I actually missed these two idiots! Reid and Pelosi sent a letter to the President, expressing their desire to work on bi-partisan legislation concerning an economic stimulus package….
Reid and Pelosi also cautioned Bush not to announce a plan on his own until both sides had met to discuss the issue.
Michelle points out just how willing the Democrats are..from this NYT’s article on the subject:
Some Democrats say they could support tax relief focused on lower-income people and, perhaps, even tax cuts for corporations, if the White House and the Republican Congressional leadership accept some spending increases like extended unemployment benefits or aid to states to help them avert spending cuts.
This wouldn’t be an election scheme? It walks like one and talks like one..but this is the Democrats..tax relief on lower income people? What is lower income? Lower income get their money back as it is…are we going to pay them for being lower income? How about they take those 10,000 earmarks from last year or better yet, tally up the money that was appropriated in the one bill that had 8,000 earmarks…see if that can stimulate anything… Stop the sanctuary polices. Quit funding the illegals within the states.
Here’s a novel approach to stimulate the economy.
Cut taxes to people who are productive
Cut spending to programs that aren’t productive
Allow the oil companies to explore for oil in Anwar and other US territories (Oil jobs are good jobs) without Eco freak interference. That’s a LOT of high paying construction, plant operation and plant security jobs.
Allow oil companies to build refineries (again Oil jobs are good jobs)without Eco freak interference. That’s a LOT of high paying construction, plant operation and plant security jobs.
Raise tariffs on products from countries with lower wages or government subsidies for their corporations (If they have lower wages than ours, or government subsidies, their population isn’t buying much from us but food anyway.)That’s how we ended up with a trade deficit to start with Do we really NEED toys from China or clothing from Indonesia? I would guess that the workers who used to work in the US toy and textile factories might appreciate if we leveled the playing field.
Stop outsourcing our weapons production to overseas companies? Our “light” machine gun is now made in Belgium. The Dept of the Air Force is looking at giving a multi billion dollar contract for in air refueling tankers to a FRENCH company versus Boeing. Political pressure forced the DoD to stop the trials for a 45 caliber replacement for the 9 mm and forced the Army to order 100,000 more of the M9 Berettas, DESPITE the fact that the soldiers in the field are complaining that the 9mm round isn’t effective against determined combatants. Not to mention the fact that the Beretta got the initial contract because of political pressure despite having a fatal flaw that was waived while the Smith and Wesson entry was refused a waiver for a minor flaw. Which is more dangerous? A slide that can break in half during firing, sending 4 ounces of steel flying straight back at the operator at high speed, or a plastic grip than can crack when dropped at subzero temperatures? The Beretta was given a waiver for the slide, while the Smith and Wesson was denied a waiver for the cracked grip. How about we stop buying foreign made military weapons and give the business to US companies? I’m sure Colt, Smith and Wesson, Ruger and others would love the business. Oh Wait, the Dems are trying to put those companies out of business.
Allow companies to build nuclear power plants without Eco freak interference. That’s a LOT of high paying construction, plant operation and plant security jobs.
Build the fence along the southern border. That’s a lot of high paying construction jobs.
Enforce the laws against hiring illegal aliens. We’ve had a mass exodus of them from AZ since we made it clear that we were going to start going after the employers. A recent study by a Harvard researcher shows that illegal aliens have cost this STATE over 1 billion dollars in wages and depressed the wages of unskilled workers by over another billion. A recent LA county study found that LA county spends a billion a year providing services to illegal aliens. Now can anyone explain exactly how they REALLY benefit us?
Notice something about my stimulus package? Other than building the border fence and enforcing the law(which should’ve already been done), not a dime in taxpayer money would be spent doing it. In fact government spending would be cut (a drain on any economy, see the failure of communism or the Carter administration for examples) while the resulting jobs would result in increased tax REVENUES. Voila’ a booming economy and potentially a balanced budget.
They want to “work with” Bush? Does that mean anything like their definition of “Bipartisanship”?
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