Obama's stimulus package

What gets me is that just before Bush left, he also signed a stimulus package and sent out stimulus checks so people had something to spend or to pay down their bills, but he got slack for that, yet now that Obama signs it, he is the savior of America, and yet the money has to come from somewhere and there is so much junk in it. I read some of the forms that was used to make that Stimulus bill, and it was so long I only had enough time to read just a few pages, so the ordinary person cannot understand it all. Oh and I read about the people Obama put in his cabinet, people who did not pay their taxes, etc. I guess they can do wrong and get away with it. But I doubt that the people will blame Obama, for some reason they will put it all on Bush.

I think the Democrats are becoming a disgrace. Almost all of them voted for this bill without even reading one page of it! Also, only 30% of ths bill will actually stimulate the economy while the other 70% is spending. That is nearly HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS in spending. After the people realize that Obama can not do everything he says he can, we will see a shift in power very soon. This new administration might be putting the US into the ground that will be very hard to get out of in the future. This will all affect our kids and grandkids.

What makes you think that no one could possibly have read it? At least one of my state senators (Arlen Specter) claims to have gone through the bill line for line. I believe him. He's a Penn graduate and a smart guy. I think after 30 years in the senate he can probably manage to wade through a thousand pages. As for the trouble with the cabinet members, I don't see anything new there. This has gone on for a long, long time. How many appointments in the previous administrations had problems? I remember of flood of nannygates. And what about all the Supreme Court nominees that didn't make it? Are we to assume that failed appointments only count against President Obama and didn't mean a thing when it was President Bush and/or other administrations? How hypocritical.

Ma'am, as a woman who had hoped that this package could help the people, I am as disappointed as you are. Truly. The fact that the bill itself hasn't been read in it's entirety, most changes won't go into effect immediately, so on and so forth, but I feel deep down that the President truly wanted to help alleviate the suffering of the American people. sadly, this ain't it. I hope like anything I'm lying on this bill but your not the first person to say the same.

He will sign it without hesitation and without complete understanding what exactly the whole bill entails. He just wants to have accomplished something that'll 'give to the nation' and has stuff in hit that will help him accomplish his vision for us. Yes, it will be slow in doing anything if it works at all, but all those lawmakers got their pet projects some money... and a couple years down the road we'll pay the price in significantly higher taxes. I advice you to save now, because once you get tagged with higher tax rates you won't be able to afford much either... but by then we are all used to it and will complain less... I think that's their theory;)

I could be approaching this wrong, but from my seat here in Virginia - as wrapped up as I am in my own survival - I cannot for the life of me see how his package will help America's survival. If someone wants to step in here and correct me and show me the error of my ways, I'll gladly listen to anyone who can put my mind at ease here. However, the contents of this bill are absolutely incredible. It seems as if this administration has taken it upon themselves to use America's financial crisis to take care of some spending and the tying up of loose ends. Okay. But why in the heck do you take it out of OUR pockets? Why do you take it NOW? Billions spent on Global Warming reserach? This may or may not help 25 years down the road. However, it helps absolutely nothing right now. 80-some billion to move from one building into another building? 3 or so billion to switch govenment cars to hybrids, and even more billions to make renovations to government properties? 850 million in digital TV coupons? What is a digital TV coupon? A few hundred million for funding that will allow for back-door abortions (how I understand it...)? Acorn gets a bil? 50 million for the "arts"? Some of this spending seems very much similar to those financial institutions going on vacation with their bailout money. Luxury spending in a time of crisis. What a brilliant idea! Again, I may have misunderstood the limited information I've read about the stimulus, but the people - America's citizens - are only looking at a few percentage points knocked off their taxes? Okay, I don't want to turn this into a "bash Obama" post, but what in the hell is with this MASSIVE spending spree? And other than money allocated to states for public works, how will this create jobs? Did states even fire the people who build roads and bridges to begin with? Signed, Confused in America

iys really a digusting thought!!to pass a bill,even withoutt reading it!!thats what the other presidents have been doing.people will be really shocked,if he were to do something different.(they care abt people alot as to shock them)

I understand that we needed to do something but I can't find anyone, here or on other boards, or even on the television talk shows who believe this was a well thought out bill that is really going to help us and won't put us so far in debt that we can't even imagine. With so many people against this particular bill, how do elected officials who say they listen to their people actually have the nerve to vote for this thing they didn't even read? It is scary isn't it.

obama is nothings is = win

I pulled the text down of the bill and was floored as I tried to read what was in there and puzzled how it will help. The problem was President Obama gave the bill writing over to congress when he should have drafted it himself. These first days have been shaky at best and I wonder as do you when the walk on water mentality is going to catch up to him. That being said by having a payroll tax roll back $400 per worker under $70K a year he is going to be able to give 95% working American a tax cut, a campagin promise even if it is only $8 a week.