toomuchtime_
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- Dec 29, 2008
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Does anyone find it concerning that as Americans, most of us are reactionary rather than proactive? I think thsi stimulus bill is a mess, but I must say, despite Republicans voting against it, I think had the Republicans been in charge, we'd be looking at something very similar.
I don't recall many people out there six weeks ago, saying that a stimulus package wasn't necessary; that it would do more harm than good. But now that everyone looks at it up close, now the sky is falling, which it might be. I'm just bothered that people in general are not very proactive about things until it is too late. Our politicians are pro-active though; so much so that they have tunnel vision most of the time; anther real problem.
The problem with the stimulus bill is less what it is than what it isn't. $800,000,000,000 in new loans to consumers and businesses would have done a lot more to help employers to keep workers on the job and hire new workers to meet the demand the consumer loans would have created than this bill will.