This morning, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) said that President Obama’s recovery package, priced at roughly $819 billion, is too expensive. GOP “members” believe that they can pass a “very robust” stimulus at a cheaper price, he said: Most of my members believe that we could pass a very robust stimulus for less than the amount currently before us. We have been throwing figures around like it was paper money. We are already looking at, before we even do this, at over a trillion dollar deficit for this year. We all agree that we need to do something, but I don’t think we should not just completely act like the amount is irrelevant.
But McConnell’s cheaper plan doesn’t exist. Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC) is pushing the Senate GOP’s only alternative, “American Option: A Jobs Plan That Works.” A new Wonk Room analysis finds that DeMint’s plan will cost $3.1 trillion over ten years, more than 3.5 times the cost of Obama’s:
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A follow up to my
morning post.
What a surprise, huh? Republicans slinging horseshit. The GOP's plan calls for making Bush's tax cuts permanent and piling
more tax cuts on top of them. All the while, they're complaining about the deficit (which is more their fault than anyone else's). This is especially hypocritical, since their plan increases the deficit more than Obama's.
They don't care about the economy, all they care about is 2010.
1 comments:
There you go with that fuzzy math again. Either way, it doesn't matter to me. I'm already figuring out how to milk the system. I'm an organic dairy farmer. You should see the kind of government money we already get. Can't wait to collect more! Thanks lefties!!!
BTW I haven't paid taxes in years, because the government gives me all sorts of breaks. Made 89,000 last year. After all the tax breaks, ended up paying nothing and getting 7,000 back. Please pass the stimulus. I need mo money, mo money, mo money!
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