House Democrats propose $410B spending bill

The measure includes thousands of earmarks, the pet projects favored by lawmakers but often criticized by the public in opinion polls. There was no official total of the bill's earmarks, which accounted for at least $3.8 billion.

The legislation, which includes an increase of roughly 8 percent over spending in the last fiscal year, is expected to clear the House later in the week.

Democrats defended the spending increases, saying they were needed to make up for cuts enacted in recent years or proposed a year ago by then-President George W. Bush in health, education, energy and other programs.

floridafun wrote:i also just read on mcclatchey that 40% of those earmarks are also inserted by republicans who are also against earmarks. of course when they are republicanese ""projects"" they dont consider them to be earmarks....also. ((guess i am in a drill sarah-also-baby drill mood today))

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/62742.html

floridafun wrote:soooo ltrt...no response to the 40% inserted by republicans? its all about the axis of evil obama team?

floridafun wrote:gee i do appreciate you clarifying that you think everyone in congress and senate is worthy of your attention/criticism..because i hadnt figured it out based on your posts..does seem to me the repubs get a pretty much free pass from you. guess they arent doing anything to make you wanna gripe

floridafun wrote:i watched rachel maddow interview nancy last nite and i was definately impressed. again you are all about bashing only dems, thanx for supporting my last comment

floridafun wrote:...again you are all about bashing only dems,...

‘Hard choices’ budget sees $1.75 trillion deficit
WASHINGTON - President Obama unveiled a multi-trillion-dollar spending plan Thursday that would boost taxes on the wealthy, curtail Medicare, lay the groundwork for universal health care and leave a string of deficits dwarfing any in the nation's history.

Markwes wrote:http://www.jg.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090226/NEWS03/902269914

‘Hard choices’ budget sees $1.75 trillion deficit
WASHINGTON - President Obama unveiled a multi-trillion-dollar spending plan Thursday that would boost taxes on the wealthy, curtail Medicare, lay the groundwork for universal health care and leave a string of deficits dwarfing any in the nation's history.

Holy Schmoley Batman!

Markwes wrote:http://www.jg.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090226/NEWS03/902269914

‘Hard choices’ budget sees $1.75 trillion deficit
WASHINGTON - President Obama unveiled a multi-trillion-dollar spending plan Thursday that would boost taxes on the wealthy, curtail Medicare, lay the groundwork for universal health care and leave a string of deficits dwarfing any in the nation's history.

Holy Schmoley Batman!

LTRT wrote:

Markwes wrote:http://www.jg.net/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090226/NEWS03/902269914

‘Hard choices’ budget sees $1.75 trillion deficit
WASHINGTON - President Obama unveiled a multi-trillion-dollar spending plan Thursday that would boost taxes on the wealthy, curtail Medicare, lay the groundwork for universal health care and leave a string of deficits dwarfing any in the nation's history.

Holy Schmoley Batman!

Quit bashing the dems.

floridafun wrote:just curious...who do you feel would be a better option than obama as our current prez?

"Not because I believe in bigger government — I don't," Obama said. "Not because I'm not mindful of the massive debt we've inherited — I am. I called for action because the failure to do so would have cost more jobs and cost more hardships."

(March 12) – President Barack Obama and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner received failing grades for their efforts to revive the world's largest economy, according to participants in the latest Wall Street Journal forecasting survey.
A majority of the 49 economists polled said they were dissatisfied with the administration's economic policies, according to the paper, a stark contrast to Obama's popularity ratings with the general public.

floridafun wrote:sigh....

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/60859.html

Economists think the stimulus plan that the House of Representatives will vote on Wednesday, while far from perfect, will help stimulate the moribund U.S. economy.

There's no panacea for what ails the economy. A stimulus plan will work only in combination with other actions, such as more aid to the banking system to spark lending and boost consumer confidence, and the implementation of any plan will be as important as what's in it.

However, most leading economists who are experienced in public policy generally favor the stimulus plan that the House is considering because through it the government will step up spending at a time when private-sector spending has fallen off sharply.

Scooby01_98 wrote:Well for the last several month's the only thing out of Obama's mouth was the economy is bad....need the stimulus plans (laden with pork) to pass or our economy will continue to go down the toilet.

After passing a couple of trillion dollar bills. The economy is now not that bad.

President Barack Obama mounted a stout defense of his blueprint to overhaul the economy Thursday, declaring the national crisis is "not as bad as we think"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090312/ap_on_go_co/obama_economy