Posted on 01/04/2010 11:24:40 AM PST by CaroleL
When President Obama and the Democrats in Congress pushed through their $787 billion stimulus package early last year it was at least remotely possible they really believed it would stimulate the economy and create jobs. But soon after it was rammed through the legislative process the promises of creating jobs became claims of saving them and the 8% unemployment rate the bill was supposed to prevent skyrocketed to over 10%. Now those same Democrats want to squander even more taxpayer money on a phony job-creating bill.
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No it's not possible they even remotely believed that. To make such a claim is to underestimate the enemy. Obama and the left are not stupid, they are cunning, conniving and evil. The entire bill was nothing more than a payoff of leftist campaign contributors, and was never intended as anything else.
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