Comments on: All’s Well That Spends Well http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/02/04/alls-well-that-spends-well/ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:55:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: bustoff http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/02/04/alls-well-that-spends-well/#comment-92502 bustoff Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:47:13 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=11234#comment-92502 These people can't even pay their taxes! More indiscriminate pork-barrel government spending will not help our economy recover. More consumer spending will, but that can only come with a stimulus in the form of tax refunds. These people can’t even pay their taxes! More indiscriminate pork-barrel government spending will not help our economy recover. More consumer spending will, but that can only come with a stimulus in the form of tax refunds.

]]> By: Tcobb http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/02/04/alls-well-that-spends-well/#comment-92491 Tcobb Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:01:59 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=11234#comment-92491 I think that so long as the Republicans can hang tight against it the Dems won't have the guts to pass it. The shield of double standards will only protect you so much for so long. If the stimulus bill was passed and it doesn't do what it is publicly touted to do the Democrats need to be able to point at the Republicans and say that it didn't work because of compromises that they had to make with the evil Republicans, and to hell with reality when they say this. Its all a variant of the old Flip Wilson line that "the Devil made me do it." If you take this expedient away from them they will know that their own political careers may hang in the balance, and anything that jeopardizes that is something that they cannot and will not compromise on. I think that so long as the Republicans can hang tight against it the Dems won’t have the guts to pass it. The shield of double standards will only protect you so much for so long. If the stimulus bill was passed and it doesn’t do what it is publicly touted to do the Democrats need to be able to point at the Republicans and say that it didn’t work because of compromises that they had to make with the evil Republicans, and to hell with reality when they say this. Its all a variant of the old Flip Wilson line that “the Devil made me do it.”

If you take this expedient away from them they will know that their own political careers may hang in the balance, and anything that jeopardizes that is something that they cannot and will not compromise on.

]]> By: Jeff http://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2009/02/04/alls-well-that-spends-well/#comment-92490 Jeff Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:03:53 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/vodkapundit/?p=11234#comment-92490 People didn't want the bail out either, but it was pushed through. If we just sit around and gripe about it, they'll pass it, but if we start calling and writing like people did with immigration reform, than there's a chance it won't go through. People didn’t want the bail out either, but it was pushed through. If we just sit around and gripe about it, they’ll pass it, but if we start calling and writing like people did with immigration reform, than there’s a chance it won’t go through.

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