Stimulus Clears Congress

Barack Obama Congress  Less than a month in office President Barack Obama has scored a key legislative win.
by Associated Press
Published: Fri, February 13, 2009 - 10:50 pm CST Last Updated: Sat, February 14, 2009 - 12:33 pm CST
A $787 billion stimulus
bill has cleared Congress.
It's hoped the massive package will help stave off the effects
of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.
It cleared the Senate 60-to-38.
Friday night's winning vote came just before 11 p.m. when Ohio
Democrat Sherrod Brown voted "aye." The vote had been held open
so that Brown could attend his mother's memorial in Ohio. Three
Republican moderates sided with Democrats in the Senate. But
earlier in the House, Republican opposition was unanimous.
Supporters say the legislation could save or create 3.5 million
jobs. But Republicans complain the legislation is weighed down with
spending.
The legislation is among the costliest ever considered in
Congress. It provides billions of dollars to aid victims of the
recession through such things as unemployment benefits, food
stamps, medical care and job retraining. It also sends aid to the
states, and includes tax cuts, which Democrats say will help 95
percent of all Americans.
The measure will be signed into law in a few days by the
president, who is spending the holiday weekend back in Chicago.
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Great1 you are right but what is right about all of this? I really no but can’t say on this site because i would be racist…LOL

I just don’t understand what part of $15.00 every 2 weeks for people who work and $25.00 for unemployed ?? none of this makes any since.

Makes perfect sense to me. The working people are too busy working while the non working have plenty of time to shop and can therefore contribute more money to the economy.

I just don’t understand what part of $15.00 every 2 weeks for people who work and $25.00 for unemployed ?? none of this makes any since. If you work you are getting sc——- and if you sit on your but you get it all (welfare, unempl, food stamps, etc.) something is wrong with this picture… I guess the solution is have ten babys and do nothing (thats the Obama way)

And what about solialized medicine? We, the middle aged, now have that to look forward to in our declining years. God help us all.
We should all be on our knees praying not for ourselves, but for “those in charge”...who are not really b\c when it is all said and done, MY WORLD IS STILL SPINNING, MY GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL! Pray for intervention!

I don’t think there should be hand outs at all, but I figure since they ARE handing them out, I might as well take one, right? It’s not like I’m also leaching off of public housing and welfare AND getting one!

Seriously, the only thing keeping me from getting $200 is the fact that I was born at the end of the 3rd trimester instead of half way through the first. . .

Where exactly have I attacked you? Just questions to pull one beyond the shallow entitlement way of thinking. Far to many people are far to dependent on the government. It’s killing our economy.

Why wouldn’t I? I get a paycheck just like anybody else…Taxes are taken out…I can only assume my boss is sending that money to the government, but I’ve never….double checked….

Why? Do you not pay taxes?

I mean. I think I’m doing good. I could just have babies and get a check from the government every month, but instead I work, I go to school, and I even have insurance on my car! I’m a good kid, I don’t get into trouble and I make great grades.
Why this makes you feel like you should attack me I don’t know. I’ve paid income taxes every year for over half a decade now. I just think it’s stupid that I don’t get any help from the government because I was born 7 months and 10 days after the deadline.

Do you pay taxes on the money you earn?

I work 50 hours a week, smarty pants.

And By The Way! Blessings don’t come from the government. That’s not it’s job. It’s nowhere in the Constitution of the United States of America.
So it my be a good time to pray to God, Who is in the business of blessings and no longer rely on the the gov. tax payers or your own understanding which is evidently Selfish and shallow!

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