I am Porkulus of Borg. You will be assimilated.
Posted on 02/09/2009 10:19:24 AM PST by Syncro
Pressure Mounts On GOP Supporters
The three Senate Republicans who say they’ll support the $827 billion economic recovery plan are facing pressure from both sides of the debate.
A group of stimulus opponents led by FreeRepublic.com founder Jim Robinson and Move America Forward chairwoman Melanie Morgan plans to protest outside the office of Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) at 10 a.m. Monday before moving on to the offices of Maine Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe.
Meanwhile, the group Americans United for Change is running radio ads in Pennsylvania, Maine and Nebraska — the home state of Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson — thanking the senators for their role in crafting a compromise on the bill.
“Last month,” the ad says, “nearly 600,000 Americans lost their jobs — 20,000 a day, more than 800 an hour. The clock’s ticking, and our economy continues to get worse and worse. That’s why it’s critical that the Senate pass President Obama’s jobs and economic recovery bill right away.”
Money quote:
A group of stimulus opponents led by FreeRepublic.com founder Jim Robinson and Move America Forward chairwoman Melanie Morgan plans to protest outside the office of Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) at 10 a.m. Monday before moving on to the offices of Maine Republican Sens. Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe.
STOP Porkulus Maximus!
February 09, 2009
Public prefers ‘worn out ideas’ like tax cuts to pork spending
The public is just not getting the message if Rasmussen’s most recent poll can be believed.
A whopping 62% of respondents think that the stimulus bill needs more tax cuts and less wasteful spending:
With the Senate poised to vote Tuesday on an $827-billion version of the economic recovery plan, 62% of U.S. voters want the plan to include more tax cuts and less government spending.
Just 14% would like to move in the opposite direction with more government spending and fewer tax cuts, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Twenty percent (20%) would be happy to pass it pretty much as is, and five percent (5%) are not sure.
Republicans and unaffiliated voters overwhelmingly want to see more tax cuts and less government spending. Democrats are more evenly divided: 42% agree with the Republicans, 32% want to pass the plan as is, and 22% would like to see more government spending and fewer tax cuts.
Most conservative and moderate voters want to see more tax cuts. A plurality of liberals say the plan should be passed pretty much as it is.
Unfortunately, they are not going to get their wish. Obama and the Democrats have rejected sensible, targeted tax cuts in favor of a pork-laden monstrosity that few think will work to stimulate anything except donations to the Democratic party.
NO-THIS IS WHY IT SHOULD NOT BE PASSED!!!!
Go for it Jim. We support you all the way.
I am Porkulus of Borg. You will be assimilated.
Public prefers 'worn out ideas' like tax cuts to pork spendingTerm limits.
Works for me. In fact, my state is enjoying a Republican legislature because of it.
ROTFLOL
This is more of a bookmark so I can make a poster for D.C. on Tuesday.
[Mr] T
So, do the WRONG thing NOW!!!
CORRECTION: “I am Porkulus of Borg. You will be a-stimulated.”
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