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Portland — The two senators from Maine, Snowe and Collins, along with the moron senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania have betrayed their party, their states and more importantly their country. Every other republican senator along with every republican member of the House voted against or will vote against the biggest political scam ever perpetrated on America. The “small three” (Snowe, Collins, Specter) have put our country in debt for generations supporting a stimulus package that does nothing to stimulate anything economically. With the president of hope and change proclaiming doom and gloom unless this unprecedented government redistribution of wealth program is passed and whining endlessly for days, the three traitors decided their futures are more important than their constituents.
Obama says that Bush perpetuated the economic troubles with his spending and then in the same breath says the government needs to spend a trillion dollars to get the economy going. Are Americans so dumbed down that they actually believe this dribble? Spending got us into this mess and more just makes it worse and that’s not rocket science. This stimulus package is nothing more than political payback with liberal causes and socialist programs receiving a trillion dollars of hard working American’s money.
If government spending really did stimulate the economy than America should constantly be growing since the government is bigger and spends more now than any time in history. The small three are either very stupid or have glommed onto Obama’s dream of socialism. Either way, can Americans continue to support politicians who are as two-faced or miss-guided as these three? It is time for change in the senate. Maine needs real Republicans to step forward and replace the two traitors, Snowe and Collins. It is time for REAL change.
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Feb 25, 2009 4:28 PM
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Feb 21, 2009 10:02 AM
Stock Market Gives Obama’s First Month An 'F'
http://www.wowowow.com/post/liz-peek-barack-obama-economy-stimulus-214454?page=0%2C1
Today marks the one-month anniversary of President Obama’s inauguration. In his brief time in office, the president has overseen three massive new spending initiatives — the $787 billion stimulus bill, the trillion-dollar financial stability initiative and, most recently, the $275 billion mortgage assistance program.
...the stock market is off nearly 10% from the day before the inauguration, or more than 800 points on the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
...Yesterday, in fact, we crossed a truly alarming divide. The Dow Jones average closed at its lowest point since October 2002
...For many market analysts, if the market crashes through that recent benchmark, it will next move significantly lower.
... let’s dispense with the antiquated notion that only rich people own stocks, and that the market’s ups and downs are unimportant. Almost everyone has a stake in our financial markets, either through owning stocks and bonds directly or through pension plans. Even the neediest Americans who are fed or clothed by charities are hurt when those organizations’ endowments crater or donations dry up.
...Delivering a 1000-page bill to our legislators just two hours before the signing deadline (and then going on a long-weekend holiday before signing it) was outrageous. The mortgage relief plan hasn’t been received much better. Most Americans (ninety two percent, by some estimates) pay their mortgages on time; they’re darned if they know why they should bail out their neighbors.
...The White House scramble has led to creeping fear that we’re dealing with the Junior Varsity. I’ve even heard people pining for former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson — hard to imagine, right? (No one quite misses Bush yet; let’s hope it doesn’t come to that.)
... Remember how Obama derided the “politics of fear?” He’s become its greatest champion.
Feb 19, 2009 10:25 AM
And I thought that the Wall Street bailout and the automobile companies in conjunction with the Housing problems were deflatingm and that was the problem according to many. How did the old 'Hannity' based argument of Keysian economics making everything worse, get so repeated. All you conservatives need to do your Homework, Wall street has problems due to the lack of regulation not from over-regulation. This conservative theory of spoiled brats having to get their own way while selling away american jobs IS the problem. Being a contraian isn't helping anyone's wallet; regardless of conservative egos. YOU guys just don't get the picture, your theories are failed. Reaganite.
Feb 10, 2009 6:40 AM
You will get no argument from me about Bush and spending but you will when it comes to this stimulus bill. More spending won’t fix things, just lead to inflation and make matters worse.
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