Regardless of political party affiliation, the stimulus package is a bad move. Blind & excessive spending is simply not the way to recovery. Yes we need to spend, but only as much as is needed & only so long as it is needed. How many of these programs will become permanent parts of the bureaucracy?
Tax cuts go directly to those who spend, regardless of their income or net worth.
Rush’s plan may sound dumb, but if one examines its effects, it would probably work.
Defending money going to ACORN is impossible. It is a political activist group who pushed for bad loans. The credit worthiness of those loans & the portfolio’s sold, caused much of this crisis. To deny that is to show partisanship. No matter which party failed to vote for good legislation, the end result was profligate spending when we should have not been spending. Bush failed on that. He failed on much. He was NOT a conservative, though he tried to portray himself as one.
The issue is not conservative versus liberal.
Both ends of that are radical & ridiculous. Both push radical policies that marginalize major sections of the populace. We need to think this through.
Large government is not the solution. More than half the public cannot work for the government & America have a gross domestic product at all. We need to produce something whether its commercial, retail, industrial, or whatever. No product, no economy.
Service industry really cannot sustain an economy. It can help, but only so far.
And like it or not, we cannot have an underground workforce. Either bring it out in the open or eliminate it. Do one or the other, but do it! Make citizenship difficult to obtain. Make those who came in illegally do it the hard way. Don’t make fool’s of those who obeyed the law & did it the right way. BUT, don’t just write off those who could be part of the solution. Many were duped into coming here by greedy corporations.
Think about Rush’s plan. It actually, although even I was astonished, has merit. Its actually better than what Congress plans.
BTW, shutting Rush up is as unAmerican as anything politicians could do. If they can shut up Rush, they can shut up anyone who happens to disagree. When & where does that bit of totalitarianism stop? You may not like what he has to say, but then again, he may not like what YOU have to say!
Live & let live!