Summary of the Spending Programs in the $789 Billion Stimulus Compromise

There are approximately 200 million Americans of adult age. Of those, approximately only 50% actually pay any net federal income tax whatsoever. I'd rather give the 100 million Americans who pay taxes their money back (that's approximately $8,000 each) and let them spend it as they deem appropriate in their local communities. The federal government is incapable of spending this much money in an efficient manner in short order anyway. We will hear about the fraud, waste and abuse of this spending law for decades; and our children will bear the brunt of this tax burden. We Americans, on the other hand, appear to have no problem spending our money quick. So, I say let consumerism rain, speed up the economic cycle, generate more taxes and create more jobs. It would be more efficient, quicker, and more equitable, than this new law.

We have a fundamental dilemma occurring with our democracy. A majority of the people are voting to spend the money earned by a minority of the people. Reminds me of taxation without representation.

Taxed of VA 12:05PM February 15, 2009

hurry up w foreclosures & bankruptcies, there is no more creadit cards and equity loans

for speculators & deadbeats.

Setup a program to provide rental assistance to the affected families.

Send entire deadbeat families back to where they started from: us state|foriegn country.

Those families that are left can then provide for their own community w/o overload.

Rememeber california troopers on the border in the 20's & 30's.

Catch the criminals and incarcerate them for a long time & make them work on chain gangs.

Federal subsidization of deadbeats never works and causes inflation to spiral.

marcus aurelius of CA 9:48AM February 13, 2009

Obama called this bill "the single largest new investment in our national infrastructure since the creation of the federal highway system in the 1950s."

This is very misleading. While our national transportation system is congested and crumbling, just $30 Billion (give or take a few billion) is included in the stimulus bill for our highways and bridges. This is far less than existing routine federal highway funding levels (SAFETEA-LU $300 Billion over 5 years). Note that this regular funding comes directly from the gas taxes paid in the respective states.

Jon of IL 11:13PM February 12, 2009

Not only is this not a stimulus prgram it also is another bill not being put up on the interenet for five days before being signed.

Randy of FL 6:19PM February 12, 2009