Reply #4: His statement on the tax relief is disingenuous and wrong [View All]

[Still Sensible]

If these tax cuts were being done the way Bush did tax cuts, he could well be right and we could expect the same result as the example he cited or worse. But these simply add something like $15 a paycheck (average) to workers... this tax relief will indeed be spent and just as soon as people start getting it because they are hurting and need all the help they can get.

If he wants to argue it is not enough tax relief to the poor and middle class he would probably be right. But to contend this money will not be spent is a joke.

The published studies also say that the additions to food stamps and the extended unemployment benefits will be among the most effective expenditures in the bill.