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janx Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-06-09 01:24 PM
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8. Look at this:
Reductions:

Public Transit $3.4 billion...


Increases:

...Additional transportation funding

http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/stimulus-package/late... /

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What kind of transportation are they talking about?
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  -DAMN!!!! look what the rethugs and blue dog democrats are trying to cut out of the stimulus plan bigdarryl  Feb-06-09 01:15 PM   #0 
  - Head Start, Food Stamps, Public Transit. Unbelievable. Punish the ones who can least afford it.  K Gardner   Feb-06-09 01:19 PM   #1 
  - Or, that is to say, the things that have the highest proven stimulatory effect.  Occam Bandage   Feb-06-09 01:20 PM   #2 
  - I don't think food stamps are normally considered to be esp. stimulative to an economy.  Honeycombe8   Feb-07-09 10:51 AM   #32 
     - Actually, food stamps are the absolute best stimulus for any economy,  Occam Bandage   Feb-07-09 11:05 AM   #33 
        - I stand corrected. Thx. nt  Honeycombe8   Feb-07-09 11:11 AM   #34 
  - I know people who make 25 to 40 thousand a year who are rethugs  bigdarryl   Feb-06-09 01:24 PM   #6 
     - Guns, Abortion, and The Flag. There ya go. And deluded optimism about their own futures.  WinkyDink   Feb-06-09 02:45 PM   #27 
  - Since programs like this are the bain of their existence, are you  OHdem10   Feb-06-09 01:20 PM   #3 
  - Damn Blue Dog Democrats, continue to be a thorn in the ass of Democratic Presidents  Thrill   Feb-06-09 01:21 PM   #4 
  - Now, now. They won, we lost... oh WAIT!!! n/t  FormerDittoHead   Feb-06-09 01:23 PM   #5 
  - That is beyond belief. I would even give Collins more credit than to pull such a stupid trick.  Frustratedlady   Feb-06-09 01:24 PM   #7 
  - But Collins has power now...or so they keep telling us.  Skidmore   Feb-06-09 02:15 PM   #22 
  - After reading the article again  lyonn   Feb-06-09 02:36 PM   #26 
  - Look at this:  janx   Feb-06-09 01:24 PM   #8 
  - probably something favoring the CEO's  bigdarryl   Feb-06-09 01:26 PM   #9 
  - I have a slightly different take on this  Swede Atlanta    Feb-06-09 01:29 PM   #10 
  - No guarantee there will be any more 'funding' coming out of this congress  Debi   Feb-06-09 01:32 PM   #11 
  - Yep. You know the repukes are gonna scream about the deficit from now on  n2doc   Feb-06-09 02:23 PM   #23 
  - I disagree about food stamps and public transit.  janx   Feb-06-09 01:34 PM   #12 
  - Every Dollar in Foods stamps spent  Raine1967   Feb-06-09 01:46 PM   #15 
  - Words worth pondering  lyonn   Feb-06-09 01:56 PM   #19 
  - These things are all referred to as "wasteful pork" by McCain, are they not? nt  thoughtcrime1984   Feb-06-09 02:53 PM   #30 
  - They will reduce school construction with $60 billion??WTF!?  Hope And Change   Feb-06-09 01:37 PM   #13 
  - Heath Insurance for Unemployed  malletgirl02   Feb-06-09 01:38 PM   #14 
  - Call your senator now (202) 224-3121 and demand they vote against these cuts  liskddksil   Feb-06-09 01:49 PM   #16 
  - Obama has been prez such a short time  Generator   Feb-06-09 01:52 PM   #17 
  - oh yeah, that's useless pork, all right  Blue_Tires   Feb-06-09 01:53 PM   #18 
  - definition of "useless pork": the area between Bill O'Reilly's ears  bertman   Feb-06-09 01:58 PM   #20 
  - It's time to neuter these BlueBalled "Democratic" cowards.  Sebastian Doyle   Feb-06-09 02:11 PM   #21 
  - I use to not have a problem with Blue Dog Dems  LatteLibertine   Feb-06-09 02:28 PM   #24 
     - Bottom line is if the bluedogs vote against this bill  lyonn   Feb-06-09 02:48 PM   #28 
  - Perhaps they should be called red mole dems, not blue dog.  glitch   Feb-06-09 02:35 PM   #25 
  - Diane Feinstein is one of them  Zodiak   Feb-06-09 02:51 PM   #29 
  - They have some nerve  creeksneakers2   Feb-07-09 10:34 AM   #31 
 

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