstarpresident says: Big deal if the stimulus package will never help me personally, obama is just so dreamy and soothing to listen to

    I chuckle. Dudette or dude, you have nailed it. That's why the locusts swarm because the sound of the grain waving in the wind just sounds so sick, can't ignore it, slickandsick, listen...embrace...love...enjo­y...lick...and when the grand slam hits y'all in the cunt or balls you won't even know it because you are on some obamatic narcotic binge.

  • I actually almost voted for this guy. Doesn't matter, they are trying to sink the country without my vote.

    Now I understand why the left used to say bush was not "their" president. I am starting to feel the same way. I won't become a hater like them, i still like obama, but it is shocking to see what a poor job he is doing.....

  • "Something has to be done!" ????

    Bombing Iran would be something, but it is not the measure that is needed to improve our economy now, JUST as approving a wasteful spending, dangerous "stimulus" package is senseless, stupid. You liberals are so intent on passing this awful package, filled with partisan pay-backs for those, like ACORN, that helped get Obama elected.

  • Leftists are so intent that they don't care that this bill, which provides for government-controlled health care, will ruin our health-care system & mean government bureaucrats determining if you're "worth" spending the money on to keep alive.

    If you value your right to quality healthcare & you are furious about the idea of Congress spending trillions for their pet pork projects, then you must now contact the Republican Senators- any of them- to tell them to oppose this awful bill.

  • are as clueless as anyone else. Given the context of the last 8 years, they have clearly demonstrated they are as clueless as anyone else.

    So t sit and argue against Obama's approach as though you know whats right for this economy is bullshit.

    Whatever approach is taken, the President needs to be backed 100% or failure is a lot more likely. Give the U.S. the best chance and support this effort. No one knows if it will work but sitting and bitching on the sidelines will ensure failure.

  • "Whatever approach is taken, the President needs to be back 100%"?????

    Where was this line of thought during the last administration??? You're a joke!!

  • you fucking idiot.

    1. he was never one to look for a compromise or listen to any critique,

    2. the economy wasn't broke until the end of his time. desperate times require desperate measures. no one has an answer and something different has to occur from the last 8 years.

    3. that administration failed on all counts. aaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllll­lllllllllllllllll I ammmm sayyyyyyyyiiiingg is givvvvvveee obaaaaaammmmmmmaaaaaa a channnnncccccccccceeeee.

    Like Bush he will be judged by it.

  • it wasn't the bush taxes that failed us..it was the comitee's lack of care to watch wall street that brought us down...comitees led by dems

  • this country doesn't need wall street. they don't make anything. all they do is speculate on prices.

    HOW CAN SPECULATIONS AFFECT ECONOMY, I think this is system is ridiculous. all we need is supply and demand. NO SPECULATION OR CEO'S CONTROLLING THE MARKET.

  • so your gonna let marry the kindergarden school teacher handle banking finances?they are there for a reason, because their the smartest in the country, and also the most greedy, which is why gov commitees should have been watching them better...

  • You can't call someone smart, when their failure is caused by their own greed. they are very stupid, not SMART. you don't need to be the smartest person to do finances. a simple guy that runs a mum and pop's restaurant can balance budget, increase production, and do finance better any of those so called "smartest people" in wall street. that's just my opinion.

  • since bank ceo's are so smart, then can always find ways to go pass regulations. Don't blame dems. republicans also believe that we should let the economy run it course, less regulation,ect. which contradicts your previous statement on blaming dems for just that.

  • oversight, not regulation...the gov did nothing to stop what was coming...GOP wanted oversight, the dems were too busy trying to haggle bush that they forgot about the people

  • 1. The gov is to blame, so dems went after its leader (bush). good thing.

    2. GOP wanted oversight. also good. but I don't recall them speaking firmly about it. No one really saw it coming.

    3. I may be wrong but, oversight means management or supervision, that is even more than just regulations.

  • oversight meaning, a close watch of things...regulation is implementing...of course the dems blamed bush, its how they got the incopetent obama

  • no one knows what will work. But SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE. No one can sit by (Obama included) and say in all honesty there approach and ideas will work but what is to be sure- something has to be done.

    Now, you can support this attempt to right the wrongs and the U.S. can have areal crack at improving economic conditions. It may fail or it may not. If people dont get on board, failure is inevitable. If people get on board, then who knows. NO one does.

    What is certain, Republicans ...

  • For fuck sake.

    Anyone that backs the Republicans after the last 8 years- given the mess the economy is in now- are simply ignorant, fucking stupid or just plain dumb.

    What needs to happen before blind support for the Republican Party is replaced by considered logical thought. What needs to happen before the people will sit back and say "hey the Republicans have sat by and screwed the economy, they have no credibility anymore."

    LOOK AT THE ECONOMY. No one knows really what will work but ...

  • screw the democrats. They have never put politics aside and would sell their mothers to the highest bidder if it would help the party. Last time they ran the whloe gov. we had double didget unemployment, interest rates and inflation. BUT ALL YOU DUMB ASSES ran out and voted for the same thing and it will happen. There has never been an economy in the world that had the rich suffer and the poorest prosper. It just don't work that way and ours won't either.

  • Obama said the middle class would get a tax break. I want to thank him for the $8 yes the whole $8. Every week you'll get a tax break that =s $8. What will I ever do with that much money. That will only be for 2 years. They won't say what will happen after that. Hmmm. Time to make out my wish list since I get to bring more of my money home.

  • Obama is a misguided FOOL! the economy will bounce back its self... OH LOOK, January sales UP! without the gov putting their hands in my pocket... ??? So... lets leave it a lone..... cut taxes...corporate, capital gains and payroll what the economy flourish! OR spen 30 mill on a freaking rat in Pol district ... Obama... the FOOL!

  • Why can't you spell? Why is it that every sentence is filled with profanity? There is nothing that sounds so unintelligent as one who must fill their vocabulary with such garbage. Since you can't make a valid point with any credence you think you can turn up the volume with your fowl mouth. Look into the truth of the matter. "It is better to be silent and thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt." Stimulus will cause uncontrollable inflation and bankrupt US within 1 year.

  • I heard that this stimulas pkg. was big enogh to supply every man, woman, and child in this country with 2,700 dollars. Where's my money? That would stimulate the economy

  • guess what...that money (2,700$) would come right out of taxes which means taxes would go up so in the long run it wouldn't help.

  • This stimulus is pure hyper inflation in the making....I bet they will waste it just like the first 350 billion with 150 billion in pork...The real recession of 79 to 83..The Fed. raised interest rates very high and slowed spending and let the markets have time to let inflation work out of it...Many people lost their jobs and it was a hard hit on all business...But we got threw it..And times boomed again..This will only put it off for maybe 9 months and make it last much longer..Hyper inflation!

  • Republicans have gotten too used to getting what they want. They need to remember that there is more than one effective way to go about things! It's not like the administration is going to totally exclude tax cuts. 60/40 or 40/60.

  • Fixing public schools, paving roads, and installing energy efficient air conditioners on federal buildings IS NOT GOING TO STIMULATE ANY ECONOMY, PLEASE. These foolish liberals still want to dream that FDR's New Deal worked, b.s. What truly got this nation out of that depression was WWII, much more after USA instantly became the only industrialist nation intact. We can no longer compete, this nation has become over regulated and taxed. The entrepreneur is castrated and then jobs are exported...

  • The whole US government, including president and congress, has NO guts to say NO to the rich and corrupt people like Madoff and John Thain. These representatives were paid to be in power by these blood suckers.

  • $600m- to convert fed auto fleet to hybrids.

    $450m- NASA "climate research missions". $600m- NOAA for "climate modeling". $1b- census bureau. $89b- Medicaid. $30b- Cobra insur extension. $36b- expanded unemployment bennies. $20b- Food stamps. $850m- Amtrak. $87m- polar icebreaking ship. $1.7b- nat park system. $7.6b- "rural community advance program. $150m-agriculture commodity purchases. Theres a lot more. Stimulation? Juggle my balls like they were ripe tomatoes is enough stimulus for me, DC.

  • $4b- OJT including $1.2 for youths(age 24). $1b- community-devel grants. $15b business-loss carry-backs. $145b-"Making Work Pay" tax credits. $83b- earned income credit. $150m-Smithsonian. $34m- renovate dept of comm hq. $500m- improvement projects Nat inst of health facilities. $44- repairs to dept of agriculture hq. $350m- agriculture dept computers. $88m- rent trucks to move public health sevice to another bldg. $448m constructing new homeland security dept hq. IS ANYONE SHAKING THEIR HEAD?

  • Has anyone ever thought what a billion of anything is? Subtract 1billion minutes from now and Jesus Christ was still walking the Earth. And our Liberal jack-asses in D.C. want how many hundreds and hundreds of billions? Are you serious? I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore! What about you?

    $50m-Nat Endow for the Arts. $380m-women,infants and childrens program. $300m- combat violence against women.

    $2b-child care block grants. $6b-univ building projects. $15b- Pell grant col sch

  • Big deal if the stimulus package will never help me personally, obama is just so dreamy and soothing to listen to. He's doin his best...he's keepin' it real and he's just such an awesome rock star of a president...man he looks good!

  • I say the same thing. We need to wait a 100 days to get the real deal. I agree completely with you, popstarpresident.

  • I'm glad you lost Mc Cain. I saved me the trouble of moving to Canada. In a time the country is in Crisis, you are a sore looser who puts on the spot the only two Republicans who stuck their necks out for the good of the Country. I may regret saying it, but there may be some true patriots in the Republican party, amidst the ignorant and the Hyppocrites who work for special interests and profiteers.

  • How many fucking pictures of Obama need to be taken. Can't they just use the same one over and over. What a waste of a memory card..lol

  • I formally request all Federal Elected Officials and there appointees

    To voluntary surrender their salary and medical benefits until the economy has stabilized and unemployment is down to 2007 levels. The salary and medical benefit cash value should be sent directly to The Federal-State Unemployment Insurance Program. This is to insure the American people that all federal elected officials are willing to experience the same realty as the American people.

  • Please stop! We need a boost to the economy right now not over the next 10 years. Government spending on pork, bailouts, tax rebates needs to be stopped. If, we need some type of stimulus, then give this power to the taxpayers. Suspend the income tax! This will put money into the hands of the taxpayers. This is simple economics 101. If we taxpayers have more money above our net income sustained over a period of time, we will spend it.

  • There have been two tax rebate checks this decade. Both times, most of the money was saved or used on debt, which are not stimulative to the economy. What do you propose to increase aggregate demand when consumption and investment have fallen along with net exports? The economy is down about 14% of GDP or 2 trillion. The only way to replace that loss is through government spending. If we do nothing, we face a global depression. Tax cuts don't work because people will not spend; governments will.

  • You are right, a one time rebate check doesnt work! Please read the stimulus for your self. I know its long and hard for some to understand. I do see someone like yourself who understands the GDP will find the stimulus full of payoffs, pork and scams.

  • Why do you think the government is smarter then you or I? Why do you think the government should be trusted spending our money? Im an American first, and both parties have proven to be untrustworthy, biased and loyal to their lobbyist and not to ALL the people. All of us can argue about the past. The future starts today!

  • Obama was right about it.Tax cuts cannot work alone. Something needs to do to initiate it.

  • well my friend.. you are a moron! show me in history where this WORKED...? look at Japan! then look at every other time in history when the government cut taxes! IT WORKS! bottom line! Obama is a fool and so are you for believing his LIES@! this will NOT stimulate anything but bigger GOV! how does spending help us???? please explain!>?

  • I am so mad, this bill is as bad as the stimulus bill President Bush rammed down our throats, but this time no stimulus checks for taxpayers.

    We will pay for this bill , our taxes are going to soar, businesses will move to mexico, betcha Obama will double the tax on our fuel, this president will make jimmy carter look like George Washington.

    Our one hope is in prayer. PRAY.

  • I cannot believe that this "president" said to put politics aside!

    Politics, my little friend, is what got you to where you now are and what generates a democratic society!

    Put "politics" aside???

    Okay, I will, there, now I am a dictator.

    Next

  • i can't believe this scum liar

  • As Chamberlain said to his wife, "Hell, baby, the dude was cool, and everything was up and running." That dude "felt good" to me...

    I think, says Chamberlain, that this man was nasty because he wasn't truthful! Shame on him, deary. We will never invite him to our house, that nasty little bearded fellow.

  • Hell, man, it felt "good" as the lawyer says. Clearly the dude knows what's up. I "feels" good, dude, it feels good!"

    Now, go have a smoke, you've earned it.

  • He says, "I think everybody felt good." Interesting. I agree fully that such a phrase is exactly what "stimulus" means. If I have sex I always "know" that I stimulate her, because, well, I'm just that sort of dude.

    Now, what happens following the "stimulation"? With me, it's a good comedy channel, with her it's a book (Facebook).

    I recall hearing about all of that "keen" (keneysian) economics of the 30's while Der Fuhrer was arming himself against this north american fiasco.

    Similarities?

  • This is a spending bill. You voted for this jackass !!

  • This is a payoff bill to put money in corporate pockets. It won't stimulate jack. Obama supporters are still idiots.

  • If he fixes the economy, I'll vote for Puff Daddy next term. What he needs to do::: is let the failed banks fail, Fire SEC workers and replace with unbias people. Teach ethics to CEOs, Regulate loans for housing,We the people need to fire Barney Franks and the rest of Congress. Get out Iraq. No wars, we have no money spend on war. Quit printing money we dont have and quit borrowing money. Do this and we are on the way to recovery. We live within our means. Dont do this we fail.

    Go Obama.

  • I like your strong words, Payne. I don't want another war, especially the "Satanic" Republic of Iran waiting for Israel to demolish itself. War costs a lot. I don't care if the Pubs say no, it happened the same way with Clinton's version. Clinton's plan actually paved way toward debt-free until Bush bushed it like it was nobody.

  • Fed debt per person: $58K

    Un-funded Medicare/Medicaid per person: $332K

    Fed's plundered trusts per person: $30K

    Un-funded SS: $166K

    Every American owes: $586K for FED debt

    Gov grows 4 Xs faster than economy

    Fed spending grows 16 times faster than economy, (16 fold expansion in control & gov dependence)

    The US gov now holds 57% share of entire National Income = Government makes more than all the money made in private sector!

    How long does the USA honestly think it will last?

  • hey at least white america has finally accepted a black man in office. this is enough of a milesone for black americans in itself. if you knew thoroughly, the extent, history and far reaching consequences the racism has had just in america, maybe you could appreciate this idea as well. hundreds of thousands of people have been beaten, lynched, shot, spat on, burned alive, cut up, dismembered, mutilat4ed just for the tone of their skin. let alone the tireless work and protesting of people.

  • buy commercial bongs and pipes even when the shit is illegal***

  • I forget, was John Lennon a liberal or a faggot?

  • you CANT pass a bill that uses an ENORMOUS amount of money with a unanimous GOP disagreement...you just cant...especially when you claimed to do things bipartisan in your campaign...liar...lets see what else he lies about now that he is our leader

  • Bingo! Fact is he trying to appease the left, who have extremely critical of his first week if office. And also everyone who donated boatloads of cash to his campaign.

    Now he's trying to pass off this barrel of pork as a stimulus? Just cut more taxes, the middle class wants more of their money back, not money for the arts or contraceptives. Seriously...

  • "Obama Giving ACORN $5.2 Billion in Stimulus Funds"

    A rising chorus of GOP leaders are protesting that the blockbuster Democratic stimulus package would provide up to a whopping $5.2 billion for ACORN, the left-leaning nonprofit group under federal investigation for massive voter fraud.

    i can't believe it!!

  • Obama is more transparent. Bush f*&s you under the pretext of war, whereas Obama F*&s you without trying to hide it. Read up on this stimulus package. Only very small part of it is to stimulate. Sadly I voted for him, and now I am seeing how irresponsible he is. This is the biggest bill in history, at a time when we need to be saving, and it is all partisan democrat stuff. It will all