Stimulus II: A Sequel America Can't Afford

Labor Department numbers show that the Obama Administrations $787 billion stimulus was a flop. Instead of holding the unemployment rate at 8 percent or below, the jobless rate soared to 10 percent. Now there is discussion of second so-called stimulus, which politicians are calling a jobs bill. But making government bigger, this CF&P Foundation video explains, is a recipe for long-run stagnation and lower living standards, regardless of what the policy is named. www.freedomandprosperity.org

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[kev3d]

It would be funny if it wasn't so serious; Washington is run by people you wouldn't trust to watch your child, who cannot balance a bank account, who punish the successful and reward the failures, who cozy up to union obstructionism yet say they are against corruption when many are as corrupt as can be! Worse yet, many people blindly assume the government is SUPPOSED to run most things, rather than rely on mostly self-government. I think Katrina proved the dangers of over-reliance on the state.

[BLUEANGEL7777777777]

hey yanikv, you don't need a linked theory its a fact.

Its throughout history Free markets move faster and develop faster too with stable prices.

Even our grand parents lived to see gas prices never fluctuating back in there- hey day.

They had more of a free market.

But as an Example: Try Panama.

They have a Republic...NOT A DEMOCRACY.

Republic does not mean having a Ruler/Rulers.

It means their Every one Has the Same Rights and don't infringe on anybody else's.

Beside that do what you like.

[Thatmakessense356]

I need to get a t-shirt with that white house graph and the real values transposed onto it.

[mrearlygold]

@robecva

For DEFENCE of the homeland! Not troops of some form in over 100 countries. The Constitution doesn't call for empire. It's supposed to REIGN IN the scumbags that are supposed to obey it, not bastardize it.

[mrearlygold]

Hey Dan, so when are you geniuses going to support the only politician who will obey the Constitution and the one who by doing so can create the most prosperous and free economy anywhere? Ron Paul 2012!

[nikesb2406]

yeah just cut spending, cutting spending= cutting jobs, which equals no money back into the economy. thank the social media for scaring the fuck out of america into thinking spending a penny will essentially launch you into poverty. its easy to sit here and say HEY stop spending money. but if our government doesn't then im pretty sure the gap in classes would be INSANE. like............. really fucking poor.............super fucking rich.

[hermoda]

@tropickman that helps, but just take a look at a pie chart of spending.. entitlements are gigantic. why not both?