The president did a primetime news conference yesterday on the stimulus bill.
Change=pork.
Or at least that’s what its beginning to look like.
We’ve tog an urgent need for pork, you see. The economy will keep going down without it.
I dunno, whatever happened to “eat mor chikin”? Even though cows are pushing the bird, I don’t think pigs would mind either.
Supposedly, they’ve cut the stimulus down a bit. It’s no longer a $1 trillion juggernaut; it’s an $800 billion juggernaut. (hat tip for the link: 4 Simpsons)
I’m no expert. Perhaps that amount is reasonable, but that’s still a whopping amount to my untrained eye. I mean, c’mon, saying that’s reasonable is kinda like an NFL tackle complimenting himself on losing two pounds.
Any of you economics profs wanna comment out there?
My econ knowledge doesn’t go past the “old school” principles. You know, ones like these:
*You can’t cure debt by getting more in debt
*You can’t spend money you don’t have
*If you give money to fools, they will do foolish things with it
Even though I’m not an econ guy, my hunch is that those general principles still apply, though. What do you folks think?
Related:
Charles Krauthammer brings the pain
50 facts on the stimuls. My question is “what provisions have they cut since the article was published?”
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