Proud is certainly not the word I would use.

I’m going to have to contend this point here Smithee. I don’t think scratching the back of 3 senators in order to get the bill passed should be considered a great accomplishment. They compromised alright – they took a myopic short term approach in order to secure selfish agendas within this bill. The other side of the aisle was essentially shut out of the process. At no point was their alternative bill discussed (shot down in house). The bill signing was RUSHED, breaking several promises of the HOPE and CHANGE campaign, including posting of the bills online for the public to see, waiting 48 hours for a vote, etc., etc. I mean, they haven’t even read the bill and it has PENCILED in items. The only real compromise was between the DEMOCRATIC controlled House and DEMOCRATIC controlled Senate. I’ll spare the absolute power quote.

Sure, there are a lot of items in this bill that CAN be helpful for our country, but selling it as a cure for the recession is pure crap. This bill is a democratic elixir – a snake oil if you will, filled with expensive and expansive gov’t programs that will flip the US population into consumers rather than producers and KILL the very fabric of our country. What motivation will the voters have to go out and achieve when everything is handed to them? STIMULUS puts money in the pockets of producers and workers immediately. If you want to change lightbulbs and update doorbells, put that in a separate bill.

Not to mention that this is all BORROWED money. Who is going to pay it back? Certainly not those who are getting all these program benefits. it’s going to be our children and grandchildren. When I say “our” I mean those that pay taxes. The TRILLIONS of dollars this one single bill will kill the US Dollar.