{"id":3785,"date":"2008-12-10T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-10T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3785"},"modified":"2008-12-10T16:22:22","modified_gmt":"2008-12-10T21:22:22","slug":"we%e2%80%99ve-got-to-make-sure-that-the-economic-stimulus-plan-is-large-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=3785","title":{"rendered":"“We\u2019ve got to make sure that the economic stimulus plan is large enough…”"},"content":{"rendered":"

…so that we can load it up with the most useless projects we can devise…but we’ll call them “Infrastructure,” and taxpayers will look the other way.<\/p>\n

From a couple posts ago<\/a>…<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe understand that we\u2019ve got to provide a blood infusion to the patient right now to make sure that the patient is stabilized. And that means that we can\u2019t worry short term about the deficit. We\u2019ve got to make sure that the economic stimulus plan is large enough to get the economy moving,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Let\u2019s dissect what Mr. Jimmy just said. We have to make sure to print and\/or borrow so much money<\/em> that the economy will have<\/em> to get better?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Obama’s words rang out like a dog whistle for liberals everywhere.<\/p>\n

And not surprisingly, the term “Infrastructure” gained a new, broader meaning<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the U.S. Conference of Mayors went to Capitol Hill to ask for a handout, or as they put it: “We are reporting that in 427 cities of all sizes in all regions of the country, a total of 11,391 infrastructure projects<\/strong> (emphasis mine-JR) are ‘ready to go.’ These projects represent an infrastructure investment of $73,163,299,303 that would be capable of producing an estimated 847,641 jobs in 2009 and 2010.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…it turns out $73 Billion is “capable” of producing 847,641 temporary <\/em>jobs.<\/p>\n

A wish list that is 11,391 projects strong! What vital infrastructure projects would cash-strapped taxpayers get for their $73 billion? Here’s a sampling:<\/p>\n

– Hercules, Calif., wants $2.5 million in hard-earned taxpayer money for a “Waterfront Duck Pond Park,” and another $200,000 for a dog park.<\/p>\n

– Euless, Texas, wants $15 million for the Midway Park Family Life Center, which, you’ll be glad to note, includes both a senior center and aquatic facility.<\/p>\n

– Natchez, Miss., “needs” a new $9.5 million sports complex “which would allow our city to host major regional and national sports tournaments.”<\/p>\n

– Henderson, Nev., is asking for $20 million to help “develop a 60 acre multi-use sports field complex.”<\/p>\n

– Brigham City, Utah, wants $15 million for a sports park.<\/p>\n

– Arlington, Texas, needs $4 million to expand its tennis center.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s a simple fact. Liberals can not be trusted with the nation’s checkbook. In a time of world financial crisis, their solution is to spend more taxpayer money on even more useless pork.<\/p>\n

The government does have a role to play: stimulate the economy by creating incentives for growth, incentives that will be permanent, paid for by cutting government down to size. But liberals would entertain that notion. Liberals seek to justify and extend government largess, not reduce it to it’s rightful weight.<\/p>\n

Instead of stimulating the economy, Barack Obama and his faithful liberal lunatics in Congress aspire to become the economy<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

…so that we can load it up with the most useless projects we can devise…but we’ll call them “Infrastructure,” and taxpayers will look the other way. From a couple posts ago… \u201cWe understand that we\u2019ve got to provide a blood infusion to the patient right now to make sure that the patient is stabilized. And […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,68,59,51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economy-and-the-market","category-capitalism-v-socialism","category-pork-patrol","category-liberal-tyranny"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}