Reply #21: If we can spend $3 billion a week in Iraq for the last 5 years then

[Ganja Ninja]

we should be willing to spend 3, 4 or 5 times that here in America on Americans.

You (not me) said,"but it is also true that Bush left us so far in the hole that WE CAN'T AFFORD to spend as much as it'd be required." First who says we can't afford it? We couldn't afford the war of choice in Iraq that Republican's dragged us into either but that didn't stop them from dragging us to war anyway.

Just because this bill won't do the whole job doesn't mean that it shouldn't be passed. Just like getting rid of Bush/Cheney, it's a start and nothing but a start. There's still plenty of work left. And the worse things get the more Republican opposition to future jobs bills will be seen as obstructionist and harmful to the country. Especially since they are already widely seen as the cause of our economic problems.