And this is exactly wrong. The small part of this stimulus package that actually is stimulus (the $300 that will go to low income families) isn’t enough and the rest is going to people who will use it to pay bills - or they’ll save it. In other words, they won’t spend it, and it won’t stimulate the economy.
Same horse hockey with Boehner’s talk about “tax relief.” That’s not what this is supposed to do. The very thing that would have helped the most (expanding food stamps and unemployment benefits) is the thing they left on the table:
In crafting the deal, leaders of both parties were forced to give ground. Democrats wanted new spending on food stamps and unemployment benefits, but didn’t get it. Republicans held their noses and agreed to $28 billion in credits for 35 million families who don’t pay income taxes. They also gave in to the cap that stops wealthier people from getting checks. Bush administration officials had earlier floated a plan to give $800 rebates to all income-tax payers.
“Philosophically, as Republicans, all people who pay taxes ought to get tax relief,” said House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio after the deal came together.
Ms. Pelosi said that despite her misgivings, the plan “is about putting money in the hands of America’s working families.” Mr. Boehner added, “We wanted to get money back to middle-class families as efficiently as possible.”
Krugman explains more here.
Dems are spineless and caved. They are on the “right” side of every issue and will not fight for us and the Constitution.
Can I just point out that the grammar of Boehner’s sentence implies that all REPUBLICANS should get tax relief?
Or that he’s just incapable of speaking proper English.
-exercising that English degree since 2002.
Throw the rubes a bone…
Six months out, and it will only go to those (un-and-under employed) who haven’t completely dropped out of the system. Looking beyond the blatant bullshit, I can’t help but wonder if the ulterior motive is to get some of us on the underground to put our name on a list…