House Appropriations Committee Chair on Stimulus Waste: ‘So What’

"We simply made a decision, which took about three seconds, not to have earmarks in the bill. And with all due respect, that's the least important question facing us on putting together this package."

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February 6, 2009 at 1:49 pm - NPR
Dateline: Washington DC
Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   February 6th, 2009 - 2:01 pm

America…all of these politicians together do not have the know how to oversee such a large, large amount of monies. It is beyond human comprehension. It needs to stop and stop now…it is up to us to get it done and show these politicians who is boss…they work for us not the other way around!
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America…remember….if you are complaining about the stimulus package and have not yet voiced your opinion to your Senator (USA.gov), you are saying “yes” to the package to burden our children and grandchildren with debt for the rest of their lives.

Stop nitpicking and get on the phone…get on the net….Marie Antoinette Pelosi and her cronies are trying to FORCE A VOTE TODAY (2/6)!

NO>>>NO>>>NO to “any” “any” more monies going out…period!

We go bankrupt in debt by passing this bill

or

We go bankrupt without debt by saying no…

I vote to say NO!

P L E A S E…DO WHAT IS RIGHT AND DO IT NOW…TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE!

biff   February 6th, 2009 - 2:10 pm

in the words of one of the most famous and scholarly people and probably a democrat:

stupid is as stupid does!!!

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LK   February 6th, 2009 - 2:11 pm

’stupid decision made” – THE STIMULUS PACKAGE AS A WHOLE!!!

Stimulus is Obama and the Democrats PAYING OFF the unions, ACORN and non-taxpayers for votes DELIVERED AND CAST!

THROW ALL THE BUMS OUT! The only thing they’re interested in is being re-elected time and time again!

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Drano   February 6th, 2009 - 2:25 pm

You hear about the liberal Democrats tax and spend policies. They are spending your money now. The taxing will come later.

Here are some of the pork items in the bill that we will have to pay for when it passes:

l) $4.1 billion to Acorn, the group that registered dead people during the election

2) $246 million for Hollywood!

3) $600 million for new cars for government workers

4) $200 million for plug-in car stations

5) $400 million for “global warming” research

6) $83 billion for earned income credit for those who don’t even pay income taxes

7) $335 million for STD education and prevention, and

8) $54 billion to federal programs that the Office of Government Accountability has already criticized as ineffective.

Monica   February 6th, 2009 - 2:25 pm

irishkay: I couldn’t have said it any better, well done.

irishkay   February 6th, 2009 - 2:26 pm

Who the he!! does Obama think he is! We are not his children, and either is the Senate! The Senate works for us, Mr. President! Don’t forget it! The whole world is watching you Mr. President. Step away from the microphone, stop badgering, and let the Senators read the bill, pull out the pork, and hand you a bill that will actually stimulate the economy. You are not an economist, your people can’t even pay their taxes, so stop YELLING at us to do something WE DON’T WANT TO PAY FOR! GET IT RIGHT! YOUR WHINING AND THREATENING AND BEMOANING AND INCESSANT NAGGING WON’T GET IT DONE ANY SOONER – WHEN IT’S DONE, IT’S DONE, NOT BEFORE! You’re scaring me Mr. President – how will you act if we are ever attacked? For the love of God and this country, pull yourself together, act Presidential, this ain’t Chicago!

Jeff   February 6th, 2009 - 2:30 pm

Yet another glaring example of the sort of people running our government.
This lefty just doesn’t care. He doesn’t care where the money goes, how it is spent, how much is pork, or if it is a wise choice. He cares about exactly 2 things:
1) Covering his own butt (he won’t read it and doesn’t take ownership of the spending, instead relying on the new empty buzzword of “oversight”)
2) Making the Democrats look like they care (accomplished, of course, by the speedy passage of even a flawed bill – why take the time to ensure that the spending makes sense and is pork free?)
This is why our government is so error prone and inefficient. This same stupidity is why we passed the auto-bailout (and those companies now need more cash), why the last stimulus bill was an ineffective joke, and why a guy like Obama can get elected.
Who cares? The taxpayers. that’s who. And as head of the appropriations committee, YOU are supposed to care you dirtwad in a suit!!

Anne   February 6th, 2009 - 2:30 pm

I love the picture with Mr. So What (Congressman Obey) and Mr. Pork (Congressman Murtha)figuratively thumbing their noses at the media and the public!

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irishkay   February 6th, 2009 - 2:41 pm

It’s ALL earmarks – Earmarks are items that are targeted! OUR MONEY is being targeted towards paybacks, lobbyists, constituents, community organizations, Pelosi’s pet projects (over 1900) and climbing for California (maybe it’s for the tax refunds being ’stolen’ by Arnold) that’s earmarks!
SO WHAT????? We’re NOT paying for it, THAT’S WHAT!!!

JohnnyAmerican   February 6th, 2009 - 2:44 pm

Did you say,” so what?” I am i hearing this correctly. We as American people need to Wake UP! Acron is getting 4.1 billion from this package. what is this a payoff for getting the Dem’s back in power? Looks like it to me. I think it might to be time to move to Canada. All the politicians need to be fried. end of story. this whole thing is white wash. let the bad preforming companies fail and then new one’s will take their place. Its the American way. oh i forgot we are now socialist. God help us all. Amen.
JW

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   February 6th, 2009 - 3:04 pm

The debate on the stimulus goes on right now (3:10 pm est) on CSPAN 2 – it is very, very interesting…right now a dialogue between Dodd, Schumer and Graham about housing…please tune in and hear it for yourself!

Jamesb   February 6th, 2009 - 3:19 pm

Keep up the pressure people! KILL THIS BILL! Like o’Bambi says “YES, WE CON!”

Lee   February 6th, 2009 - 5:20 pm

Obama has appointed Jeffrey Immelt to his advisory committee. Now GE has a place at the table. Like Big Al and his Global Warming/Climate Change/Climate Crisis GE needs legislation enacted so they can cash in!

GE CFLs are a great example of CHANGE! We now have to worry about mercury exposure from a household necessity! With this appointment just watch what Immelt is able to do for GE.

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   February 6th, 2009 - 5:38 pm

The Nation of Islam’s Messiah just dismissed the charges against the terrorists that slammed into the Cole several years ago killing American sailors.

Why is he favoring the Islamic terrorists?

HMMMMMM?

The Nation of Islam’s Messiah just met with the parents of a young man killed and the Commander of the Cole.

This is the man you elected to protect us…America…now are you beginning to see the damage we will incurr under his term?

SuperSarge229   February 6th, 2009 - 5:52 pm

These dipsticks are selling America’s soul.
This country will be in financial ruin inside of two years, mark my words! And every slack jaw liberal will be blaming it on George W. Bush.

It’s going to be a very long and dreadful four years under this moron!

The Gipper   February 6th, 2009 - 5:59 pm

“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” –James Madison

“The deficit doctors have their scalpels out all right, but they’re not poised over the budget. That’s as fat as ever and getting fatter. What they’re ready to operate on is your wallet.” –Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan
Quotation:

“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.

“Those who would trade our freedom for the soup kitchen of the welfare state have told us that they have a utopian solution of peace without victory. They call their policy “accommodation”. And they say if we only avoid any direct confrontation with the enemy, he will forget his evil ways and learn to love us. . . . We cannot buy our security, our freedom from the threat of the bomb by committing an immorality so great as saying to a billion human beings now in slavery behind the Iron Curtain, “Give up your dreams of freedom because to save our own skin, we are willing to make a deal with your slave-masters”.”

Ronald Reagan

“The Founding Fathers knew a government can’t control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. So we have come to a time for choosing. (October 27, 1964)”

Ronald Reagan

“The more government takes in taxes, the less incentive people have to work. What coal miner or assembly-line worker jumps at the offer of overtime when he knows Uncle Sam is going to take 60 percent or more of his extra pay?”

Ronald Reagan

“Millions of individuals making their own decisions in the marketplace will always allocate resources better than any centralized government planning process.”

Ronald Reagan

“The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.”

Ronald Reagan

racist   February 6th, 2009 - 8:00 pm

time to throw the bums out

N   February 6th, 2009 - 8:02 pm

Reagan was another Big-Government Republican who almost bankrupted us.

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   February 6th, 2009 - 8:08 pm

CSPAN-2 ON NOW (8:00 pm est 2/6) watch the politicians speak…on the stimulus…watch it and be informed!
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America they need 60 votes to pass this monster of a bill.

Two Republicans are voting with the Democrats. They are Arlen Spector of PA and Collins of ME…call…email them and tell them they must stand united with the rest of their party.

This bill must not pass…it will not help our economy…it will destroy it!

In addition, to calling/emailing Collins and Spector…and if you haven’t done so already…call/email your Senators to say “no”!

They will not vote tonight, but it may be Sunday. You still have the weekend to get your voices heard.

The bailout did not help like they said…and this one won’t either.

These politicians are crazy…there is no way…no way…they can police this kind of money.

They lost millions of our taxpayer dollars in the bailout…don’t even know where it went…and we are to trust them again?

Let them give us a “tax holiday” where we pay no taxes out of our salaries…let US decide where it goes…we can keep track of that amount in our own pay.

Call/email…America…we need everyone to do it…I heard that the phones in Washington were inundated with calls…if the lines are busy keep calling til you get through.

AMERICA WE ARE THE NECK THAT TURNS THE HEAD…IT IS TIME WE TURNED THE HEAD TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NOT TOWARDS A GOVERNMENT HANDOUT!

Anonymous   February 6th, 2009 - 8:50 pm

CBO: Obama stimulus harmful over long haul
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/feb/04/cbo-obama-stimulus-harmful-over-long-haul/

President Obama’s economic recovery package will actually hurt the economy more in the long run than if he were to do nothing, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.

CBO, the official scorekeepers for legislation, said the House and Senate bills will help in the short term but result in so much government debt that within a few years they would crowd out private investment, actually leading to a lower Gross Domestic Product over the next 10 years than if the government had done nothing.

CBO estimates that by 2019 the Senate legislation would reduce GDP by 0.1 percent to 0.3 percent on net. [The House bill] would have similar long-run effects, CBO said in a letter to Sen. Judd Gregg, New Hampshire Republican, who was tapped by Mr. Obama on Tuesday to be Commerce Secretary.

Pass the Buck   February 6th, 2009 - 9:12 pm

These crooks are just setting this up so they can blame others when the dollar fails. Get ready the crooks in DC have big plans for Americans and I think even the left will be in shock when it happens. “Mark my words in 6 months a crisis, a generated crisis will happen and it will look like we are doing the wrong thing, just support us” Words form Joe B. VP

READ THIS FOR THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT OBAMA AND CHICAGO POLITICS   February 6th, 2009 - 11:21 pm

Politics changes a person. The political culture often promotes power and ego over public good. The Chicago political machine breeds corruption by illegal patronage and hiring practices.

President Obama has embarked on a course of change. His political roots, however, are deeply embedded in the bare knuckle, down-and-dirty blood sport known as “Politics, Chicago Style.” Our new president, along with his inner circle, will certainly bring a Chicago flavor to the nation’s capital.

At the end of the day, the question will remain: Can this republic and it’s people survive it? Time will tell.

[...] David Obey, comments on the pork and waste in this bill? SO WHAT! Of course, the wonderful VP – Joe gaffe Biden says the porkulus bill *ONLY* has a 30% chance of failing. [...]

Anonymous   February 7th, 2009 - 2:37 am

DeMint Fights Against Religious Discrimination in Stimulus Bill
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCI2PZKtqgQ

Lawrence   February 7th, 2009 - 3:46 am

Arlen is a garbage JOO… what else could you expect from chosen filth like him… same goes for you Abe Foxman….

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   February 7th, 2009 - 8:03 am

If you watched any of the Congressional discussions on CSPAN last night you heard the following:
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A GOOD AMENDMENT THAT DID “NOT” PASS…

Last night around midnight 2/6…an amendment was introduced that would have taken the “entire” stimulus package of over $800 billion and given it to American taxpayers who file taxes. It amounted to about $10,000 per couple and about $5,000 per individual .

Ten Thousand dollars could be used to buy a needed car, a down payment on a small house, pay off on a credit card… thereby getting directly into the system to stimulate our economy.

However, the amendment was defeated for good reason….because it was money that would have to be “borrowed”.

That wasn’t why it was defeated…it was really defeated because the Democrats would rather use the money for golf courses and water parks, etc.

ANOTHER AMENDMENT THAT DID PASS…

Another Amendment that was introduced was to “NOT” pay any monies (that amounts to millions of dollars) whatsoever to ACORN.

ACORN you remember was being investigated for illegal voting procedures that eventually put the new President over the top in the election.

The Democratic members resoundingly defeated that proposal.
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America…you need to watch this debates to know exactly what this bill is all about and how it will impact you.

Today, Saturday 2/7, they will begin on CSPAN 2 again at 11:00 a.m. est.

They will debate until about 3:00 pm est.

They don’t know whether or not they will meet again on Sunday, but on Monday they will begin again around 11:00 am est. to debate and then, perhaps, do the “VOTE” on Monday night.

Once they have a vote on a bill….they will conference with the House to debate.
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AMERICA……YOU MUST GET INVOLVED….THIS IS YOUR MONEY….THIS WILL BE YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN’S DEBT.

THE PHONES AND EMAILS ARE GOING OFF THE HOOK IN WASHINGTON BECAUSE “YOU” ARE CALLING/EMAILING…BUT WE NEED THE REST OF YOU TO DO YOUR PART FOR YOUR FAMILY…CONTINUE TO CALL AND EMAIL AND TELL THEM NO>>>NO>>>NO STIMULUS PACKAGE WHATSOEVER.

IF THE SKY IS FALLING EITHER WAY, WHAT DOES IT MATTER?

WE BORROW TRILLIONS AND PUT OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN IN DEBT AND TAKE A SHOT THAT IT WILL WORK – EVEN THOUGH THE BAILOUT DIDN’T

OR

WE CAN HANG TIGHT, TIGHTEN OUR BELTS AND WORK JUST ON HELPING THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT GOT US INTO THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE AND TRUST THAT OUR SYSTEM WILL WEATHER THE STORM BUT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DEBT!

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AMERICA…WE ARE THE NECK THAT TURNS THE HEAD…IT IS HIGH TIME WE TURNED IT TOWARD THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER AND NOT A GOVERNMENT HANDOUT!

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   February 7th, 2009 - 9:18 am

1. If you are a Republican

2. If you agree that this stimulus package, is garbage and needs to go the way of the dinosaur

3. If you think the Congress should concentrate on a stimulus bill that concentrates solely on the “housing” crisis that got us into this mess

4. If you are disgusted that (3) Republican Senators are voting with the Democrats to get this bill passed

Then call/email:

Collins of Maine
Snowe of Maine
Spector of Pennsylvania

And tell them to stop playing politics with our children and grandchildren’s future.

Tell them how you feel about possibly being the (3) votes that may give the Democrats the 60 votes they need to pass this garbage!

America…I for one…have had enough. I agree with bi-partisanshhip, but not in this case.

This bill is too big and too burdensome for the American taxpayer to take on.

I have already emailed them, and I also emailed the leader of the Republican National Committee (RNC.com) to express my displeasure…please do the same.

The Republicans have continually expressed in these debates that they feel the only stimulus we should have is for the “housing” industry…I agree.

The “housing” industry started this mess and that is what needs to be fixed….not water parks, ACORN and golf courses.

America…we need to get real in Washington…there is no change…there is only status quo.

THE PHONES AND EMAILS ARE GOING OFF THE HOOK IN WASHINGTON BECAUSE ‘YOU’ ARE CALLING/EMAILIN

BUT WE NEED THE REST OF YOU TO DO YOUR PART FOR YOUR FAMILY…CONTINUE TO CALL AND EMAIL AND TELL THEM NO>>>NO>>>NO STIMULUS PACKAGE WHATSOEVER.

IF THE SKY IS FALLING EITHER WAY, WHAT DOES IT MATTER?

WE BORROW TRILLIONS AND PUT OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN IN DEBT AND TAKE A SHOT THAT IT WILL WORK – EVEN THOUGH THE BAILOUT DIDN’T

OR

WE CAN HANG TIGHT, TIGHTEN OUR BELTS AND WORK JUST ON HELPING THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT GOT US INTO THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE AND TRUST THAT OUR SYSTEM WILL WEATHER THE STORM BUT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DEBT!

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AMERICA…WE ARE THE NECK THAT TURNS THE HEAD…IT IS HIGH TIME WE TURNED IT TOWARD THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER AND NOT A GOVERNMENT HANDOUT!

Eileen for Freedom/Liberty   February 7th, 2009 - 11:23 am

CHANGE: 2/7 SAT

CSPAN 2 – STIMULUS DEBATES AT 12:00 PM EST

mandinkawarrior   February 7th, 2009 - 1:24 pm

Barack Hussein Obama found this mess sitting on his desk when he walk into the oval office.He didn,t create it and you people are bit@ching because he is trying to do something about it.Those that are so unhappy about the election of Barack Hussein Obama.You can a least leave the country which is more than can be said for Bush or Cheney.Several countries want them for war crimes.Btw don,t waste you time call me a bunch of pamper school names.I am gone.To much negativity on this web site

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Ollie   February 9th, 2009 - 4:49 pm

I live in and love Wisconsin but I couldn’t be more ashamed of our “leaders”. I many need to move!!

Ollie   February 9th, 2009 - 5:14 pm

…may need to move

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