Stimulus package agreement reached

Quote from texrex2002:

lots of opinions on here, so I'll add mine:

I'm pissed off too.

On some level I understand the boosting consumption is a good way to help the economy.

However, I pay more taxes than most, and I would love to have a grand or two to blow on miscellaneous nonsense, but guess what? I don't get shit! I get the f***ing bill for all these other beatoffs so they can blow money. I am the one hurt by the market tanking, because my investmenst took a beating. I am the one who has suffered more than some asshole with a mcjob. They don't have a carefully horded nest egg that got a beat-down because of STUPID policy (fiscal, monetary, foreign, etc.).

And now, the people that spent the dollar into oblivion on some manufactured horeshit in Iraq (which, incidentally is one of the prime reasons that our economy sucks) are going to "fix" it by spending even more money (on my dime) conveniently during the election year. How about saying "let's stop sprending trillion of dollars on bullshit in the middle east?" watch the markets bounce. Watch the dollar rebound. Watch oil drop.

And to all the folks with "rebate" checks: you're welcome.
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You make many good points. I watched the Republican debate last night, hoping someone would make the same points. Huck had some mild criticism and we know Ron Paul is against it, but the others said it wasn't enough. Very disappointing.
 
Quote from Lights:

What philosophy is that. Do nothing and watch rot? It's in the American spirit to fight to the death. Sorry we don't live in North Korea.
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Whoa...and here I was about to move to the next thread without seeing this.

So let me get this straight, you think by offering a "stimulis" package we, as a nation, cannot afford we're "fighting to the death"? You got the "death" part right, I guess.

Did it ever occur to you that sometimes recession is good for the country in the long haul? That it is a natural, cyclical part of life in an economy? That sometimes you have to take a step back if you are to continue going forward for the rest of your time?

I'll let you answer before I bring out the heavy stuff.
 
Quote from Lights:

Sounds more like playing the blame game. Nobody is perfect in the markets.
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Of course nobody is perfect in the markets. But in the markets one should pay for his own loses.
 
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