Obama recovery plan stimulates whining

[Undercurrent]

February 23, 2009
You just can't please some people.

In the wake of President Obama's signing of a historically ambitious economic recovery program last week, the nitpickers and pettifoggers have come out in force.

The program's too big, the program's too small. It's got too many local make-work projects, it's got too many long-term projects. There are too many tax cuts, there are too few tax cuts. Eight bucks more in your week's take-home pay won't save anyone, let's give millions to corporations instead. And so on.

more... http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-fi-hiltzik23-2009feb23,0,6631910.column

[booley]

1. It is too small

But it's better then nothing

[northernlights]

2. it's only the first round

it was smart to not try to blow the whole wad on the 1st pass. This way they can see what programs work as expected and increase them, which ones fail and drop them, which ones need tweaking and tweak them.

And by the next round, Franken will be seated, Kennedy will be available to vote, so they won't be held hostage by 3 rethugs, only 1.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. That's only the complaint from Mrs. McConnell.