So why would they vote in 2010 for Republicans who will take away their gov cks?
If the American people actually had a net benefit, your argument would be completely true.
But they won’t. And the history of economics demonstrates that.
Let me put it this way: would I “vote” for the government to give me $1 million dollars? Sure. Who wouldn’t?
But would I vote for EVERY American to receive $1 million? Not if I was smart.
Why? Because doing so would cost more than $300,000,000,000,000. And that would create a cycle of massive inflation which would end with me taking a wheelbarrow of cash to the grocery store to buy a loaf of bread.
The result of socialism, again and again, is that it ends up creating a smaller pie. And Americans will discover that they actually earn MORE money if they have a smaller share of a LARGER pie than they will under socialism (where they have a more “equal” share of a SMALL pie.
This Porkulus Package WILL hurt the economy in the long run:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/04/cbo-obama-stimulus-harmful-over-long-haul/