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Would You Support a Second Stimulus Package?

Would you support a second stimulus package?

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Alex

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There is now talk coming from an Obama advisor that a second package of stimulus money may be needed.

"The United States may need a second stimulus package focusing on infrastructure projects to put the world's biggest economy firmly on the path to recovery, a top White House adviser said here Tuesday."

US may need a second stimulus: Obama adviser - Yahoo! News

The advisor stated that this was her opinion and not the official word of the Obama Administration.

Would you support this if the Obama Administration tried to do it? Why, or why not?
 
Can i vote even if it doesn't concern me?

Edit: I voted anyway :p
 
Alex said:
I believe it does concern you. Our economies are very much so intertwined.
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I voted no.
I think Governments now needs to start cutting spending, my PM has actually lost his mind. He thinks spending and putting UK in even more debt is the way to go :screwy
Thank god for bank of england refusing to give him more money.
 
Alex said:
Would you support this if the Obama Administration tried to do it? Why, or why not?
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A second stimulus package should be considered grounds for impeachment and immediate removal from office. This country cannot afford and should not tolerate a second exercise in incompetency such as the first so-called "stimulus" package.

Government stimulus does not work. Government stimulus has never worked. Government stimulus is a contradiction in economic terms.
 
Alex said:
There is now talk coming from an Obama advisor that a second package of stimulus money may be needed.

"The United States may need a second stimulus package focusing on infrastructure projects to put the world's biggest economy firmly on the path to recovery, a top White House adviser said here Tuesday."

US may need a second stimulus: Obama adviser - Yahoo! News

The advisor stated that this was her opinion and not the official word of the Obama Administration.

Would you support this if the Obama Administration tried to do it? Why, or why not?
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I did not support the second stimulus, but it went through anyway, and even though neither of them worked, Obama now wants a 3rd stimulus.

You can't spend your way out of a recession: This is another reason why you weren't supposed to vote for Obama.
 
The Messiah Says:

I'm going to need help in Congress to pass the Crap and Trade Scam and the Nationalized Health Care Scam, so I'm going to have to wave more pork bait around.

The reality is: the First Stimulus was nothing but pork, most of which isn't going to be spent until well into next year, so it's not stimulating anything, and more pork for later isn't going to stimulate anything either.
 
You folks do realize that this is 3rd stimulus, not the 2nd, right?
 
Jerry said:
You folks do realize that this is 3rd stimulus, not the 2nd, right?
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I would have to agree with you on this, with the Wall Street/bank/auto industry bailout being the first.
 
I voted "yes."

Since nobody in a position of authority in this nation seems interested in fixing the problem, we may as well accelerate our self-destruction -- the sooner we hit rock-bottom, the sooner we can start clawing our way back to the top.
 
TacticalEvilDan said:
I voted "yes."

Since nobody in a position of authority in this nation seems interested in fixing the problem, we may as well accelerate our self-destruction -- the sooner we hit rock-bottom, the sooner we can start clawing our way back to the top.
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I dunno, if your Government is anything like ours. They'll get to rock bottom, and still continuing digging our grave
 
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I voted yes.

Because I am greedy and want to use others money rather then what I work for.

Failure should always be rewarded.
 
I voted no. I think it's too early to start beating the drum for another stimulus package before we have had a chance to determine if the most recent one has proven to be effective.
 
I would tend to be against a second stimulus. At some point, you just should not keep spending, and we have passed that point.
 
Laila said:
I dunno, if your Government is anything like ours. They'll get to rock bottom, and still continuing digging our grave
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I don't think it's a question of the government continuing to dig.

It's a matter of it getting so absolutely, positively bad that the government's license to dig is revoked.
 
Alex said:
There is now talk coming from an Obama advisor that a second package of stimulus money may be needed.

"The United States may need a second stimulus package focusing on infrastructure projects to put the world's biggest economy firmly on the path to recovery, a top White House adviser said here Tuesday."

US may need a second stimulus: Obama adviser - Yahoo! News

The advisor stated that this was her opinion and not the official word of the Obama Administration.

Would you support this if the Obama Administration tried to do it? Why, or why not?
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Do we need a second stimulus? Yes.

Do I want the Obama Administration to start pushing a second stimulus before we reform health care and before we put Sotomayor on the bench? No.
 
Kandahar said:
Do we need a second stimulus? Yes.
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Yea, another pork-filled monstrosity ought to do the trick. The last two have worked so splendidly.

Let me ask you a question, when has a government stimulus plan ever been demonstrably successful at actually "stimulating" the economy?
 
Kandahar said:
Do we need a second stimulus? Yes.

Do I want the Obama Administration to start pushing a second stimulus before we reform health care and before we put Sotomayor on the bench? No.
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When does the government spending end for you?
 
Bush's stimulus didn't work. This second stimulus wasn't even designed to help the economy in the first place. It was liberal wet dream of a bill that allowed all those far leftist on the Hill to throw money toward all the things they had been trying to fund for the last few decades, but couldn't convince anyone in their right mind to support.

Why in the hell would anyone think that a 3rd stimulus would work?

Insanity(noun); - trying the same thing over and over expecting a different result
 
Alex said:
When does the government spending end for you?
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Uhh "government spending" is pretty broad. Do you mean stimulus spending? One more stimulus, about the same size as the last one ought to do the trick. That's assuming it's as wasteful as the last one...if Congress actually limited itself to projects that actually stimulated the economy, another stimulus about HALF the size of the last one would be sufficient.
 
Ethereal said:
Yea, another pork-filled monstrosity ought to do the trick. The last two have worked so splendidly.
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Doing a half-assed job and getting half-assed results doesn't mean that you should stop trying, it means you should do it right. :roll:

Ethereal said:
Let me ask you a question, when has a government stimulus plan ever been demonstrably successful at actually "stimulating" the economy?
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The Great Depression? World War II?
 
Kandahar said:
Uhh "government spending" is pretty broad. Do you mean stimulus spending? One more stimulus, about the same size as the last one ought to do the trick. That's assuming it's as wasteful as the last one...if Congress actually limited itself to projects that actually stimulated the economy, another stimulus about HALF the size of the last one would be sufficient.
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And since you and I both know that is IMPOSSIBLE, will you being changing your position accordingly?
 
Kandahar said:
Uhh "government spending" is pretty broad. Do you mean stimulus spending? One more stimulus, about the same size as the last one ought to do the trick. That's assuming it's as wasteful as the last one...if Congress actually limited itself to projects that actually stimulated the economy, another stimulus about HALF the size of the last one would be sufficient.
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Wow........Can you elaborate on what logic you're using to arrive at the opinion that one more "ought to do the trick". And while you're at it, can you explain how in the world the government would not be as wasteful this time around?
 
Ethereal said:
Let me ask you a question, when has a government stimulus plan ever been demonstrably successful at actually "stimulating" the economy?
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Kandahar said:
The Great Depression? World War II?
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The New Deal made the Great Depression worse, not better, and postponed lasting recovery by several years.

World War II was not stimulus, but an external increase in demand.

Both times, you lose.
 
Ethereal said:
And since you and I both know that is IMPOSSIBLE, will you being changing your position accordingly?
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Nope, I'd rather have a stimulus bill with some wasteful spending than no stimulus at all.
 
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