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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 05:49 PM Original message |
Out of the 787 BILLION on the stimulus, only about 175 BILLION has been spent.. |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
1. Doesn't matter to the complainers around here.....If the recession wasn't |
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yourout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. My complaint with the stimulus was that it was no were near big enough. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. And even of that 175 Billion, it HAS helped the economy. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
4. So...double digit inflation is "according to plan"? |
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DJ13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. That illustrates the problem |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
6. True. It needs to be spent faster. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 07:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I've actually already received some stimulus funding for a project I'm working on. nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:53 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. So you don't care that 80% of the funds are unspent? |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #14 |
19. My point is that this argument of "it needs to be spent faster" is difficult |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 12:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. For some programs, the money has gotten. For others, it hasn't. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 12:44 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Yep. Demanding usually works with the federal bureaucracy. nt |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 01:00 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. It does if you're the president and it's your job to run them. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. That's funny, because I don't have any excuse for your comments either. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 01:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. If you want to keep your head in the sand, that's your choice. |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. This whole conversation is a microcosm of why I find DU really frustrating sometimes |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
7. What are they waiting for.. high unemployment? |
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deaniac21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. You forgot the rimshot. |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
9. Any good reason it's still not spent? |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 07:34 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. It's a little more complicated than that. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 09:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. No, no, we should just drop it out of an airship |
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Cant trust em (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 11:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I was totally about to say the same thing. |
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Robb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 11:58 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Just because I think it's a terrible idea |
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Hydra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jan-30-10 10:04 AM Response to Reply #12 |
29. Sure. A year though? |
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jesus_of_suburbia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 07:36 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I'm assuming they are waiting till closer to the '10 elections so that |
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conscious evolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 01:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. One thing I have discovered |
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timeforpeace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
10. Which makes the calls for a second stimulus seem somewhat silly. |
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bertman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jan-28-10 10:37 PM Response to Original message |
16. ". . . only about 175 BILLION has been spent . . ." And therein lies the problem. |
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Kurt_and_Hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
20. Do you care about the answer? If so... |
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Change Happens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jan-29-10 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
27. Link? |
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