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2008-12-08 Home Front: Politix

Bambi wants to splurge $1 trillion on 'stimulus package'

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Posted by Steve White 2008-12-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11128 views ] Top

#1 So how much of OUR money is he giving ME?
Why do I suspect NONE?

Posted by 3dc 2008-12-08 01:41|| 2008-12-08 01:41|| Front Page Top

#2 Yep, the highway bills in the last few cycles were infamously niggardly. (take note, DC "government" employees, you can't use this word)

And schools have been practically starved for funding, except that they've sorta been buried in gigantic oceans of money for years now.

And surely we can get our % of GDP spent on "health care" up to 50%, just to see what happens. What the hell.

Oh, and we're gonna put the economy on a "glide path" for sustainable growth. Uh huh. Like he would have the slightest idea what that might mean - sound currency and monetary policy, lowest taxation possible, minimal regulation possible, free trade, capital markets where risk is real, and not just present if you can't shake down Washington for a bail-out, and companies freed of absurd and unsustainable pension and medical obligations to unions.

Nope. This genius has an alternative. Electric cars and ditch-digging for Uncle Sam.

(*barfs*)

Posted by Verlaine 2008-12-08 03:08|| 2008-12-08 03:08|| Front Page Top

#3 "The key is making sure we ~~jump-start~~ car-jack the economy

There, fully corrected and accurate.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-08 07:00|| 2008-12-08 07:00|| Front Page Top

#4 I calculate that my share is a little over $3k. Smal bills, please.

Posted by Richard of Oregon 2008-12-08 07:51|| 2008-12-08 07:51|| Front Page Top

#5 "An' everybody gets a pony and a banana split, too! And a bazillion dollars!"

Posted by Anonymoose 2008-12-08 08:57|| 2008-12-08 08:57|| Front Page Top

#6 "...doesn't just create jobs immediately..."

Would a Buggy-Whip maker would be considerd one of the thousands of "Green-Collar" jobs "created" by the Federal Goverment according to the Pelosi/Obama regime?

Posted by DepotGuy 2008-12-08 10:49|| 2008-12-08 10:49|| Front Page Top

#7 Careful with the phrases tossed around loosely, Mennonites and Amish still have need of Buggy whips, Buggies Horsecollars, and bridles. (Snark)

Posted by Rednek Jim 2008-12-08 12:28|| 2008-12-08 12:28|| Front Page Top

#8 I calculate that my share is a little over $3k. Smal bills, please.

And by the time he's done inflating the currency to pay for all that, it'll buy you a cup of coffee.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2008-12-08 13:06|| 2008-12-08 13:06|| Front Page Top

#9 Let's cut out the middle man and start importing ZimBob dollars wholesale. What? The whole purpose of government is the middleman?

Posted by ed 2008-12-08 13:13|| 2008-12-08 13:13|| Front Page Top

#10 Message for The One:

Once upon a time, a young lad was born without a belly button. In its place was a silver screw.

All the doctors told his mother that there was nothing they could do.Like it or not, he was stuck with it ..... He was screwed.

All the years of growing up were real tough on him, as all who saw the screw made fun of him. He avoided ever leaving his house.... And thus,never made any friends.

One day,a mysterious stranger saw his belly and told him of a swami in Tibet who could get rid of the screw for him. He was thrilled. The next day, he took all of his life's savings and bought a ticket to Nepal.

After several days of climbing up steep cliffs, he came upon a giant monastery. The swami knew exactly why he had come. The screwy guy was told to sleep in the highest tower of the monastery and the following day when he awoke, the screw would have been removed. The man immediately went to the room and fell asleep.

During the night while he slept, a purple fog floated in an open window. In the mist floated a solid silver screwdriver. In just moments, the screwdriver removed the screw and disappeared out the window.

The next morning when the man awoke, he saw the silver screw laying on the pillow next to him. Reaching down, he felt his navel, and there was no screw there! Jubilant,he leaped out of bed ....... And his butt fell off.

The moral to this is: 'Don't screw around with things you don't understand --You could lose your ass.'

Posted by Besoeker 2008-12-08 15:50|| 2008-12-08 15:50|| Front Page Top

#11 Change!

Posted by DMFD 2008-12-08 19:17|| 2008-12-08 19:17|| Front Page Top

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