What's the rush?

What the last stimulus package showed us was that we shouldn't rush things along that quickly. A hastily put together package can be as bad as just leaving things alone. Obviously there were so many areas not covered and so many loopholes and such. This is a giant package with over a 1,000+ pages. It's something that all lawmakers should study carefully and take note of every little change that's put in. The final package now has so much pork in it that it simply won't do what it was originally intended to do, create millions of jobs and fast. There are so many vague rules there that pretty much anything goes again. Nobody even really bothered to determine where the priority should be. Of the almost $800 billion they are only throwing a fraction at immediate job creation, another fraction at measures to keep people employed. Yes, you look at the paper and you see pages of bad news and foreclosure auctions etc. That could have been stopped by just putting a hold on proceedings until things are put together. Now, although claims are made that homeowners will get help to avoid foreclosure, there is really not much in the package that will do that. Instead the real estate market is supposed to get going again by giving people incentives to buy a home. Buying up failing mortgages... well, there isn't really much done for that. For car and other loans??? Nope. But you can go and buy a new car. Thing is, because of the rush, this thing is a full blown mess now and will have little impact where it's really desperately needed. Now we are throwing good money after bad. So ultimately, yes, what's the rush? It's important to get things right and do the things that are really needed. Facit: don't wait on the government to come and help you. They first and foremost help themselves and those who can help them get re-elected. It's always been that way, and I doubt it'll change any time soon.

Our country is in a financial crisis, it is a rush to do something to make things better. Thats why this man was elected, we want change, we want something better, we don't want the same old thing. Things are a mess, we can't go on muc longer this way.

I think it should have been studied more closely. Anytime a bill is rushed through there is something going on the politicians are trying to cover up and more screw-up on what it is for and how it is used. Do you want your tax dollars helping people who abuse the system so they don't have to work, pay tax and live the good life off your dollar? Like the woman who just had 8 more babies and can't even support the 6 she already had. Want to know more about what this stimulus bill will cover? go here. http://around-the-world-news.blogspot.com/

I've read that there are over 1000 pages to this stimulus package bill. And one of the stipulations in it includes not eligible for anyone who holds any type of worship or religious activity. Which includes colleges that hold those type of activities for their students. That means they wouldn't get any funding for their schools. That's a sad shame that the world would come to this. I think I just saw a news headline say that the bill was passed. I do agree something needs to happen but not sure what it is that could turn everything around at this point.

People asking, what's the rush, must not have money problems. That's like when I was sitting in an office and a secretary was saying that she thought the news media was hyping people loosing their homes. 53% of morgages were going belly up at the time and she thought they were spending too much press on it and making people worry for nothing. I'm not sure what planet these people are on, are you? If it doesn't effect some people or people they know, it's not real to some people. But with a lot of people loosing their jobs and cuts in almost every sector of NY State, I think they're about to find out how serious it is and I think soon everyone will be affected. Then maybe they'll get it. I hope they don't get it too late.

u said it right, he inherited a mess. i sure wouldn't want his job. i hope he's able to help get some of the mess straightened out no matter how or what he has to do.

The rush is so that you can't read it all. The crap in there is astounding. Nobody could possibly have read it all. It was sent out at midnight and they had to vote that day. The debate that it should have had would have taken weeks. But they just expect everybody to sign it because the said so.

Oh did not Bush send out stimulus checks and tried to fix the banks, so you are doing the blame the Bush administration for everything? I heard that the stimulus bill is so big and complicated and Obama or rather the Democrats in congress want to rush it through so that no one gets to read it and there are some things in it that Americans would not like. That is they would not have liked if for instance Hilary Clinton became president. Why could they not lower corporate and personal income tax so the people of the United States have more money in their pockets and why did they decide to give those people sub-prime loans who could not pay them back? Was it not the Democrats who wanted poorer people, black families and Latino families to get to own their own homes and did not wait until these families made enough money to qualify? Seems as if you are putting all the blame on the wrong people and wanting Obama to be your savior.

I have to agree that it is important to begin to repair our economy as efficiently and quickly as possible. On the other hand it is just as important to get it right. The really sad part is, that no matter how fast they pass these stimulus bills, there simply is no fast or quick fix for the problems plaguing our country. They took years to build up to this point, and will take years to fix.

Well, for sure I don't think the president should sign it in to law on Tuesday. All of the reports I heard (CNN or any other broadcast station) says there is alot of pork in the bill. Now, Obama ran on a platform that said he wouldn't allow pork. Either the congress doesn't believe him, or he assured the congress he was only fooling to put up a good front for the people. The bill is over l000 pages long. No one could have read it before passing it. The Bush stimulus package was rushed and look what came of that? Banks are using the money they got to buy other banks.

It still amazes me that people don't really realize how bad things are in the country. It will take banks closing and finances being cut off before some people see what is happening. And then they will be shocked! It is so bad right now that we could be in a depression (and worse shape than the first our country went through) very soon if things aren't "fixed". Will it all work? Will it work as quickly as we need it too? We can only hope. And only time will tell. But it is crucial that something (not giving huge financial institutions, corporations, wall street, etc money they don't have to give back, but help for the consumers... the actual people in the US) is done now. I agree with President Obama that something needs to be done now.

What you say is true but I wonder if Obama has read the bill? It seems to me like that would have been a good idea for people voting on it or at least to have their staff read it and point out the things that might be questionable. I hate it when the government uses fear to shove something down our throats.

I think things can be overlooked or even not thought thoroughly when rushed. I do agree something needed to be done urgently, and I suppose as did the majority of Americans, as why someone who made promises of repairing some of the breakdown of society was elected.

When anyone in the government tries to rush something through Congress without giving members time to read and understand what they're voting for, I think there's got to be something fishy going on and it stinks.

it's evident that the US economy is largely hit and this is a precursor signal for more to come. it's best the funds are released immediately to preclude further complications, the funds are saving lives that are drowning, such critical situations requires immediate action. the rush I think is completely justified.

Rush? No, haste makes waste...right? But that doesn't mean we should all just sit around hoping the answer will come to us. It is time for action, and big action at that. I think that too much rush will cause a lot of trouble, but not enough will bring about a change too late. There's a nice happy grey area in the midle that our leaders in Washington need to step into. Unfortunately, those who see the need for expediancy are too worried to get this past through and in action, that they become willing to let alterations that change the thing too drastically change the foundation of the bill. And on the other side, those who sy let's just take our time and do it right this time, are acting as mud on the wheels decreasing the forward momentum this nation needs right now.

To be honest!! I don;t want to read the news about this issue because I don;t want to get upset or be stressed over it. My husband does everyday and he is always upset. Lol.. He keeps on murmuring that this country is about to collapse.. well, what can we do about it? can we, the common people do something about it? that's my question, every time he keeps on murmuring.What do you think?

Its very important, but it is NOT something you rush, Something this controversial you should go over and get as much information as possible, A LOT of people are saying it will devalue the U.S. dollar (and I agree) I personally think that, for the most part, the people who are in this trouble, got there themselves through giving THEMSELVES so much debt, THEY DID IT TO THEMSELVES! They can wait a few months so that we can be as sure as possible about this, so that we do not give the same problems to the people who did NOT do this to themselves (To be clear, I'm not talking about spare the white collar making 80,000 a year people who never had to worry about debt (even though most do), I'm talking people like my mom who have us take vitamins when we are sick, who shop at the thrift store and rarely get brand new, who stopped getting cable because it was too expensive, who doesn't go out to eat usually more than once a month. etc.) Personally, I think that to fix this economy, first we need to get rid of such laws such as the CPSIA, and consider alternatives to the FDA laws the severely limit selling food made in your kitchen. (alternatives such as labeling your food as WARNING: NOT MADE IN AN FDA APPROVED FACILITY! in big letters on the front.) These laws literally CRIPPLE U.S. Business, because the only ones who can get past them are the big name companies who ship jobs overseas. Second, The U.S. Citizens need to stand as one and buy more U.S. goods, pay a few pennies more if you need to, it needs to be done. The Government cannot make any laws on this matter, to encourage purchasing more U.S. produced goods, If they did, it would start an economic war with other countries, if not a full out bloodshed war. Obama, even If I don't like him, CANNOT fight this battle alone, we still need to fight as well. That's the way it is supposed to be. Being rash to find an answer only leads to mistakes and repeating our history.

I always feel that an immediate response to a problem unless there's a fire or some sort of life threatening situation is usually the wrong one. A knee-jerk reaction is usually the worst. I was once given the advice to wait 24 hours before making a decision or responding to something. That was really good advice for me since my knee jerk response can be insensitive. It's better to weigh all options before choosing a path.

I believe that the rush was to try and do something to straiten this country out, we are in such a bad state that something had to be done. at least it did not take him 4 years to play around with it before it got done. I know that it is just a start to get things going, I hope that he is just as fast to act when their is a need to do so. and i hope that it was the right thing for this country. i guess that in the next year we will see how much good it will do. and it was one of the things that he talked about before he was elected, and the hurry was....That this country needs it now, not later.