Stop the Stimulus!!

If you are an American citizen and are reading this you need to join the fight to stop this stimulus package. No matter what we are led to believe it is filled with pork and must be stopped. If you don't believe me then you must tell me how putting $200 million toward rehabilitating the National Mall is going to help people stay in their homes? Why will your employer want to give you a raise when the money is being spent on repairing dilapidated Forest Service facilities? That project is going to get $650 million. How about the $87 billion to help states expand their family planning services, how is that going to help? How does spending that kind of cash on contraceptives stimulate the economy? Most of the money is going to be spent on pushing Democratic agendas.

What needs to happen is a spending freeze. We need to look where every cent is going and ask if it is necessary. Last year we spent 18 billion on NASA, what did we get in return? The list could go on and on. The government needs to stop greasing the palm of every Tom, Dick & Harry that has their hand out. If wasteful spending was under control every US citizen could probably get a nice stimulus check.

Another problem with the package is it will be spent over the next couple of years and not right away. Only 7% by the end of the year and the bulk of the money will be spent by the end of next year. I am not an economist so someone needs to explain to me how that is going to help? It will help Democrats in the 2010 mid-term elections. How convenient that they will be dishing out all of this money right at election time. Are they worried if they give it out now they will be forgotten come election time.

We are looking down the barrel of a $2 trillion deficit. Our great grand kids will be paying that off. We need to stand up right now and say enough is enough. Go to www.wewantavote.org and sign the petition to stop the stimulus plan.