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chevydog11 months, 1 week ago

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Personally, I suspect the latter. It's one of the more goofy possibilities in our legislative system. IMHO, if something is a good idea, it should be able to stand on its own.

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  GehlLady11 months, 1 week ago
  
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  It was never part of a stimulus plan. It is the first step toward his agenda he spoke about during his campaign. This was coming whether the economy tanked or not.
  
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    Beau789011 months, 1 week ago
    
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    Then I'd prefer to see this idea put into an entirely different bill and voted on separately.
    
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    jk548911 months, 1 week ago
    
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    you are right. unfortunately most of the 'stimulus plan' has nothing to do with the economic crisis. the government is just using the economic situation as an excuse to illegally grab as much power over the population as possible.
    
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      Beau789011 months, 1 week ago
      
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      I wouldn't say "most" of the stimulus plan has nothing to do with the crisis, though there's more that doesn't in the form of tax cuts (which we've already seen does not stimulate job creation) than I'd like.
      
      Propeller member flyonthewalzz (who always does excellent research) has provided this link on another thread, as to how the spending proposed breaks down:
      
      http://pndblog.typepad.com/.a/6a00e0099631d0883301...
      
      At first glance, it may seem like most of the spending doesn't create jobs, but when you look at all the little wedges in the bottom right quadrant of the pie chart, those would all create new industries with new jobs...and almost everything else (except the tax cuts) in the chart could stop layoffs in existing industries and even allow money to be spent on new positions in those industries. (Though it's not exactly clear from the chart if this money would be spent that way.)
      
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