If they are going to be spending all this money, I too would like to see much more of it help people now. Not in 2011.

This is the problem with the current group of Republicans. They continually run on the platform of cutting taxes. Yet they have NO plans to cut spending. The only way they can balance the budget is to cut things like Medicare payments, SS benefits, education spending, etc (or raise taxes). Do you ever think they’ll run on THAT platform? Of course not, because Americans don’t want those type of cuts. So either the Repubs are cowards, or their just dishonest.

So it is hypocritical for Voinovich to discuss fiscal responsibility when he is partially to blame for the current deficit–by not combining tax cuts with spending cuts

2001-2008, federal spending increased by 57 percent. Four years that followed the 2003 tax cuts, federal revenue rose by $785 billion. Of course, we had deficits following September 11 (unavoidable), but then we went on a spending spree. Kennedy, Reagan, Clinton, Bush tax cuts all yielded higher federal revenues. Look it up.

And aside from the facts – from a philosophical perspective, believing that tax cuts cause deficits requires belief that the money you earn is not yours, it is Washington’s. Flip it around, if you’re in debt, is it because of taxes, or because you have spent too much?

An excellent idea, in my view. An immediate tax cut/pay raise for every wage earner in the United States. You want to stimulate demand in a hurry? You’d be hard-pressed to find a more efficient, effective way. And if we’re going to spend billions we don’t have, shouldn’t we err on the pro-growth side of letting people keep more of their current money rather than the statist side of taking more of their future money?

LR – Run for Congress. I’ll be your first contributor.

I’m not totally against the stimulus package, but personally I would have liked to have seen more immediate help and delayed some of the larger long term projects to be fought over later.

Since we have a variety of different ideologies on this thread, I’d be interested in opinions on the idea of eliminating social security taxes for a six month or a year for both employees and employers as a way to increase both personal income and business income.

I can’t stand seeing the same tired old white men

I am outraged by your blatant use of racism and race bating. I dream that one day people will be judged on the content of their character, not the color of their skin.

Where are all the jobs that the Bush tax cuts were supposed to create? Or the Taft tax cuts for that matter? To paraphrase Cuba Gooding’s character in “Jerry Maguire”, “Show me the jobs!”

Oh I know, we were attacked on 9/11 and our economy is still in a tailspin from that. 9/11 changed everything, Blah, blah, and blah! Get over 9/11 already!