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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 12:47 PM Original message |
What's going to stimulate the economy (updated) |
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VMI Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Rec. |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
2. TL/TL |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. $350 billion is "TL/TL"? |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 12:58 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. you have a job dont you? |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 12:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. Insanity=Doing the same thing over and over again expecting |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 12:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Proposing stimulus |
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Lost4words (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. unlike you to hold back, we need solutions not stimuli! |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. The last one didn't work that well. The infrastructure |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. The last stimulus didn't work well? |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. The unemployment is higher now than when it stared and the |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Unemployment would be at Depression era levels without it. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. Rahm, Gibbs and Axlerod should be kicked out on their ass n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. People who claim the stimulus didn't work... |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. You tell me when will we see a (job) from it? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. You've been seeing jobs from for many months now. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:49 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Stimulus doesn't make jobs it puts a few people to work |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:58 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. When? About a year and a half ago. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:06 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Come on you want to build a bridge how long does it take before |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:08 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. So now you're complaining about protecting the environment? |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:21 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Just making a point you just don't go out and start |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:44 PM Response to Reply #32 |
59. I work for a non-profit organization |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Unemployment is at depression levels n/t |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. No it isn't n/t |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. It is if you are unemployed! n/t |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. So if you were unemployed in 1998, the countrry was experiencing depression-level unemployment? n/t |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:47 PM Response to Reply #29 |
60. Have you ever considered posting somewhere else? |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
8. the research tax credit gets renewed every year anyway |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:07 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. If it gets renewed every year anyway, |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:00 PM Response to Reply #12 |
41. strawman |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:38 PM Response to Reply #41 |
51. There was no strawman |
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paulk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #51 |
56. I hope I'm not proven right, actually |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:19 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. Oh, and the BFD is not just passing it |
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zipplewrath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. Swinging? |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Yeah, and that's from a progressive critic of the administration. n/t |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
16. When I woke up this morning and heard them re-playing Obama's |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. "The so called Stimulus has been totally discredited by the MSM." |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It doesn't matter what I rely on, look at the polls |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Screw the polls. |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. You know it doesn't really matter, every time I get all |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
19. Corporate friendly tax credits. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. "The fact that unemployment compensation is taxed AT ALL" |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Huge difference between COMPLAINING and NOT CELEBRATING |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. "The fact that unemployment compensation is taxed AT ALL " |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:34 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Which has nothing to do with Obama |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:43 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. "Nor did I claim it was his fault." |
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Milo_Bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:42 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. Only a partial nonsequitur. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
35. There are good, solid reasons to be against this, |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. We need jobs yesterday not two years from today building |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. "Take the 99ers out and give them work, it doesn't matter what, just give them work for a pay check" |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. No, doing what they're good at, whatever that may be |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:28 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I agree give them some work for a fair pay. We could use |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:15 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. You don't just build a bridge. They would be better off |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:36 PM Response to Reply #47 |
50. Are you kidding? |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. They did long term projects like dams and highways, but |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:55 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. "How long did it take to build the Pentagon? a year? " |
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doc03 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 03:09 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Today it would take 4 years of study before it ever got started is |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 01:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. "What is needed is a true, large scale jobs program." |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 02:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Umm, 300 billion of that is in tax cuts and credits, not job creation. |
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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #35 |
61. I agree with you, but there are good, solid reasons to be for this |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. There are reasons why other programs are better. |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
55. More on the President's R&D tax credit. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 04:29 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. One hundred billion that will be, for the most part, pissed away |
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ProSense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 05:01 PM Response to Reply #57 |
62. Right. |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-07-10 07:03 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Exactly, which is why putting that money towards a jobs creation program would be better |
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