[Laissez-faire capitalist]

But what if its raised by only around $200 billion, enough tomake the interest payment?

[Darksheare]

They will see it as approval to spend 400 billion.
Remember, it was the Dems and Nancy Pelosi who said that you had to increase spending to pay for a tax cut back when Bubba Gump was in office.
They also currently claim you can spend your way to prosperity.

[Neidermeyer]

But what if its raised by only around $200 billion, enough tomake the interest payment?
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Why? Let the gov’t spend the $400B in unspent TARP funds .. that should give them enough time to layoff/fire 20% of the fedgov workforce...