"Stimulus"

Read it and weep. Or drink. Or drink, then weep.

-$6 billion to weatherize "modest income homes."
-$6 billion to provide internet in "underserved" areas
-$6 billion for "higher education modernization."
-$20 billion in health information technology to "prevent medial mistakes."
-$20 billion to increase food stamp funding
-$87 billion to provide a "temporary" increase in Medicaid funding
-$300 million to provide rebates for people who purchase Energy Star products
-$600 million for the federal government to buy brand new energy efficient cars

-$400 million for state and local governments to buy brand new energy efficient cars
-$2.4 billion for carbon capture demonstration programs
-$350 million to research using energy efficient technology on military bases
-$300 million for grants and loans to state and local governments for projects that reduce diesel emissions, "benefiting public health and reducing global warming"
-$500 million for energy efficient manufacturing demonstration projects.
-$400 million to build major research facilities "that perform cutting edge science"
-$1.5 billion for expanding "good jobs in biomedical research"

Etc., etc., etc.

Remember after 9/11, critics claimed that the FBI had simply dusted off all of its long-standing wish-lists and presented them to the public trusting crisis would get them passed?

Well, I didn't really think that was the case.

But here?

Seems like this is just a huge excuse to pass liberals' wish-lists of command-and-control spending.

Thanks to A. Weasel.

Posted by: Ace at 07:13 PM

Comments

1 Oh. My. God.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at January 15, 2009 07:15 PM (wgLRl)

2 1 billion on cars? In addition to the other billions? UAW just gasm'd.

Posted by: bunny boy at January 15, 2009 07:19 PM (YsSn7)

3 On the bright side Democrats are so stupid that they are likely to bankrupt America before it becomes completely socialistic.

Posted by: HAMAS at January 15, 2009 07:20 PM (4pdbX)

4 On the bright side Democrats are so stupid that they are likely to bankrupt America before it becomes completely socialistic.

Oops - wrong signature

Posted by: Bald Ninja at January 15, 2009 07:20 PM (4pdbX)

5 We are so screwed and Obama hasn't even ascended to the throne. Can you imagine how much more money is going to be thrown at this mess? We need some sane heads plotting a course out of this mess - even if it means tough love! There is no way that we will be able to pay back this incredibly massive debt! I hope we can hold on 'til 2010 at which time, maybe we can take back some seats. Nancy and Harry need to GO!

Posted by: FedUp at January 15, 2009 07:25 PM (q9SCa)

6 $300 million to provide rebates for people who purchase Energy Star product

huh?

Posted by: Topsecretk9 at January 15, 2009 07:26 PM (SjbHx)

7 Is this the cost of racial harmony?

If we get one unicorn out of this money will it be worth it?

Posted by: WTF Capital Investments at January 15, 2009 07:27 PM (AHrTm)

8 $150 billion for Titanic deck chair re-arrangers, consultant/attorney fees and contingency studies for placement, flotation and rigidity tests for said deck chairs.

The end of the Republic is nigh.

Posted by: The Haimster at January 15, 2009 07:27 PM (cKvYe)

9 Look at the bright side...1 trillion dollars won't be worth squat in six months.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at January 15, 2009 07:28 PM (wgLRl)

10 This is actually the funniest thing posted on this site, like, since the Big Bang.

The Onion? Absolete. I can't stop laughing!

Posted by: Hassidic Rabbit at January 15, 2009 07:28 PM (LbLGr)

11 FYI: For 650 million, the government could just buy brand new 32" flat panel 1080p LCD televisions for about 15 million homes.

Posted by: WTF Capital Investments at January 15, 2009 07:30 PM (AHrTm)

12 Oh shit.

About $12,000 PER UNIT to rehab housing operated by Native Americans.

Dude. I need another passport.

Posted by: WTF Capital Investments at January 15, 2009 07:32 PM (AHrTm)

$2.4 billion for carbon capture demonstration programs

Is that a joke? It sounds like they are not even going to initiate the programs themselves, just see how they work.

Posted by: William Teach at January 15, 2009 07:32 PM (IRsCk)

14 NO SKITTLE SHITTING UNICORN FOR YOU!

Posted by: David in San Diego at January 15, 2009 07:33 PM (GF+6V)

15 check the link

A: (Note, anything I put it quotes is because A. it comes directly from the memo and B. it's so vague and/or ridiculous I don't know what it actually means. And, no this is NOT the full list. This is a PORTION.

and

B:$650 million to continue the coupon program to enable American households to convert from analog television transmission to digital transmission.

$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts

Posted by: Topsecretk9 at January 15, 2009 07:33 PM (SjbHx)

16 A second secession/revolutionary war is looking the better and better option every day. Let Obamacult call itself the USA. We know better. There has to be some way to focus the consequences of liberal stupidity on those who support it.

Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2009 07:34 PM (aBPT+)

17 -$2.4 billion for carbon capture demonstration programs
-$300 million for grants and loans to state and local governments for projects that reduce diesel emissions, "benefiting public health and reducing global warming"
-$400 million "to put more scientists to work doing climate change research"
-$600 million for satellite development and acquisitions, including climate sensors and climate modeling.

But remember, you can't trust the "scientists" who are skeptical of global warming, because some of them get money from oil companies.

Posted by: Brendan at January 15, 2009 07:34 PM (saRwI)

18 It's time to move somewhere more conservative it seems.

I hear Venezuela is looking better. Chavez is recruiting capitalists.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 15, 2009 07:34 PM (sI5Ho)

19 Wow. The federal government alone is going to make my posse all billionaires with all this eco/green stuff.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 15, 2009 07:35 PM (Z0HFQ)

20 How is thing supposed to "stimulate" anything but DEM voters? How is this going to help me, or anyone else I know?

Posted by: Jubal Anderson Early at January 15, 2009 07:35 PM (krKUp)

21 Pay off my student loans while you're at it. I want my piece of free pie too assholes.

Posted by: brak at January 15, 2009 07:36 PM (bLFXx)

22 We're gonna need a bigger boat.

Posted by: AngelEm at January 15, 2009 07:36 PM (tbIup)

23 You know what...all joking aside, take a moment to click on the link above & remember that people with balls revolted over a tea tax.

We've become such a bunch of pathetic mind-numbed drones that we're going to sit back and do nothing more that type a few snarky comments about the complete pilfering and destruction of our once great country.

"Do you want to live for nothing, or die for something?" - fictional character John Rambo circa 2008

Posted by: The Haimster at January 15, 2009 07:36 PM (cKvYe)

24 How 'bout a mere $5 million "to prevent CoolCzech having to go to work next week?"

Posted by: CoolCzech at January 15, 2009 07:38 PM (iafWn)

25
Government jobs for everyone!

Thank you, President Government!

Posted by: Darling at January 15, 2009 07:42 PM (LRCAB)

26 But but I don't see my unicorn free gas or house on that list anywhere I thought we were all gonna have one?Damnit hoodwinked again !

Posted by: Tee866 at January 15, 2009 07:44 PM (zSzrz)

27 I am getting ROCK Hard.

Posted by: Max Power at January 15, 2009 07:46 PM (q177U)

28 -$20 billion in health information technology to "prevent medial mistakes."

I can think of a trillion dollar sized mistake right now.

Posted by: George Orwell at January 15, 2009 07:47 PM (AZGON)

29 The other day I saw a program where they investigated the government's purchase and subsequent use of "energy efficient" and/or "alternate fuel" vehicles...in CA alone, they haven't put 1 (one!!11!!1) drop of alternate fuel into any of the cars in the last 4 years. What a waste. The people proposing this should be shot.

Posted by: g3cko at January 15, 2009 07:48 PM (PApYt)

30 #24, is thinking right. Hey CoolCzech I'll split it with ya. I've always wanted to be a pool boy but moved to CO so that wasn't going to work. But with this, I can be a really successful pool boy in CO and even make a killing in winter.

HOLLA BITCHES!

Posted by: jerky at January 15, 2009 07:50 PM (vYMnV)

31 My fellow Americans ...... cough , hack ... ahem . Welcome to Canada !

Posted by: Bill D. Cat at January 15, 2009 07:51 PM (d0YiG)

32 I saw this earlier today and about shit in my pants. They have $600M for federally purchased cars. Another $600M auto bailout. What the fuck was the first $17B bailout for?!?!? For $17B, the feds should get as many freakin' cars as they want.

It just feels like we're getting closer to the shit hitting the fan. Every move that shouldn't be made; TARP, auto bailout, stimulus-pa-looza 2, etc...is being made. God is trying to send us a message and the only people listening are us and those that shop at Wal-Mart.....went today for my weekly ammo run. The place was wiped out. Got the last three boxes of 9mm and the lady checking me out said she doesn't expect anymore until March......what the fuck! MARCH!!!

Something's brewing or people are awfully nervous and the sea of dickheads in DC are only making worse. Why is it now, after 4-5 relatively calm weeks is the market heading south and we're starting to hear about Citi collapsing and BofA needing more cash. You wouldn't have thunk that these banker types would have known 4 weeks ago that their shit was falling apart. Almost seems like September all over again with the meme that these places are too big too fail.......but unlike last September when they rigged an election, this time we all get unicorns next Tuesday at 12:01, right?

Posted by: theadmiral at January 15, 2009 07:52 PM (zNl33)

33 Ok for real everyone move to WV and we will leave the union, hell they left Virginia in the civil war, I'm sure we can do it again but before we do we leave Byrd,Rockefeller,Rahall in DC. We can keep our Gov even if he is a D cause he's more Repub than most of them in the Congress plus we have a nice surplus in cash so he's doing something right.
We can hide in these hills for years before they find us lord I still get lost and I've lived here for 4 yrs now.Plenty of coal for heat, deer for food, caves to hide in we got it made.

Posted by: Tee866 at January 15, 2009 07:53 PM (zSzrz)

34 #17... Brendan, you are charged under OSA Statute 294.28b with the thoughtcrime of independent thinking. Report to the Ministry of Love, Room 101.

Posted by: George Orwell at January 15, 2009 07:53 PM (AZGON)

35 You know if they're going to hand out money on bullshit I could use a couple billion.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at January 15, 2009 07:54 PM (PDIRQ)

36 The world runs on bullshit. Obie is just topping up our tank so we won't run out during the next 4 years.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 15, 2009 07:56 PM (Z0HFQ)

37 -$1.5 billion for expanding "good jobs in biomedical research"

-$23.6 billion for creating "cool gigs at Starbucks and Peet's"
-$35.8 billion for funding "R&D at community theater groups"
-$103.2 billion for "mellowing the harsh"

Posted by: George Orwell at January 15, 2009 07:57 PM (AZGON)

38 We are so far beyond fucked.................................

Posted by: GarandFan at January 15, 2009 08:00 PM (237hA)

39 Not really all that fucked...this is the sort of nonsense the EU does all the time. Of course, they're pretty fucked though.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at January 15, 2009 08:03 PM (Z0HFQ)

40 I checked that list twice, there's no lube at all listed.

Posted by: Unclefacts at January 15, 2009 08:08 PM (M+Vfm)

41 25 Government jobs for everyone!

Thank you, President Government!
Posted by: Darling at January 15, 2009 07:42 PM (LRCAB)

Exactly. I predict that the next bubble to burst will be the Bureaucracy Bubble. Aside from wasting so much of our money, the levels of additional government added by this bill is mind-numbing. In fact, the "created" jobs will all be government jobs. The "saved" jobs will be in the private sector and they can claim as many as they want.

Posted by: Hayao at January 15, 2009 08:08 PM (h0qfH)

42 @36 - Purple Avenger

Stop it, you're hogging all the truth.

Posted by: ErikTheRed at January 15, 2009 08:09 PM (erlfI)

43 This will be Bush's legacy with an assist from the federal Democrat and RINO-like expansion.

The Bush Administration pre-socialized the nation for Obama. Obama et al. carried the process through.

What we feared would happen pre-Obama is happening. The nation really cannot appreciate just how fucked we are about to be. Or for how long.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 15, 2009 08:10 PM (sI5Ho)

44 My guess is that they are putting every wish into this knowing it won't pass and then paring back to something equally obnoxious while crowing about how much less of our money they are wasting. This is truly disgusting.

Posted by: David at January 15, 2009 08:11 PM (NgoAe)

45 $80 Billion for Fernandozer's ever-growing need for rare 19th-century midget porn.

Posted by: Fernandozer at January 15, 2009 08:12 PM (uHvsp)

46 Devil's Advocate:

1 billion for new cars....well, unlike the bailout where we don't get anything at least we get some cars out of it.

Extra money for food stamps, Medicaid, etc. If this is a temporary measure to help those affected by losing their jobs, then ok by me. Not loving it, but some people may really be hurting soon when non-financials go bust.

Non-Devil's Advocate

5.4 Billion for Carbon Capture: We won't be needing this anyways, but it pretty much defines the idea of paying people to dig holes and then fill them in again.

Posted by: Harun at January 15, 2009 08:17 PM (2da7B)

47 Tommorrow NYT:

Democrats propose new stimulus bill. The spending Bill named the "Job Growth Initiative" provides new jobs for millions of Americans while ensuring the rich pay their fair share. Unfortunately George Bush(against all odds) blocked Obama from obtaining the level of money required to pull this country out of the worst recession in the history of the galaxy. After Americans suffer for a few more months, Obama should finally be able to pass his first spending bill and finally secure the necissary funds to avoid a recession.

The amount will be so buried in the liberal rags that no one will know a spending bill was passed.

Posted by: David at January 15, 2009 08:18 PM (NgoAe)

-$500 million for energy efficient manufacturing demonstration projects.???

Ok, 500 million is "pennys" on this list:

But...

Who profits from the "demonstration projects"? Why the unions and Oboma Chicago cronies who run the that giant convention center McCormick Place.

This is a 500 million GIFT to those crooked bastards in Chicago. This cash will go straight into Obomas buddys in the hood.

Damn, I used to laugh at the Soviets when they complained of "Gangsters" in American. It turns out that they were correct all along.

Posted by: Bruce at January 15, 2009 08:19 PM (8nB5X)

49 '$1.5 billion for expanding "good jobs in biomedical research" '

Because, believe you me, the jobs in biomedical research right now really suck.

Posted by: white lab rat at January 15, 2009 08:24 PM (S8o6Z)

50 No shit.

Posted by: rhesus monkey at January 15, 2009 08:25 PM (S8o6Z)

Actually, we are beyond fucked. We're so far from Fucked, that the light from Fucked will take millions and millions of years to reach us.

FDR was bad. This is worse. Forget the past and you'll fear the future. The ghost of Marx lives on.

Posted by: El Kabong at January 15, 2009 08:26 PM (0BPlb)

went today for my weekly ammo run

Damn, I'm outta my M1 Armor piercing Garand clips and SKS ammo and 7mm mag too. Got lots of other gunz/ammo stuff though. I need to get some more soon, real soon!

Posted by: Angry White Man at January 15, 2009 08:29 PM (tko9p)

53 um, I know I already used up my vote in the election (go Sara!) but is there a website where I can cast my "vote" to say "no more bailouts?" (or just a place where I can vent to the yahoo's all in one place)?

Posted by: jbmeisterswife at January 15, 2009 08:30 PM (VobGa)

Small Business Credit: $430 million for new direct lending and loan guarantee authorities to make loans more attractive to lenders and free up capital. The number of loans guaranteed under the SBA�s 7(a) business loan program was down 57% in the first quarter of this year compared to last.

They're doing it again. Already. It's like watching a retarded tortise keep trying to walk through the same fucking wall over and over again.

Posted by: Secundus at January 15, 2009 08:31 PM (1Caui)

55 Pay off my student loans while you're at it.

Fuck yeah.

Posted by: alexthechick at January 15, 2009 08:32 PM (xUOXi)

56 I weep for my children.

Posted by: Ginger at January 15, 2009 08:37 PM (hCfpu)

Department of Agriculture: $44 million for repairs and security improvements at USDA�s headquarters. Curse the infidels! That was going to be our next target!

Posted by: al Qaeda at January 15, 2009 08:40 PM (1Caui)

58 Don't underestimate how $650 million for digital TV converters can jump start the economy.

Posted by: lowandslow at January 15, 2009 08:43 PM (JV2V8)

59 "Pay off my student loans while you're at it. "

Eh, pay 'em off the way we used to, back in the day. Move frequently and live on a cash economy for the next five years or so.

Or, pen a memoir.

Posted by: notropis at January 15, 2009 08:45 PM (S8o6Z)

Actually, we are beyond fucked. We're so far from Fucked, that the light from Fucked will take millions and millions of years to reach us.

We are so fucked that we are Involuntary Martyrs without knowing it yet. We are about to enter a black hole and find out what anti-matter is all about! We're about to leave the 7HEAVENS for Paradise.

As (Sura 2:29) waves goodbye ...

Posted by: Angry White Man at January 15, 2009 08:49 PM (tko9p)

Medicaid Coverage for the Unemployed:

Provides 100 percent federal funding through 2010 for optional State Medicaid coverage of individuals (and their dependents) who are receiving unemployment benefits or have exhausted those benefits and have no health insurance coverage. Other optional coverage groups are individuals (and their dependents) who are involuntarily unemployed and uninsured and whose family income does not exceed 200 percent of poverty, and unemployed uninsured individuals who are receiving food stamps."

Notice they didn't even bother to put a dollar value on this one.

Posted by: Secundus at January 15, 2009 08:49 PM (1Caui)

62 Can I claim stuff I already purchased that is energy compliant?

Posted by: CDR M at January 15, 2009 08:55 PM (TJoU6)

Lead Paint: $100 million for competitive grants to local governments and nonprofit organizations to remove lead-based paint hazards in low-income housing.

How in the hell could this possibly cost one hundred million? "HERE'S A SCRAPER. DON'T EAT IT."

Posted by: Secundus at January 15, 2009 08:57 PM (1Caui)

64 cheer up folks. The prezO only has 4 yrs to mess with, and besides, baseball season is starting in 3 months. Go RedSox!

Posted by: reg dunlop at January 15, 2009 08:57 PM (2Khl9)

65 I remember the day when the human body was worth $1.43 in chemical components. Those were the days. Then you felt like you were worth more alive than dead. But, soon they're going to go all soylent green on our ass to help pay for all of this crap....

Posted by: Hayao at January 15, 2009 08:58 PM (h0qfH)

Gosh, if only there were some way of predicting that this sort of thing would happen if we gave the government a blank check to use as it sees fit. The world is full of surprises.

If folks are in a seccessionist mood, may I recommend Texas? Major port city, and lots of folks incredibly frustrated with the lack of representation by our political masters in Washington. And guns. Lots and lots of guns. (Yes, I'm kidding. More or less.)

Posted by: Cautiously Pessimistic at January 15, 2009 08:59 PM (ltwze)

67 Mebbe we could 'adopt' one of these projects as our pet project, track it and FoIA the hell out of it. We could report on everyone that gets their grubby hands on this stupid cash and shame them.

Even better if you could encourage other blogs (coughAllahcough) to pick one others and gang-tackle these boondoggles.

Posted by: adamthemad at January 15, 2009 08:59 PM (kIjlp)

68 Is this the prelude to Trump's new show, "Who wants a Bailout?"

Posted by: CDR M at January 15, 2009 08:59 PM (TJoU6)

Good jobs in biomedical research?

Would this include research into the root cause of bleeding taxpayers' assholes?

Posted by: scrood at January 15, 2009 09:01 PM (1dOyI)

70 You shouldn't be buying your ammo, you should be making your ammo.

Posted by: Unclefacts at January 15, 2009 09:04 PM (M+Vfm)

71 Goodbye America.

Posted by: qrstuv at January 15, 2009 09:05 PM (iLavX)

72 We are so fucked that Al Qaida is already claiming victory. Who knew they were into the futures market?

Posted by: CDR M at January 15, 2009 09:06 PM (TJoU6)

Our choices - bankruptcy or runaway inflation - or both. Stagflation on steriods at best.

But in any event, Big Media will be playing 'Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil, See No Evil' as long as the Dems are in power.

And given Big Media's blatant total dishonesty and their ability to still frame the 'national debate', we totally and completely fucked.

Posted by: maxxman at January 15, 2009 09:07 PM (OYeDg)

This is just a complete made up load of shit. $850 BILLION worth of graft.

No one Obama won't allow any earmarks. This whole thing is one big earmark.....NO it's one big fucking skidmark. The results of scarfing down that shit sandwich last fall.

Posted by: Rocks at January 15, 2009 09:07 PM (3RHzM)

75 $6 Billion to "weatherize modest income houses" is codespeak for PIMP MY HOUSE BITCHES! Like that chick in Orlando who said the one was going to pay her mortgage. Come to think of it, she said the One was going to make her car payments go away. That's where one of those new guvnment cars is going.

Posted by: CDR M at January 15, 2009 09:09 PM (TJoU6)

76 unfuckingbelievable

Posted by: t at January 15, 2009 09:09 PM (xSPT9)

Lead paint has been off the market for 40 damn years. How many fucking houses can't there be that still have lead paint?

Posted by: Rocks at January 15, 2009 09:09 PM (3RHzM)

78 30 billion - to the New York Times, Washington Post, McClatchy, Gannett, NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC - payment for "services rendered"

Posted by: kbdabear at January 15, 2009 09:11 PM (miw86)

79 If pouring hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars into a hole works to rescue the economy, shouldn't New Orleans be a sparkling boom town by now?

Posted by: kbdabear at January 15, 2009 09:13 PM (miw86)

80 "400 million to build major research facilities that perform cutting edge research"

Don't we give fucking tax payer money already to universities for this shit already?

Posted by: CDR M at January 15, 2009 09:13 PM (TJoU6)

81 So whatever happened to that "Everything's Awesome!" Web site? I think we need to update it for the bailout edition...

Posted by: Stacy at January 15, 2009 09:13 PM (GKSDi)

82 -$500 million to rehabilitate and improve energy efficiency at some of the over 42,000 housing units maintained by Native American housing programs

Don't the Indians have casino's that make money hand over fist? And not pay taxes on it?

Posted by: CDR M at January 15, 2009 09:15 PM (TJoU6)

83 80 "400 million to build major research facilities that perform cutting edge research"

Don't we give fucking tax payer money already to universities for this shit already?

That's just some sugar for the shit sandwich of "bailing out leftist universities who pay 6 figure salaries to batshit crazy old hippies"

Posted by: kbdabear at January 15, 2009 09:15 PM (miw86)

Oops

we are totally

Posted by: maxxman at January 15, 2009 09:15 PM (OYeDg)

85 -$400 million for "ready-to-go habitat restoration projects"

Codespeak for fixing the ghetto!

Posted by: CDR M at January 15, 2009 09:15 PM (TJoU6)

But on the positive side you have the first afro/arab/american president!

wow!

Posted by: MSM at January 15, 2009 09:16 PM (Y5MUC)

Since 2001, as worker productivity went up, 96% of the income growth in this country went to the wealthiest 10% of society. While they were benefitting from record high worker productivity, the remaining 90% of Americans were struggling to sustain their standard of living. They sustained it by borrowing� and borrowing� and borrowing, and when they couldn�t borrow anymore, the bottom fell out. This plan will strengthen the middle class, not just Wall Street CEOs and special interests in Washington.

Fucking load of bullshit. MAINTAIN? Fucking 2 SUVS, a 70 inch plasma and 2 differerent game consoles is not fucking maintaining shit. The bottom didn't fall out because people borrowed, it's because people who should NEVER have been allowed to borrow in the first place were given blank fucking checks, literally.

I just heard the name Dave Obey today for the first time and already I hate the son of a bitch.

Posted by: Rocks at January 15, 2009 09:16 PM (3RHzM)

88 Pessimistic, I think it's got to be a collection of states, not just Texas. It doesn't necessarily have to be the old Confederacy (if Indiana or Missouri would go, I'd have less far to move), I think any 10 or more connected states would provide enough deterrent to prevent the initial action from getting bloody. Remember, most of Obama's support was formed two years ago of people looking to run from the fight in Iraq (that they weren't part of).

In following years, as the Obama States of America collapse under the weight of their national debt, we'd have trouble, but no more than Europe used to.

Posted by: Methos at January 15, 2009 09:19 PM (aBPT+)

89 Don't the Indians have casino's that make money hand over fist? And not pay taxes on it?

Out here in California, we have Indian casinos run by the " fill in the blank Band of the Mission Indians. I got a little suspicious when commercials started coming up saying "The Corleone Band of the Mission Indians"

Posted by: kbdabear at January 15, 2009 09:19 PM (miw86)

90 -$2 billion to provide child care services for an additional 300,000 children in low-income families while their parents go to work.

Just 300,000 children??? Funny, doing the math, it comes out to $6,666.66 cents per kid. That's a lot of sixes. Wonder what that means?

Posted by: CDR M at January 15, 2009 09:19 PM (TJoU6)

91 -$476.9 billion for Treasury ink, paper, and engraving plates for the new $1,000,000,000 bills, to replace the $20 bill

Posted by: George Orwell at January 15, 2009 09:20 PM (AZGON)

92 There was a time when looters were shot on sight.

Posted by: the real joe at January 15, 2009 09:20 PM (IaUzC)

93 Tee 866 You're right, and Joe Manchin's not a bad guy. Byrd's about dead. Get Shelley Moore Capito in there, keep Rahall as a hostage negotiator and get rid of Rockefeller. WV's as good a place as any to hide.

Posted by: Tattoo de Plane at January 15, 2009 09:21 PM (EJmQG)

94 I need a few million for my, ahem, premature emissions.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 15, 2009 09:22 PM (07u+3)

I'm starting to take another look at the fundamentalist Mormon idea of "bleeding the beast", and it's making more and more sense.

That scares me.

Posted by: Jethro Bodine at January 15, 2009 09:23 PM (C+BlQ)

70 You shouldn't be buying your ammo, you should be making your ammo.

Goddamn I gave back 5 jars of all different powders to the gun store after a flood. Still have the Rock Chucker set though and everything else. Primers might be no good. But what a good idea.

Posted by: Angry White Man at January 15, 2009 09:25 PM (tko9p)

97 Where's the pot o gold for the gay sex toys industry? I'm sure that Barney doesn't want to see butt plug and ballgag manufacturers going under. Nanny Nancy doesn't either, San Francisco's economy would collapse without it.

Posted by: kbdabear at January 15, 2009 09:25 PM (miw86)

98 It scares me even more when I'm not wearing a sockpuppet.

Posted by: gebrauchshund at January 15, 2009 09:25 PM (C+BlQ)

Can we do it? Yes we can!

This is change we can all believe in!

Posted by: Lefty O'Toole at January 15, 2009 09:28 PM (Y5MUC)

100 I just went into my 2 boys bedrooms. They are sleeping. I kissed them on the forehead, and whispered "I'm so sorry". I've been sober for over seven years, but, fucking wow. Fucking wow. I was a functioning alcoholic, more than I can say for my overlords now.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 15, 2009 09:29 PM (07u+3)

101 Fuck the media who tells us when Palin's cousin's ex-wife's stepson gets caught jerking off, but can't say a goddamn thing about this fucking bloated mess after the pissing and moaning over Bush's deficits.

Fuck those conservatives who wined and dined with The One, slurping up everything he had to offer. And fuck those like Kathleen Parker who didn't get invited.

I'm beginning to think that just maybe, things aren't as bad as they seem. But we have the appearance of a crisis, and like Rahm Emmanuel said, this can't go to waste. Which of these items stimulates anything but liberals? My guess is that Obama and friends strongly believe the economy will recover in 2010 no matter what stimulus we have, if any. A couple years with massive deficits are one thing, but once this spending happens, it is the new norm. We will have become Europe is the course of a couple of years, thanks to a scared populace, a Chicago shitball, and a complicit media.

Posted by: bunny boy at January 15, 2009 09:30 PM (YsSn7)

102 I vote Texas. People here seem to talk about secession on a weekly basis. And yeah, we've got a shitload of guns, a decent port, a good chunk of the nation's refining capability, oil wells, lots of windmills, plenty of land, agriculture, biotech companies, aerospace companies, infrastructure, etc... the list just keeps going. Sure, I'm kidding. But if those assholes in Washington keep pushing shit like this on us my sense of humor is likely to hit its limit. Somehow I don't think I'm alone.

Posted by: J Foster at January 15, 2009 09:31 PM (6aQu7)

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Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at January 15, 2009 09:32 PM (YYanS)

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Posted by: The Band at January 15, 2009 09:32 PM (QtRBc)

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Posted by: George Orwell at January 15, 2009 09:33 PM (AZGON)

106 I'm down with W.V. Beautiful State, and a strong defensive posture. Texas is great as well....Fuck, Zimbabwe is even looking good. They can't get much worse, and it is where we're heading.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 15, 2009 09:35 PM (07u+3)

107

What the fuck are "medial" mistakes? Is that a typo?

I got an offer to refinance my mortgage today at 4.375% for 30 years with $7500 in fees and points. I'm beginning to think that's a good deal because with this kind of spending, interest rates are going back up to the Jimma Carter rates (20% plus) in no time.

Posted by: ladylawyer at January 15, 2009 09:36 PM (lXdU5)

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Be sure to load up on the TBT...

Posted by: scrood at January 15, 2009 09:38 PM (1dOyI)

109 All this is moot because when Mexico takes an el dumpo big time probably in the next year or two every mexican will be flooding our borders. We will become a third world country. We are already on our way now.

Stay thirsty my friends.

Posted by: MrsPaulsFishSticks at January 15, 2009 09:44 PM (PBGAP)

110

This is how we got Reagan. The libs were outraged when he won, but Americans were just sick of stagflation, the interest rates, and the welfare state, and they voted for a REAL change, because this shit just did not work. The economy did NOT recover, it limped along. And it won't work this time either. Back then, the hostage take-over at the Iranian Embassy was the final straw. That seems almost quaint in today's world.

Posted by: small town girl at January 15, 2009 09:48 PM (CFcAU)

111 Thank Geo. O. What do I tell them later. " Dad, you never took shit from anybody and you taught us to walk tall". How did you and your freinds let this happen?

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 15, 2009 09:50 PM (hxWKQ)

112 One of the few times I'm glad I make my living illegally/in a grey area. Sense of obligation to pay fair share off taxes: Falling.

Posted by: steve_in_hb at January 15, 2009 09:52 PM (/SI8o)

113 Jesus. H. Christ.

Posted by: dick at January 15, 2009 09:53 PM (L9+xW)

114 Actually considering the position the Repubs are in congress I would go to the dems and say you can have whatever you want if we get 2 things.

1. A complete, functional and effective fence on or southern border within 4 years.

2. Every business in the country with more than 5 employees must check for and receive a clean bill for any employee against an immigration check system before they can be hired. Deportation for all those that don't pass.

Posted by: Rocks at January 15, 2009 09:54 PM (3RHzM)

115 Ok for real everyone move to WV and we will leave the union, hell they left Virginia in the civil war, I'm sure we can do it again but before we do we leave Byrd,Rockefeller,Rahall in DC. We can keep our Gov even if he is a D cause he's more Repub than most of them in the Congress plus we have a nice surplus in cash so he's doing something right.

Hell. I've lived in West Virginia for almost 30 years. The first thing this state needs is the world's biggest enema. Stick the hose in the Capital Building.

Posted by: Reiver at January 15, 2009 09:56 PM (oliA4)

116

Stimulate every worthless hobby horse and financial sinkhole they can find. And it's the new baseline for each of these programs.

"I love my country, but I hate my government." -I sympathize with that more and more every day.

Posted by: MlR at January 15, 2009 09:58 PM (PLmsY)

117 #112... Underground. That will be the future. One thing we can learn from Europe is how their underground economy is organized. I'll bet you gold dollars that there is a thriving economy there that functions below the radar.

Posted by: George Orwell at January 15, 2009 09:59 PM (AZGON)

118 Any thoughts on how the National/State Guard will react when it is their job to put people out of their homes due to skyrocketing property taxes? If looting occurs , for food and other essentials (ammo?), not T.V.'s, will my fellow Americans real shoot me? In my driveway? I have one hell of an arsenal, but, let's face it we're outgunned. None of us has a chopper, heat seeking infared goggles etc..Are the burbs gonna be war zones? Will my NRA sticker be "probable cause"....Should I pay my bills and continue to work my ass off, or fall into the needy catagory?

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 15, 2009 10:00 PM (hxWKQ)

119 Meals: $726 million to increase the number of states that provide free dinners to children and
to encourage participation by new institutions by increasing snack reimbursement rates. ---

We currently provide breakfast and lunch, might as well add in dinner and let the government raise the children.

Posted by: Topsecretk9 at January 15, 2009 10:01 PM (SjbHx)

120 We're doomed.

Posted by: PJ at January 15, 2009 10:04 PM (fyFnu)

121 How much of that money is going to ACORN? I see a lot of housing-related stuff.

Posted by: JohnJ at January 15, 2009 10:07 PM (7ElmP)

122 Lon Hirihchi( Ruby Ridge). Is he still employed? He had no trouble shooting a mother "brandishing a baby". How many more of them are out there? We're fucked.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 15, 2009 10:07 PM (hxWKQ)

123 You want the VAT.....the VAT solves all.........................

Posted by: Pierre Trudeau at January 15, 2009 10:20 PM (3RHzM)

124 Waco, Ruby Ridge and Elian Gonzales were all on the Clinton/Reno watch. All domestic crimes. I don't have much outlaw left in me. I've changed my ways since settling down into the "American Dream". Is Eric Holder any better than Reno? The NRA won't oppose Holder, so off come the stickers on my vehicles. No sense advertising that I'm well armed to the Gov't and G-bangers looking to arm up. Dues to the NRA stop too.

Posted by: hutch1200 at January 15, 2009 10:23 PM (hxWKQ)

125

No need to capture me--I give up.

(ps: Can I still have my $2.4 billion?)

Posted by: carbon at January 15, 2009 10:40 PM (4gHqM)

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Fuck.

Just fuck.

Fuck.

Fuck the "52." Go to hell.

Hey. I'm pissed off. You copy, fucktard Obambi voters?

Oh yeah, I'm actually more pissed off at the sackless douchebag Republican squishes. You spineless don't-make-waves jellyfish who want to look compassionate!

Man, going off grid has never sounded more enticing.

Posted by: PaleoMedic at January 15, 2009 10:53 PM (yiNoG)

127 Summon the meteors

Posted by: toby928 at January 15, 2009 10:55 PM (PD1tk)

128 Ayn Rand wrote a little book in the '30's called Anthem.

What we are experiencing here is the tail end of "the time that can never be mentioned".

Maybe central planning will assign us work in the soon to be burgeoning candle industry.

It's over,
Unity 64-2247

Posted by: The Haimster at January 15, 2009 11:12 PM (cKvYe)

129 Hmmm.

If the Democrats add any -pork-, how the fuck could we tell the difference?

Posted by: memomachine at January 15, 2009 11:16 PM (XNKxF)

130 Hmmm.

"If we get one unicorn out of this money will it be worth it?"

It needs more cowbell!

Posted by: memomachine at January 15, 2009 11:17 PM (XNKxF)

131 Summon the meteors
toby928 at January 15, 2009 10:55 PM

Heh, toby,
I had that cartoon stuck in my head when I found this & sent it to Ace.

Posted by: A. Weasel at January 15, 2009 11:17 PM (wOdRM)

132 'What brought it to pass? What disaster took their reason away from men? What whip lashed them to their knees in shame and submission? The worship of the word "We."'

Posted by: George Orwell at January 15, 2009 11:20 PM (AZGON)

133 Guys, calm down! All is well! Obama edited a law journal at Harvard.

Posted by: CoolCzech at January 15, 2009 11:21 PM (iafWn)

134 A. Weasel--
I think sweet old Gaia needs a fresh K-T Boundary. Let Lord Unicorn solve the iridium crisis. For the children!

Posted by: George Orwell at January 15, 2009 11:25 PM (AZGON)

135 In other news, the Minneapolis <i>Star-Tribune</i> filed for bankruptcy earlier tonight. Think the Strib will be lining up for a little stimulus?

Posted by: PA Cat at January 15, 2009 11:31 PM (Oc7bG)

136 Is shitting coal chunks in public "cutting edge science" or a "carbon capture demonstration" or just a neat trick?

Posted by: brickshitter at January 15, 2009 11:32 PM (qB1yC)

137 133 Guys, calm down! All is well! Obama edited a law journal at Harvard.

He wrote two books about himself too. The DemSM assures us that anyone who can write two books about nothing and actually sell them is a fucking MENSA

Posted by: kbdabear at January 15, 2009 11:38 PM (miw86)

138 I'd like to think we could revolt against this taxation disguised as "investment in our future;" alas, the collective backbone of the self-sufficient has been voluntarily bred and legislated out of us. Hello, Europe. Mind if we slum with you for a while?

Those of you clever enough to skirt tax law and pocket the money or operate off the books? Good luck and you have my blessings. Our betters, and specifically our would-be Treasury Secretary, believe tax evasion to be justified, too. Why pay when we really have no say or when we are expected to acquiesce when the powers that be give themselves loopholes?

Our government has become a criminal enterprise. Oh sure, it's legislated theft to make it appear nice and legal-like, but this is corruption of a historical scale.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 15, 2009 11:40 PM (sI5Ho)

139 Star Trib on the gravy train to Chapter 11? I'm almost certain that Ed Morrissey will lobby for a bailout. In the name of bipartisanship! When HotAir gets around to reporting this, that is. Wait a day or two.

Honestly, the people on this blog are so far up to speed over everyone else, it's not just scary. It's GHEY.

People posting here got the story on the Last Supper at George Fucking Will's shack correct, while even Instapundit got it wrong, last night.

For morons, you guys don't make a lot of mistakes. Except with the consumption of Val-U-Rite.

Posted by: George Orwell at January 16, 2009 12:00 AM (FCbvi)

140 Hutch1200:

Ruby Ridge was on Bush, Sr.'s watch.

Posted by: notropis at January 16, 2009 12:02 AM (S8o6Z)

141

OT.

When did this place become a chick hangout? I am seeing ads for vacuums and flowers.

Posted by: Ginger at January 16, 2009 12:03 AM (hCfpu)

142

Lon Hirihchi( Ruby Ridge). Is he still employed? He had no trouble shooting a mother "brandishing a baby".

Posted by: hutch1200

that piece of shit just had a full page endorsement of hs precision stocks a couple months ago. fuck him, hs precision, the goat he rode in on, and the barbed cock he sucks on every night before bedtime.

Posted by: e.koenig at January 16, 2009 12:13 AM (2J+Vs)

143 Ginger,

Smart military blogs need cleaning, aroma therapy, and throw pillows, too. Don't forget the urine-soaked throw pillows. I sure hope the advertisers didn't.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at January 16, 2009 12:13 AM (sI5Ho)

144 I just want the sons of bitches to give me .05 billion as a gift. And I promise to shut the F*** up and never stick my hand out again.

Donkeys suck.

Posted by: Anita at January 16, 2009 12:19 AM (VuWBZ)

145 I didn't read the fine print, but I can't find my "40 acres and a mule" in there anywhere. And it really wouldn't add that much to the final price tag.

Bunch of racist b.s. if you ask me.

Posted by: Al Sharpton at January 16, 2009 12:34 AM (S8o6Z)

146

Say what you will about the Rats but they're good at giving their constituients what they want.

If the GOP had grasped that concept after November 2004, they'd still be in power today.

Posted by: flenser at January 16, 2009 12:54 AM (KJI3U)

147 There is no stupidity like the stupidity of "smart people."

Posted by: AmishDude at January 16, 2009 01:01 AM (GlrN/)

148 "If the GOP had grasped that concept after November 2004, they'd still be in power today."

Amen. Instead, they tried to give their (and the Democrats') constituents what the Democrats' constituents want (handouts), instead of what Republican (conservative) constituents want: a fiscally responsible, ethical, transparent Congress, intent on securing our borders while streamlining bureaucracy.

Goofy thing is, it seems to me that delivering what Republicans' constituents want would actually be easier than ladling out the gravy, as the Democrats do.

Posted by: Al Sharpton at January 16, 2009 01:09 AM (S8o6Z)

149 Woops, I don't think Al said that.

Posted by: notropis at January 16, 2009 01:09 AM (S8o6Z)

150 A. Weasel--
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Posted by: George Orwell at January 15, 2009 11:25 PM (AZGON)

Damn, I thought you said Unicron at first. Unicron! Now that would be some fuckin' change.

Posted by: fiatboomer at January 16, 2009 01:22 AM (p0rAL)

151 ""400 million to build major research facilities that perform cutting edge research""

Into what? Congress is talking like a freaking children's show: "He has a Ph.D. -- in SCIENCE!"

Posted by: Al Gore at January 16, 2009 01:23 AM (DBS+D)

152 Congress is talking like a freaking children's show: "He has a Ph.D. -- in SCIENCE!"

...Dr. Robert Stadler addressed the nation, endorsing the establishment of a State Science Institute. "Set science free of the rule of the dollar," he pleaded...

Just one of many scenes coming our way, and it isn't the movie "Atlas Shrugged," it's real.

Posted by: George Orwell at January 16, 2009 01:33 AM (AZGON)

153 There is no stupidity like the stupidity of "smart people."

AD, something tells me they are not the stupid ones here.

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Where's the money for the teachers, er, I mean the children? I haven't gotten a raise in nine months. I mean the children haven't gotten the best me they can get in nine months.

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158 .Are the burbs gonna be war zones? Will my NRA sticker be "probable cause"....Should I pay my bills and continue to work my ass off, or fall into the needy catagory?

I've given this some consideration, in view of the fact that the middle class is about to be forcibly disappeared.

I've opted to save money, and to try to pay off our second mortgage. I don't know what to do with our investments, such as they are, which were for retirement, but which are tanking. (I don't mind as much for us as I do my younger daughter, whose 529 college fund is also tanking.)

I figure that we will fall into the needy category without any effort on our parts, simply because that is what will happen to most like us. Maybe we can avoid it (though of course, it may well be smarter to hurry it along, rather than avoid it), but in any case, maybe we can put it off longer than many.

I just expect life to become harder and harder for us, while less and less "fair." (Ironic, that.) Crowned by a very miserable and probably short retirement. (Short due to rationed medical care.)

I figure you can do it two ways: Cash out everything you can, hide everything you can, and go on the dole every which way you can, and cheat like hell in the underground economy. Or just keep hanging on and being one of the last hold-outs for the American way of life. I'm opting for the latter - betting on recovery. But in no way expecting it.

It's a very schizophrenic sort of way to be living. I mean, on the one hand, I go on as if everything is as it always was, on the surface - with the exception of I've now cut out virtually all spending, and started saving money in all ways possible. But other than instituting a "don't spend money" way of life, we just go on completely as normal.

But the other half of me, underneath, feels like we're just going through the motions, and living a sort of incredibly fake, unrealistic life, cause it may well be all down the drain soon no matter what we do. There seems to be nothing in any of it for the likes of us.

In other words, we are the ones who will sacrifice, I suppose, till we are also dependent on state largess. We're just ordinary middle class, and not wealthy enough to escape the inevitable decline, or plunge, whichever.

Posted by: Alana at January 16, 2009 03:22 AM (JE2zV)

159 Alana, I must admit to having similar feelings to yours re: savings / investments. One thing I do know is not to panic-sell because there will be a coming euphoric period, which will buoy the market. That point is where I'll start considering some rather drastic measures...thankfully for me, I'm single and can 'turn on a dime'.

And yes, I agree that we (TMC) are disappearing...we've played by the rules, payed our taxes, received little from the Gubmint, etc....<sigh>.

Posted by: billygoat at January 16, 2009 06:47 AM (WQqt3)

160 20 billion for food stamp????? I'm gonna divorce my husband, stay home and collect!! the liberals love to keep the baby mama's happy !! I'm gonna stay home, mooch off the govt, get fat, mooch the govt health care, have 5 more kids, mooch more, get fatter and fatter eating more food with my free food stamp, and I could blame the govt for all my failures in life, get more food stamp, get my weight up to 400 lbs !!!---I'm set for life ---thank you obama for treating me like an animal, feeding me, encouraging me to breed for more aid and letting me fill this world with more kids brought up without any responsibility....like animals.

Posted by: nygal at January 16, 2009 08:29 AM (+/c0N)

161 Ah, yes. Combatting global warming. Definitely. Because it's a balmy -4 degrees here in MA, that is WAY too warm.

Posted by: deadrody at January 16, 2009 08:32 AM (TxMs4)

162

the shame of begging has been eliminated in our society, so has the shame of being over 3-4 hundred pounds and the shame of not working.

our free country is on it's way of being a country for fat useless freeloaders.

stay stupid, eat for free and bow to the one. don't get married and work for a living---then the govt is gonna fuck u, stay single, fuck around, reproduce, get food stamps, get fat and just live like a useless animal. this is the change, this is the hope, this is communism.

Posted by: nygal at January 16, 2009 08:39 AM (+/c0N)

163 How 'bout a few billion to warm global temperatures?

5.8 degrees here in Connecticut, this morning, and I'm freezing my ass off!!

Posted by: CoolCzech at January 16, 2009 09:21 AM (iafWn)

164

The really insidious result of the vague language is a complete lack of accountability. When the graft begins to come to light, your average Congressional member who votes for this thing will be able to say "I had no idea the money would be used for x when the bill said y in my view."

P.S.: We need a $50 million dollar grant to use Bill Proxmire and Barry Goldwater as perpetual energy machines because they are spinning, baby.

Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at January 16, 2009 09:39 AM (B+qrE)

165 nygal--fuck you and your fucking bigotry. I get up and go to work every day, I'll purchase and eat whatever food I fucking choose, and it's

Posted by: HeatherRadish at January 16, 2009 10:05 AM (fGDhl)

166

??? I'm a bigot cause I wish people would take responsibilites for their own lives??? I'm a bigot cause I wish people would earn a living and not mooch off others who do and pay taxes??? I'm a bigot cause I made a statement about how sick our new govt is going to be---doling out my tax dollars to pay a poor fuck who can't control his eating--- all the time not working, getting fat, clogging up our hospitals with their fatso ailments, in which with this socialized healthcare being put up on the table, the taxers like me would be footing the bill ????If you work and pay taxes, who cares about you---not this new govt of hope.....this obama govt is gonna be the end to any individual responsibile for their own lives........this obama govt is going to make us sicker, fatter, and lazier while the limosine liberals are crying out--- triumph to their pitiful cause of helping the poor fuckers.

welcome to hell, where calling out for individual responsibilites mean selfishness and bigotry.

Posted by: nygal at January 16, 2009 10:30 AM (+/c0N)

167 Ace, that's pretty bad news but here's the worse news: That's only what they SAY they are spending the stimulus bucks on. The gummint is pouring millions of stimulus bucks in the trough and the hogs are in a feeding frenzy.

Posted by: Tantor at January 16, 2009 10:38 AM (ABPr3)

168 I had that cartoon stuck in my head when I found this

Word, Weasel. I've been using the phrase way too much but it seems so fitting for our situation.

Posted by: toby928 at January 16, 2009 10:56 AM (PD1tk)

169 I'd like to think that the USA is bankrolling Earth's involvement in an interstellar war via our space-time Stargate portal.

This is all cover for funding McGuyver's starcruiser squad, right?

Posted by: Techie at January 16, 2009 11:00 AM (906oR)

170 They call it STIMULES we call it the ANUIAL SLOPPING OF THE DEMACREATIC HAWGS its become a event in WASHINGTON D.C.(DISTRICT of CRINIMALS) and their slop troughs are full of ill gotten cash and the demacratic hawgs are hungry again

Posted by: Spurwing Plover at January 16, 2009 12:27 PM (jkH2A)

171

I'm going thru it bit by bit (darned job, I should just quit and let the government take care of me). You can see what I find at http://lightduty.wordpress.com

Here's an excerpt:

Page 7- Up to .5% of funds may be used for the expenses of management & oversight of the programs. IE, the Federal agencies can take that out before awarding grants. (only what, $4,250,000,000- that�s $4.25 Billion)

Page 8-10 � Inspector General for the various agencies gets ADDITIONAL oversight millions, totaling $208,500,000. And GAO gets $25,000,000.

10 pages in, and already they've spent around billions in government inefficiency.

Posted by: Matt Dooley at January 16, 2009 03:21 PM (juHyy)

172 Where exactly is the money going to come from? I can assure you California will pass out IOU's for tax returns because there is no money. We are on the verge of collapse, China recognizes the risks of investing into the U.S. and I guess the Obama mentality is to print more money?

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