The comedian Lewis Black pretty much hates everything, and that includes politicians. His thoughts on the political parties go something like this.
- A Republican stands on his chair in Washington DC and yells,
“I have a horrible idea!”
And a Democrat stands up on his chair and yells back
“And I know how to make it worse!”
The Republican Plan: 700 Billion TRAP Plan
This bill included tax benefit for victims of the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, even a tax exemption for makers of children’s wooden arrows, as well as giving money to banks who acted in the most hazardous
The Democratic Plan 900 Billion Stimulus package.
This is a bill that is not even truly stimulus, just more spending for social programs. Nothing against social programs, but the plan increases in unemployment payments, and student loans will not stimulate much of anything.
Final Thought: I don’t like to be political just about ever, and I am very sick of hearing about politics. Let me say that this is in no way a political blog, but we do have to pay all this spending back at some point, which will affect my taxes. I don’t like any of the plans that have come out of Washington, but I honestly don’t have any better ideas. All I see is Pork-Barrel spending and increases in the deficit masked as “stimulus”
sigh!