Caterpillar CEO Contradicts Obama Claim That Stimulus Passage Means He’ll Re-Hire Workers
ABC News: Asked if the stimulus package would be able to stop the 22,000 layoffs or not, Jim Owens said, "I think realistically no. The truth is we're going to have more layoffs before we start hiring again."
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Cal202February 12th, 2009 - 10:52 pm
It does not matter if Obama Lies,change the census taking to help the democrats, put a lot of junk in the stimulus, Nobody cares, Nobody is listening, and than it is going to be way way to late.
SSDDFebruary 13th, 2009 - 12:21 am
what’s new …surly not a liberal spitting out exaggerations
time for a tea party people
just a taste of PORKULUS 2009February 13th, 2009 - 3:42 am
* $400 million to put more scientists to work doing climate change research.
ARE THESE SCIENTISTS CURRENTLY UNEMPLOYED?
*Provides $1.5 billion for NIH to renovate university research facilities
and help
them compete for biomedical research grants.
DON’T GRANTS COME FROM THE GOVERNMENT? SO LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT THE
GOVERNMENT
IS GOING TO GIVE MONEY TO THE NIH TO COMPETE FOR MORE GOV $
*Protects health care coverage for millions of Americans during this
recession, by
providing an estimated $87 billion over the next two years in additional
federal
matching funds to help states maintain their Medicaid programs in the
face of
massive state budget shortfalls.
SO FROM THIS LANGUAGE, STATES WILL CONTINUE TO LOOSE JOBS AND SUFFER
HIGHER BUDGET
SHORT FALLS???? THEY DON’T ADDRESS THAT WITH THIS BILL, ISN’T THAT
SUPPOSED TO BE
THE POINT HELP STATES REMAIN SELF SUFFICIENT!
*Temporarily suspends the taxation of some unemployment benefits.
HOW SWEET……CAN YOU REMIND ME AGAIN WHY WE TAX MONEY RECEIVED FROM
UNEMPLOYMENT
WHEN IT ORIGINALLY CAME FROM TAXED INCOME!
*Provides incentives to create new jobs with tax credits for hiring recently
discharged unemployed veterans and youth that have been out of work and
out of
school for the 6 months prior to hire.
WHAT ABOUT US MIDDLE AGED PEEPS, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO, WAIT TO GROW OLD TO QUALIFY FOR A HAND OUT?
* Extends Trade Adjustment Assistance benefits for at least 160,000
new workers
over the next two years who lose their jobs because of increased imports or
factory shifts to any foreign countries.
WHY NOT JUST STOP THE SHIFT OF WORK TO OTHER COUNTRIES, DUH!
*****SAVED THE BEST FOR LAST****
Unprecedented Accountability: An historic level of transparency,
oversight and
accountability will help guarantee taxpayer dollars are spent wisely and
ensure
that Americans can see the results of their investment.
* There are no earmarks or pet projects. …………. REALLY
?????????
* Provides $19 billion for clean water, flood control, and environmental
restoration investments, which will create more hundreds of thousands of
jobs.
***??? PET PROJECT ????*** Pelosi’s mouse slated for $30M slice of cheese
FROM WT: Talk about a pet project. A tiny mouse with the longtime
backing of a
political giant may soon reap the benefits of the economic-stimulus package.
Lawmakers and administration officials divulged Wednesday that the $789
billion
economic stimulus bill being finalized behind closed doors in Congress
****** includes $30 million for wetlands restoration that the Obama
administration intends to spend in the San Francisco Bay Area to protect,
among
other things, the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse. House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi represents the city of San Francisco and has previously championed
preserving the mouse’s habitat in the Bay Area. ******
fande3rlsFebruary 13th, 2009 - 5:55 am
Obama must be losing it when this CEO said exact opposite of what he said.
Well How dare that CEO contradict the glorious OBAMA.
He will be punished
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NomadFebruary 13th, 2009 - 8:39 am
These idiots should be careful what they wish for. The reason conservative, and not liberal, talk radio dominates is in both the intelligence and delivery, in most cases, of the material people want to hear. They merely allude to the idiocy of their opponents but should this law pass folks will get a first hand look at just how anemic by comparison the views of the left are when compared to conservatism.
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 13th, 2009 - 9:37 am
AMERICA…WATCH THE DEBATE ON THE STIMULUS BILL THIS MORNING…FRIDAY…2/13…AT 10:00 AM EST. DON’T DEPEND ON THE MEDIA, THESE BLOGS AND/OR ANYONE ELSE TO TELL YOU WHAT IS GOING ON…HEAR IT FOR YOURSELF!
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America…late last night the Democrats finally presented to the Senate and House Members a copy of the 700+ page “stimulus†bill that was agreed to by the House/Senate Conference. Each and every member is expected to read this bill and understand it in it’s entirety in order to VOTE ON IT TODAY!
It is a bill that is complex and written like a legal document. Have you ever tried to read a legal document? How about 700+ pages in just a few hours and then be expected to make an “informed†decision to saddle your children and grandchildren with a debt so high it can never hope to be repaid.
A debt that will come about because we have to “borrow†that money from “another†country…we don’t even have the money we are spending. A debt that, again, puts us at the mercy of another “countryâ€!
Add to that the little we do know about this bill….$300 million for “green†golf like cars, millions for food stamps, the tax credit for buying an auto…scrapped, aid to NASA for climate research, funds for disadvantaged children at Head Start, and electronic tracking of our medical care by the government….America what is any of this doing for business that needs to create the jobs the Democrats promised?
I heard that Harry Reid, dropped in at the last moment, $8 billion to build a railroad from California to Las Vegas (his home state) . Doesn’t that sound like an “earmark†project“…something the President says is not in this bill?
In addition, we won’t see most of any benefit for the rest of the year. If there is some relief, it won’t be felt in the job segment until 2 or 3 years down the road.
America…this bill is being pushed down the throats by a President who should know how things work in the Congress. Should know, but we have to remember that most times while “he†was a Senator he voted “present†not even getting involved in the process or the vote.
Each “one†of the items in this bill (if they could be understood in just a couple of hours), should be read in it’s entirety, understood in it’s entirety, and then discussed in it’s entirety and streamlined and polished before any one of item should come up for a vote. That is the responsible way that Congress should do a bill.
This is an unconscionable and irresponsible act foisted upon the American people and our descendants by the Democrats and the President.
We need to tell each and every one of them in the Senate, in the House and the President that we, the American people, WILL HOLD THEM PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ADDITIONAL FINANCIAL BURDEN THEY ARE PUTTING UPON US….THAT WE WILL NOT FORGET WHAT THEY HAVE DONE AND ARE DOING TO OUR COUNTRY AND OUR ECONOMY.
America….Sec of the Treasury Paulson told us before the bailout…if we didn’t allow them to have over $750 billion dollars…our economy would fail.
The government, and the Congress, gave them the money and it didn’t work…and this one won’t work either.
FOOL ME ONCE…SHAME ON YOU!
FOOL ME TWICE…SHAME ON ME!
America…members of all parties are voting on this bill.
There are members of all parties that are showing complete irresponsibility by voting for this bill against the wishes of the American people who have called/emailed their offices and voiced their opinions on not voting for this bill.
Then there are true American politicians (in all parties) who are listening to the American people and will vote “no†on the passage of this “earmarked – pork†bill because it is bad for America.
AMERICA…CALL/EMAIL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND THE WHITE HOUSE AND TELL THEM HOW YOU FEEL AGAIN. WE WANT A “NO†VOTE ON THIS BILL. WE WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON WHAT GOT US INTO THIS MESS IN THE FIRST PLACE…HOUSING AND BANKING.
WE WANT THEM TO GO BACK TO THE TABLE AND START OVER. PREPARE A BILL THAT WILL DEAL WITH OUR HOUSING AND BANKING.CRISIS.
CONGRESS PASSED LEGISLATION TO PROVIDE LOW INTEREST LOANS —- “BECAUSE EVERYONE IN AMERICA SHOULD HAVE A HOUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY DID NOT HAVE THE MEANS TO PAY FOR IT“! THEY DID NOT HAVE TO HAVE A “DOWN PAYMENT†– IT WAS FREE FOR NOTHING!
THAT “NOTHING†AMERICA HAS COST US ALL DEARLY AND THE POLITICIANS NEED TO KNOW WE KNOW WHO IS TO BLAME HERE AND WE KNOW WHO NEEDS TO FIX IT AND HOW.
WE WANT THEM TO FOCUS ON CORRECTING THE MISTAKES THEY MADE IN THE PAST ON THE HOUSING AND BANKING.
THAT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN WORK ON. THAT IS SOMETHING THEY CAN FOCUS ON…DEBATE…POLISH AND THEN VOTE ON A HOUSING/BANKING BILL….NOT THIS GARBAGE!
THE POSSIBLE BENEFITS OF THIS “STIMULUS†BILL WILL NOT EVEN BE SEEN FOR AT LEAST A YEAR, IF THEN.
SO WHY THE HURRY? WHY NOT SCRAP IT AND START NEXT WEEK ON A “BI-PARTISAN†HOUSING/BANKING BILL THAT WE CAN LIVE WITH?
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AMERICA WE ARE THE BOSS OF THE GOVERNMENT. WE ELECTED THEM TO REPRESENT US AND OUR VIEWS ON WHAT SHOULD BE DONE.
WE KNOW WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ,AND IT DOES NOT AGREE WITH WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
TELL THEM AGAIN…DON’T GIVE UP…DON’T STOP…THEY NEED TO HEAR IT UNTIL THEY GET IT!
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WE ARE THE NECK THAT TURNS THAT HEAD AND WE NEED THAT HEAD TURNED IN OUR DIRECTION NOT TOWARDS BIGGER GOVERNMENT AND INTERVENTION IN OUR LIVES!
Hell, they don’t need no stinking workers… they got CASH baby!
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 13th, 2009 - 12:29 pm
AMERICA…WATCH THE DEBATE…..RIGHT NOW…..ON THE STIMULUS BILL THIS MORNING ON CSPAN2…FRIDAY…2/13…AT 12:23 PM EST.
DON’T DEPEND ON THE MEDIA, THESE BLOGS AND/OR ANYONE ELSE TO TELL YOU WHAT IS GOING ON…HEAR IT FOR YOURSELF!
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America…let’s believe that the (3) renegade Republicans that took this bill over the top will have a change of heart and a heart for the America and our people by changing their vote and voting “no†instead.
Here is their information for you to call/email to implore them to do what is right for America and what “you†want:
PLEASE DO IT NOW…IT MIGHT MAKE A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE FOR AMERICA AND OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN!
Eileen for Freedom/LibertyFebruary 13th, 2009 - 11:09 pm
FRIDAY – FEBRUARY 13, 2009 – ONE OF THE WORST DAYS IN THE HISTORY OF OUR NATION!
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America…the (3) Republican turncoats put this bill into law.
It will be on their backs and in the history books that they were responsible for taking it over the top.
They have with their (3) votes put in motion things that will impact us for years and that we, let alone the Congress, don’t even know about because enough time was not given to read and decipher this bill carefully.
LET IT BE KNOWN TO ALL WHO VOTED FOR THIS BILL AND TO THOSE (3) TURNCOAT REPUBLICANS WHO PUT IT INTO LAW WITH THEIR VOTES ALONE…YOU WILL BE REMEMBERED.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE WRITTEN/CALLED/EMAILED EACH MEMBER OF THE CONGRESS…THEY ALL KNOW HOW THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FELT ABOUT THIS BILL AND THAT WE DID NOT WANT IT AT ALL!
THEY WENT AHEAD WITH IT ANYHOW AND WENT AGAINST THE WISHES OF THE AMERICAN TAXPAYERS AND THEY WILL PAY DEARLY IN THE NEXT ELECTION.
THEY WILL REMEMBER EACH DAY UNTIL THEN BECAUSE EACH DAY WE WILL SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS LEGISLATION.
ECONOMISTS AND BANKERS HAVE STATED REPEATEDLY THAT IT WILL NOT WORK…YOU CANNOT SPEND YOUR WAY OUT OF DEBT.
THE SOCIALIST DEMOCRATS AND THE NATION OF ISLAM’S MESSIAH DID NOT LISTEN…THEY DIDN’T LISTEN WHEN THEY WERE WARNED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL CRISIS EITHER AND FORCED THROUGH THE BAILOUT BILL…AND IT…TOO…DID NOT WORK!
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