Regardless of political affiliation, I suspect most people in America are watching the circus in Washington with the awe, wonderment, and mixed feelings one might get from watching a cripple fight. In furtherance of my "Devil may care" attitude as the U.S. destroys the middle class, I thought it might be fun to have a little "Create your own stimulus plan" contest. I suspect we could hardly do worse than the fine folks in Washington D.C..

It would be best if your stimulus plan items are not the thousands of pages submitted in Washington, but rather a few sentences to keep the reading light. I'll kick it off.

To stimulate the U.S. economy I propose:
The government subsidize the production of HIGH fuel consumption vehicles. With oil at an all time low, the profits from gas purchases are going to the U.S. based refineries which are operating at all time high profit margins. That money will undoubtedly find its way back into our economy.

Not only will we able to car pool in these large vehicles, which helps the environment, but the price of gas will rise and help drive investment money into green technology meaning more jobs for the American workers.

i have to agree with that..besides it will give lots of jobs to the americans..

I think that the United States should go back to being a confederacy. Money that goes into huge behemoths like FDA and USDA could be greatly scaled back and handled on the individual state levels, and such agencies would be more like communications agencies between the states, rather than in the pockets of the drug companies and big business. Same with FBI, DEA and local law enforcement. The only large agencies on the same scale would be the military, the post office and the Fed, and even those could be scaled back.

tim

I like that! Take this opportunity to let the south rise again!!

Heres another one. Consider the nearly 2 trillion dollars of "stimulus" between Bush (350 billion) and Obama. Divide evenly between the 154 million people working or looking for work, regardless of income level, and write them all a check. Check size: $12,900 per person.

Originally Posted by cbwm

I like that! Take this opportunity to let the south rise again!!

Except the idea wasn't new then. Our original government was a confederacy, if you remember your history. Or if you follow current events, there are a few states seriously considering secession today, none of which are in the south (one is actually in the north!). So long as a unified currency and military are kept, a fifty state confederacy could work.

tim

Originally Posted by serandfae

there are a few states seriously considering secession today

Heh. Not entirely surprising. When you have the NY Times agreeing with Sean Hannity, you can get a pretty good feel of what the road looks like ahead. Some of my moderate friends who voted for O are already cursing themselves.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/op...=2&ref=opinion


Some prime quotes....

We end up with an agenda that is unexceptional in its parts but that, when taken as a whole, represents a social-engineering experiment that is entirely new.

And about the idea of sesession...

The U.S. has always been a decentralized nation, skeptical of top-down planning. Yet, the current administration concentrates enormous power in Washington, while plan after plan emanates from a small group of understaffed experts.

And my personal favorite...

There is evidence of a party swept up in its own revolutionary fervor — caught up in the self-flattering belief that history has called upon it to solve all problems at once.

Anyone who saw Obama's address to congress knows the quote above is incredibly accurate. It was like a giant circle jerk while Rome burns. All told, 2010 portends to be a good year for Republicans, if there is still a country left to rule. I think it was the Mayans who predicted the world would end in 2012...

the problem is that Obama is evil and he will never tell the truth and will never face what is actually at hand. So the stimulus plans are just another attempt to dodge the real issue by giving himself an easy out because the American people will never stop taking hand outs. AND THAT IS THE SAD TRUTH!!!

The only stimulus this country needs is an education on economics!

NOTE: I'M NOT A UNION ORGANIZER, AND I DON'T SUPPORT OR DENY UNION PERSPECTIVES!!!
MEANING; I AM JUST AN ORDINARY WORKER LIKE MOST PEOPLE, WHO HAS AN OPINION FROM WORKING ALL OF THESE YEARS!!!

If we are paid a proper wage so we can put aside money for the things we need to do such as rent/or/ mortgage,electric, telephone , t.v. savings for retirement ,auto upkeep, clothing, vacations etc... this would not be happening and would never happen!

We all need these things and we all work a 40 hr +. week to acquire this!

If the wages aren't equal to what we need then the economy falters as it has in the past and is now doing again because of the greed of the corporations and the neglect of the workers to organize and say this is what is required to live$$$!!!!

Until the workers organize and present a document that proves what it takes to live,(not just exist), we will continue to enjoy these horrendous masochisms!
After all, we do it to ourselves!!

Sit at home for 2-3 hours,(or ten minutes), and figure it all out !
What do you need $$$ to do all of the above +!?

We do it to ourselves, and the only way out is to stop the madness of saying , I'll accept this wage"!

Stop blaming the presidency and restart by the previously mentioned ways of living!

"Union" is not a bad word if you get what you deserve!
Union is not also what it meant in the latter days!
Union means getting together and saying as a collective, this is what we want and is needed to keep it going , let alone just survive!!!