I will wait for comments from HER before I come to any conclusion, if she is for the ENTIRE bill, yes I will think differently, until then I will refrain from making any conclusions. I don’t trust the AP, Sarah will speak out about the package, I have read letters she has written and it all sounds like she is against it but for that small portion of it, if she comes out and say differently I will be the first one to come out and say its nuts
It’s so much easier to come out with a knee jerk post - like get rid of all the bums - than it is to think about the issue. Sponsors of Congressional bills are quite adept at including some necessary funding with their favorite projects. And given the schedules for addressing bills, and the partisanship of the leaders, most funding projects don’t get more than 1 or 2 chances in a year.
I haven’t seen the details of this “stimulus”, because it isn’t in the Dem Congress’ best interests to let us know too much. But I’m quite sure that some of the items in the bill are necessary things like bridge and road repair (never mind that I think the Feds shouldn’t control those. That horse got out of the barn 50 years ago) Govs, be they GOP or Dem, really can’t refuse to take that money. If they have to build a monument to Sen. Claghorn in order to repair a dangerous bridge, should they do it or not? They don’t get to pick just one.
I do get tired of people thinking that those are easy choices. They might be if you’re posting on FR; they aren’t if you’re in the Gov. position.
And it doesn’t get us better politicians in elected office if we will ditch them for a decision we don’t understand and can’t be bothered learning about.
I think that’s how we got Obama - ignorance is bliss (for awhile, anyway)
Let’s try to be more reasoned than the overemotional Libs, please.