tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294580951502585066.post7791827563774809682..comments2023-10-18T19:32:44.252-07:00Comments on It's just my opinion, I could be wrong: Why the Obama New Deal Spending Plan is BadNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05587036619182019599noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294580951502585066.post-44493586112541147612009-02-10T16:01:00.000-08:002009-02-10T16:01:00.000-08:00What, pray tell, would lead you or anyone else to ...What, pray tell, would lead you or anyone else to conclude that the government has any chance of getting the budget under control, post porkulus bill or at any other future point? While it's true that Bush did run up a fairly large deficit, "large" is a relative term. For example, the size of the eventual pork spending bill we're hell bent on passing is roughly equivalent in cost to the entire Iraq and Afganistan military actions over the last 7 years, combined. At least with the military spending, we never had a $40 Billion house flipping subsidy...<BR/><BR/>Honestly, I wouldn't mind helping the poor, as long as that help comes in the form of job and prosperity opportunities, and not just government handouts and wealth redistribution. A free market economy is the most powerful force known to man for raising the standard of living for entire countries, and I sincerely hope that some part of the US's historical free market survives the Obamanation, so we at least have a chance to rebuild the country from the ashes. As they say, the audacity of hope.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05587036619182019599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3294580951502585066.post-33372100084265259762009-02-10T15:39:00.000-08:002009-02-10T15:39:00.000-08:00I hope this blog post has been educational (for th...<I>I hope this blog post has been educational (for the 1-2 people who will read it).</I><BR/>If you get a free tracking object like <BR/><A HREF="http://www.feedjit.com/joinjs/" REL="nofollow">Feedjit</A>, you'll probably be amazed at how many people at least go to your blog. <BR/> <BR/><I>Here's hoping the damage isn't too great in the next four weeks (not to mention four years), and that the country is strong enough to eventually recover, despite the Obamanation.</I><BR/>These stimulus measures won't produce more debt than the Bush presidency did, assuming we get the budget under control after the stimulus is over. I still have hopes that some hard-to-dismantle programs (that you and at least a third of the population will oppose) to help the truly poor will come out of the next eight years. I've got a few more items on my wish list. If we get half of them, I can take the pandering and reckless spending as the price.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05824987036580158137noreply@blogger.com