New Push to Defund the Stimulus

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Hi, I am randy Hoffman and I would like to share this disgust with US government actions towards our failing economy. As far as cutting taxes I don’t know why we would, all of these trillion dollar checks the Oval office has written are going to have to be paid one way or another. We are just prolonging their pay off by tax cuts. But like the previous statement I am here to make one suggestion for stimulating our economy with a dollar. I call it ES Gifts because that’s really all we need to do to make a difference. Each time we pay a dollar it gets split up to give 100 people aprox. 1 cent 1-100.
My proposal is for each person to give a dollar to their economy but for a greater cause. ES GIFTS is a fund that uses donations of a dollar to purchase items of need from the local area for certain selected people, varying random people, or people in need. This to be decided by the donator can have a double effect. The first, a woman sitting at home has no food in the house this week; she was laid off and has to ration money to pay rent. ES Gifts sends her a package of potatoes or canned goods all found at the lowest prices on the market. Now with her fed and a dollar gone toward her economic home she is $1 closer to getting a job. Working a part time job you can make less than 200 dollars a week. Using logic you can say that 200 people in the world can donate a dollar each and create a job while feeding 200 people. This isn’t another bail out going to the banks. This one is for the people, Good luck in trying times America.
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Randy Hoffman of FL 10:21AM April 04, 2011

Where to begin ?? Well let's start with the fact that it was BUSH 43 that STARTED the wars in AFGHANISTAN & IRAQ and NOT Obama. Obama just inherited those STUPID wars and now he's TRYING to CLEAN UP the mess that CHENEY/BUSH left him. The aircraft carrier named after 'Poppy' Bush was funded by Junior AND 'Rummy' and not Obama. If we look at Obama and Mrs going on vacations AND wasting TAXPAYER money shall we take a look at HOW MANY VACATIONS Bush 43 took in his TOTAL EIGHT years while in office ??? I DID NOT know that the ranch in Crawford had THAT MUCH BRUSH & DEAD WOOD for '43' to clear. If Ralph want's to talk about waste, shall we look at the F-35 JSF !!! A real turkey(a bird that CAN'T fly - like the plane). It's a SINGLE engine fighter of the "future" BUT the powers that be in CONGRESS are trying to FORCE DOD to buy TWO DIFFERENT engines while ONE will do. Care to guess where the OTHER engine is produced ?? In the state of INDIANA. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE CONGRESSMAN from the state of INDIANA. The SPEAKER of the HOUSE. OK boys and girls, you get only ONE GUESS and the first FOUR guesses DON'T count. Ralph states that he is a FED UP STARVING DISABLED SENIOR CITIZEN from Arizona. Look at what the REPUBLICANS are trying to do to your type(DISABLED, STARVING, and SENIOR citizens)and you might see the 'LIGHT'. DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING THAT FOX "NEWS" CHANNEL, El Rushbo, Sean Hannity, Bill Cunningham, Glenn Beck, et al are telling you. AND FOR HEAVEN SAKES, LEARN TO PUNCUATE YOUR pithy comments !!!!! I get a headache TRYING to read your PITHY COMMENTS. Do you know what PERIODS, COMMAS, QUOTATION MARKS, et al are ??? If so, PLEASE USE THEM IN THE FUTURE. It would make reading your PITHY comments a lot easier ....................

scoobydoo of MA 6:48PM February 16, 2011

So, it's about time all of the American people demand our joke of a US Congress
kill the stupid Non-Stimulus Funds here and now and start cutting both Comrade
Gluttonous Leader Barack Hussein and Michelle Obama's Luxurious Costly Personal Lifestyle as cutting the Obama White House Staff and Budget by 50%
and Congress Cut it's own Salaries and Congressional Staffs by a matching 50%
Reduction and Immediately Kill Latest Obama Insanity of building a $68 Billion
Tax Dollar Obama Rail,high speed passenger rail system,that will in the end make
even Obamacare spending look puny and be so under or totally unused that it
cost Trillions Of Tax Dollar Annual Subsidies,just to keep it running every year,
and make Amtrak look puny as well. So,how about the US end the two most costly totally un-winnable Obama's Wars in Afghanistan & Iraq by Defunding them and only leave screwball Sec of Defense Robert Gates just enough money
to pay for bringing all our troops home,stop building the Ego Trip Newest US Navy Aircraft Carrier,the USS George H W Bush,kill the rest of the fair weather
flying F-22 Raptor,and cut every Federal Agency Budget by 25% here & now!
And so,how about we bill Comrade Leader Barack Hussein & Michelle Obama for
the use of the Current Two Air Force Ones and Cost of their Replacements and
dock Barack Hussein Obama for every minute of his wasted time playing golf,
shooting hoops,holding needless State Dinners,and bill Michelle Obama for all her
luxury vacations and huge personal staff as well,shall we now then?
One Fed Up Virtually Straving Disabled Senior Citizen in Arizona!

Ralph of AZ 11:28AM February 16, 2011

Hunter of WI and Bill, of course, are delusional. You both keep pushing for no unions and see where it takes America! You think corporations pay living wages because they want to? No unions, less wages and benefits.
You both are two of the biggest cheerleaders for the USA turning into a second or third world country. Hey, maybe that is a great idea, then we won't have to spend so much money on the military budget.
Also, the stimulus as a success Mr. Roff not that you would ever say so!

Tree Hugger of CO 10:15AM February 16, 2011

The liberal progressives in Madison are spinning out of control right now . After Dave Obey , Russ Fiengold and ex gov Doyle / Paul Ryan , Scott Walker and Sean Duffy are quite a change , at least we're only 3 billion in debt, unlike states around us .
How about these PUBLIC employee unions , people that the taxpayers are paying whinning they have to contribute to their pension funds and healthcare . Who the hell do they think they are ? They think they do such a good job , they think they are so much better than the people that pay them they don't have to contribute to their own plans . 12% to their healthcare ins. , they pay 6% now , I pay 40% , 5.8% for pension plan , they pay 0 now , I don't have one , I save and make ends meet for my future , that's what makes me mad , take my taxes to bail out unions that pee their money away , not my problem , talk to your union leaders , what did they do with your money ? FREE RIDES must end .Those self rightous asses .

Hunter of WI 7:27AM February 16, 2011

You appear to have a great Govenor in your State, not willing to raise taxes. Instead he has picketing union members at Capitol angry, being asked to pay similar health contributions and pensions as the rest of us citizens do.
"Wisc. Gov. Briefs National Guard About Unrest After Unions Blast Emergency Budget"
February 14, 2011
"New Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker admitted he had to brief the state’s National Guard last week about potential unrest after union leaders expressed anger over his emergency budget proposal. That budget would effectively end collective bargaining rights for state workers in an effort to plug a $3.6 billion budget hole."
"Walker’s plan also calls for state employees to contribute 5.8 percent of their salaries to their pensions starting April 1. They would have to contribute at least 12.6 percent toward their health care. Those two items would generate $30 million by July 1 and roughly $300 million over the next two years when combined with the other concessions."
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/wisc-gov-briefs-national-guard-about-unrest-after-unions-blast-emergency-budget/

Bill Hedges of MO 11:07PM February 15, 2011

I know I am , get any of it back that's left and make sure the other is paid back . We have to start making some tuff choices . As far as all the money spent so far , nothing much to show for it , pretty damn sorry , typical goverment BS . Quite frankly I'm sick of my tax money bailing other peoples asse- out as I'm trying to save for the future ( which isn't far for me ) . GM , 400 million in bonuses , bailing out union pension funds as they donate over 100 million to political campaigns ( liberals ) , bailing out state unemployment funds with fed tax dollars , not all the states pay the same , more in Ill. than Ga. or other states , take the guys tax money in one state where he's just getting by to pay another guy in another state more money ??
Goverment needs to quit spending and expanding until they show us the tax payers they can do something right . We need to make sure they do ..

Hunter of WI 10:17PM February 15, 2011