How does this imaginary catastrophe (in your empty head) compare with the real catastrophe caused by conservative republican domination of political and economic ideas since Reagan?
http://www.cepr.net/index.php/op-ed...ince-1980-a-right-turn-leading-to-a-dead-end/
The Conservative Nanny State
"Why Conservatives Can't Govern" by Alan Wolfe
What does that have to do with the price of bread in England ? typical liberal tactic.
OBAMA said there would be a catastophe if this bill is not passed. Idiot Obama supporters on this board ( including you i assume ) agree. That's fine if you agree, just tell me what catastophe is coming ? Stay on topic, don't respond with what Bush did, Reagan did George Washington did, etc .....
Real unemployment is about 14%. The economic stimulous package is designed to help stimulate the economy.
The bill will buy us some time and get people working. If they are not working, more homes will foreclose, more unemployment, more people dipping into savings, etc.
It will help help with construction jobs.
791,000 manufacturing jobs were lost in 2008, hitting the auto sector hardest.
* 260,110 people lost jobs in the financial sector, part of the overall service sector that accounts for some 80% of all employment.
* The construction sector shed 899,000 jobs since peaking in September 2006.
* The retail sector shed 522,000 jobs for all of 2008.
So then Obama needs to bring manufacturing jobs back home. (notice I didn't mention how they left the USA on Bush's watch)
And with people working again, they'll start spending on retail
And when things get better, then the financial sector will start to improve.
Without Obama's package, things will just continue to get worse. Sure we could cut out the middle man and just socialize medicine, the banks and oil industries, but we don't want to freak you free marketeers out so we're just tweeking the fucked up status quo that for some reason, you defend/protect.
I say if your senator doesn't sign the bill, then your state doesn't get any of the money. How about that?