Comments on: SANTAYANA WASN’T AN HISTORIAN http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2009/02/07/santayana-wasnt-an-historian/ Politics served up with a smile... And a stilletto. Tue, 26 May 2026 11:44:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Tom http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2009/02/07/santayana-wasnt-an-historian/comment-page-1/#comment-1757178 Tom Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:39:15 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=3322#comment-1757178 It's interesting that Geithner called infrastructure spending a "blunt instrument." Didn't Obama criticize McCain during the debates for suggesting across-the-board spending cuts because that was a "blunt instrument?" And then said he would go through spending bills line by line, with a scalpel? It’s interesting that Geithner called infrastructure spending a “blunt instrument.” Didn’t Obama criticize McCain during the debates for suggesting across-the-board spending cuts because that was a “blunt instrument?” And then said he would go through spending bills line by line, with a scalpel?

]]> By: retire05 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2009/02/07/santayana-wasnt-an-historian/comment-page-1/#comment-1757176 retire05 Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:51:45 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=3322#comment-1757176 What no one is talking about is how these requests for appropriations came about; the Conference of Mayors. Nancy Pelosi requested in January that mayors present their "shovel ready" projects. Those requests included $1.41 million for an "inter-generational" day care center in Friars Point, Ms., population 1,332; five new homes at the cost of $1 mil for low income first time buyers in Pace, Ms., population 364; $800K for a frizbee park in Austin, Texas; and $134,000,000.00 in requested funds for Winnsboro, Texas, population 3,909 (totally $34,337.43 per resident). But the Democrats are not done. It leaked out yesterday that as soon as the Porkulus Bill is passed, Congress is going to introduce TARP 3 & 4, cost? $1.2 TRILLION. Does anyone remember H.R. 3221? It was the Mortgage Relief Bill that had a price tag of $300 Billion and was designed to help prevent forclosures. It was signed into law last June. Do you ever hear how well that is working? All those people who were facing forclosure showing up in the news telling the press how they can now afford their homes since the taxpayer helped them? No, that is just another $300 billion that has evaporated into the goverment ether. And yet, we still hear how home owners are losing their homes and we need to help them out even more. Where did that $300 billion go? As to the "there are no jobs out there" mantra. Well, maybe not in Los Angeles, where the state has ruined it prospects, but Texas is open for business. Our local Lowe's has 19 openings with a sign posted on it's door, every business here is looking for qualified help, as business continues to grow. The only ones out of a job are those unqualified (high school drop outs) and the illegal construction workers. Unemployment in Texas is below 6%. But we have a "balanced budget" law, no state income tax, a budget surplus that was socked away for a rainy day (and is now being used to balance our budget), an attitude toward new industry and new businesses that make it the most "business friendly" state in the nation according to CNN Business. And we are a "right to work" state. This bill is simply a Democratic wish Christmas wish list. Perhaps that is why the Dems decided to provide the turkey. What no one is talking about is how these requests for appropriations came about; the Conference of Mayors. Nancy Pelosi requested in January that mayors present their “shovel ready” projects. Those requests included $1.41 million for an “inter-generational” day care center in Friars Point, Ms., population 1,332; five new homes at the cost of $1 mil for low income first time buyers in Pace, Ms., population 364; $800K for a frizbee park in Austin, Texas; and $134,000,000.00 in requested funds for Winnsboro, Texas, population 3,909 (totally $34,337.43 per resident).
But the Democrats are not done. It leaked out yesterday that as soon as the Porkulus Bill is passed, Congress is going to introduce TARP 3 & 4, cost? $1.2 TRILLION.

Does anyone remember H.R. 3221? It was the Mortgage Relief Bill that had a price tag of $300 Billion and was designed to help prevent forclosures. It was signed into law last June. Do you ever hear how well that is working? All those people who were facing forclosure showing up in the news telling the press how they can now afford their homes since the taxpayer helped them? No, that is just another $300 billion that has evaporated into the goverment ether. And yet, we still hear how home owners are losing their homes and we need to help them out even more. Where did that $300 billion go?

As to the “there are no jobs out there” mantra. Well, maybe not in Los Angeles, where the state has ruined it prospects, but Texas is open for business. Our local Lowe’s has 19 openings with a sign posted on it’s door, every business here is looking for qualified help, as business continues to grow. The only ones out of a job are those unqualified (high school drop outs) and the illegal construction workers. Unemployment in Texas is below 6%. But we have a “balanced budget” law, no state income tax, a budget surplus that was socked away for a rainy day (and is now being used to balance our budget), an attitude toward new industry and new businesses that make it the most “business friendly” state in the nation according to CNN Business. And we are a “right to work” state.

This bill is simply a Democratic wish Christmas wish list. Perhaps that is why the Dems decided to provide the turkey.

]]> By: obamathered http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2009/02/07/santayana-wasnt-an-historian/comment-page-1/#comment-1757173 obamathered Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:45:03 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=3322#comment-1757173 I lived and worked in Japan during the late Eighties. Even there, people bitched and moaned about the rampant corruption. It pales, of course, in comparison to the left-wing fanatics who run our current Congress and White House. Even if your premise is correct that infrastructure projects create some sustainable growth, it doesn't factor into the equation an economic illiterate as chief executive and unadulterated crooks in our equivalent of the Diet. In the end, the infrastructure projects made Japan a stronger economy only because money was drained from social programs that had made the country resemble the government-dependent whorehouse what our Democrats envision. I know you either don't see it or won't admit it just yet, but this is the Left's last gasp in the United States. The waste has to be enormous for them because in less than two years they won't be able to go to the well and rape the taxpayers with impunity. t I lived and worked in Japan during the late Eighties. Even there, people bitched and moaned about the rampant corruption. It pales, of course, in comparison to the left-wing fanatics who run our current Congress and White House. Even if your premise is correct that infrastructure projects create some sustainable growth, it doesn’t factor into the equation an economic illiterate as chief executive and unadulterated crooks in our equivalent of the Diet. In the end, the infrastructure projects made Japan a stronger economy only because money was drained from social programs that had made the country resemble the government-dependent whorehouse what our Democrats envision.

I know you either don’t see it or won’t admit it just yet, but this is the Left’s last gasp in the United States. The waste has to be enormous for them because in less than two years they won’t be able to go to the well and rape the taxpayers with impunity.

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]]> By: Lars http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2009/02/07/santayana-wasnt-an-historian/comment-page-1/#comment-1757172 Lars Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:39:15 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=3322#comment-1757172 OK, so we wind up spending $4 Trillion over the next 4 years on "stimulus" projects. What new jobs will be created? Seems to me that after the money is spent, the same people who now have money will still have it, the ones with little money and no job may still have no money an no job. After building roads and schools, will we still have an economy 70% dependent on consumers buying stuff? If consumers are to buy the stuff, they need a job. Will the "stimulus" money create new jobs, or just spread the bucks to those already doing ok? If this giant spending/debt creating project is run like most Gov't programs, I'm not feeling confident that we will be better off as a result. But, I'm not an economist so maybe I don't see the big picture. OK, so we wind up spending $4 Trillion over the next 4 years on “stimulus” projects. What new jobs will be created? Seems to me that after the money is spent, the same people who now have money will still have it, the ones with little money and no job may still have no money an no job. After building roads and schools, will we still have an economy 70% dependent on consumers buying stuff? If consumers are to buy the stuff, they need a job. Will the “stimulus” money create new jobs, or just spread the bucks to those already doing ok? If this giant spending/debt creating project is run like most Gov’t programs, I’m not feeling confident that we will be better off as a result. But, I’m not an economist so maybe I don’t see the big picture.

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