Stimulus Compromise Reached

Negotiators announced that the House and Senate have reached a compromise on an economic stimulus package. As Chip Reid reports, both sides had to make concessions.

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[JoshuaSethComposer]

So let me get this straight. $819 billion in the hole is fiscally irresponsible, but $789 billion in the hole is fiscally responsible? I don't know whether to laugh or cry at these people any more.

[ANGLEBOOT]

This stimulus bill really won't show any effect for 5 to 6 years.

How long can people go withpout jobs? How long will banks wait till people have a job to make house payments?

Will greocery store's start taking IOU's?

How many iellgals are going to be allowed to take these jobs they are creating? 10 to 11 million?

[ecwaufisxtreme]

This stimulus is an ominous sign that Obambi will be a 1 TERM EPIC FAIL and will lose to Sarah Palin in 2012. This country does not need a stimulus and more government spending to help the global economy. No, the world needs Palinomics. Palinomics will save the world economy, greater than Reaganomics and Clintonomics. Palinomics is blessed with the divine power of GOD HERSELF for Palin is GOD's CHOSEN ONE, GOD INCARNATE and the LIVING EMBODIMENT OF GOD HERSELF!

[antoniusalta]

blink4ever: read the bill! this is not a BANK bailout! most of the money goes to individual US state governments! to help them because they cannot deficit-spend. OK? next year, this help will not be necessary

[antoniusalta]

hey junkie! the US government does not "print money". you think this is a monopoly game? what congress does by authorizing deficit spending is authorize the Secretary of Treasury to go out and find investors willing to use CASH!!!!! to pay for US treasury notes. If there is no confidence in the Offering, there is no sale. This no game of MONOPOLY. If Geithner can find Saudis and Iranians willing to transfer euro and USD CASH into the US treasury in exchange for "notes" more power to him

[antoniusalta]

the guy BOEHNER is a toad! the US will never be able to get out of the bush-cheney economic MUCK if "politics as usual" continues in the mis-leadership of the GOP. THE PEOPLE SPOKE in november--with 365-171 electoral votes for Obama! and majorities in both US house and senate. THE PEOPLE SPOKE, IT'S TIME TO IGNORE THE OLD WHITE-HAIRED MEN LIKE BOEHNER, SORE LOSER

[animateclay]

So if your business goes into debt, use credit cards to hire workers and spend wildly to keep it going? IIt makes no sense on a small scale, why does it on a large one?

[junkie4vids]

Keep printing that money. Billions. Trillions. It is all paper. In five years, a loaf of bread will cost $45.99.

[saved2play]

Here, my friends, is an Internet troll.

[HKUser92]

How the hell would that work. All that would do is cause the whole country to collapse.

[HKUser92]

This porkulous doesn't give any money to the banks, thats what the tarps are. Read up more before you start posting random shit.