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DeMint: Stimulus Is a 'Mugging'
The Hill, Washington, DC ^
| 2009-01-29
| Walter Alarkon
Posted on 01/29/2009 5:46:39 PM PST by rabscuttle385
Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) said that he likes President Obama but has no love for his stimulus plan.
"This bill is not a stimulus, ladies and gentlemen; it is a mugging. It is a fraud," DeMint said during a speech at The Heritage Foundation on Thursday, TalkingPointsMemo reported.
DeMint said that the bill was "the worst piece of economic legislation Congress has considered in a hundred years."
"Not since the passage in 1909 of the 16th Amendment — which cleared the way for a federal income tax — has the United States seriously entertained a policy so comprehensively hostile to economic freedom, nor so arrogantly indifferent to economic reality," he added.
DeMint, one of the upper chambers most conservative members, prefaced his attack on the stimulus by praising Obama.
"I like President Obama very much," he said. "We were elected to the Senate at the same time and we've worked together on a number of common goals. I believe he wants to do what is best for our country."
DeMint has already shown himself to be one of the Obama administration's staunchest opponents; in addition to railing against the stimulus, he was one of only two senators to vote against confirmation for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: 111th; bailout; bho2009; bho44; bhostimulus; congress; demint; economy; obama; pork; porkulus; senate; socialism; stimulus; ussenate; waronpork; waronzero; zero
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To: upchuck; SC Swamp Fox
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posted on
01/29/2009 5:47:29 PM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: All
"This bill is not a stimulus, ladies and gentlemen; it is a mugging. It is a fraud."
—U.S. Senator Jim DeMint, R-South Carolina, on the Democrats' porkulus bill
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posted on
01/29/2009 5:48:20 PM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: rabscuttle385
Dadgum right it’s a mugging.
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posted on
01/29/2009 5:48:32 PM PST
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote.)
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
01/29/2009 5:49:07 PM PST
by
hercuroc
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
01/29/2009 5:49:28 PM PST
by
Nachum
To: rabscuttle385
I like the term grand theft better. And if the Republicans don’t stand up to it, they will be an accomplice to it.
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posted on
01/29/2009 5:49:38 PM PST
by
DoughtyOne
(D1: Home of the golden tag line: FBI cuts off CAIR for contact with Hamas, Obama wants to talk to.)
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To: rabscuttle385
DeMint said that the bill was "the worst piece of economic legislation Congress has considered in a hundred years." Yes!! Finally the RINO party growing a spine. Let's pray it continues (notice, I didn't say "hope" it continues).
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posted on
01/29/2009 5:50:04 PM PST
by
NoGrayZone
(Just Registered With the Conservative Party...RINO's can kiss my......)
To: rabscuttle385
What besides a fraud would you expect coming from a fraud?
To: freekitty
A Chicago thug doing the mugging. This madness has to be stopped. The New Revolution is indeed in the wings. Watch and pray....and keep your powder dry.
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posted on
01/29/2009 5:51:01 PM PST
by
shankbear
(Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
To: rabscuttle385
Demint is no arlen specter.... Thank GOD!!!
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posted on
01/29/2009 5:51:07 PM PST
by
philly-d-kidder
(May God Bless America and ALL Freepers! and President George W Bush and His extended family)
To: rabscuttle385
"This bill is not a stimulus, ladies and gentlemen; it is a mugging. It is a fraud," DeMint said...That's what should have been said repeatedly back in October!
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posted on
01/29/2009 5:51:14 PM PST
by
meyer
(We are all John Galt)
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To: rabscuttle385
And what happens to people who try to mug 2nd Amendment-loving Conservatives??
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posted on
01/29/2009 5:51:44 PM PST
by
DTogo
(I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
To: rabscuttle385
"DeMint said that the bill was "the worst piece of economic legislation Congress has considered in a hundred years." Now that is what I'm talking about. Go DeMint!
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posted on
01/29/2009 5:52:17 PM PST
by
Earthdweller
(Socialism makes you feel better about oppressing people.....)
To: rabscuttle385
We will have to see if the Senate could clean this up, and if some remnants remain, and it gets to the President for his signature......if he signs it then we know he is for it regardless of how it is loaded with the pork!
With the Pubbies 100% against it, it is all the DIMS doing! And they are not in favor of helping the country overall! I wonder how many are ending up with the money out of it lining their pockets?
To: rabscuttle385
Folks, this is OUR country, and the clowns in DC work for US.
Starting tomorrow, pick up the phone and call your Senators and few others and let the hired help know what you think.
After all, if this bill passes, it’s only your grandchildren and great grandchildren that’ll be paying for it.
They deserve a voice, too.
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posted on
01/29/2009 5:54:52 PM PST
by
exit82
(The Obama Cabinet: There was more brainpower on Gilligan's Island.)
To: rabscuttle385
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The War on Pork. "This bill is not a stimulus, ladies and gentlemen;
it is a mugging. It is a fraud."
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posted on
01/29/2009 6:03:53 PM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" —Patrick Henry)
To: NoGrayZone
When you have nowhere to go but up, you tend to grow a set. What do you have to lose? Please let this be the beginning of a republican trend. ;-)
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posted on
01/29/2009 6:04:51 PM PST
by
doc1019
(We are in great need of another revolution in this country!)
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