[Vision2020] Hypocrisy on the Right

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of the "Letters" section of today's (February 11, 2009) Spokesman 
Review and Bob Carver of Moscow.

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Hypocrisy on the right

No one wants the government to waste money on the stimulus bill. 
Economists should look at the details of the bill and throw out anything 
that has less than $1 stimulus for every $1 invested. This includes most 
of the Republican tax breaks. USA Today reported that Bush’s stimulus tax 
cuts had a 27-cent return for each $1 invested. Mark Zandi of Moody’s 
testified before Congress that for each $1 of corporate tax cuts there 
would only be a 30-cent stimulus.

Both parties agree that less than 1 percent of the $830 billion is 
classified as pork. Wall Street execs gave over $18.2 billion in bonuses 
that were essentially paid by taxpayers because of lack of direction and 
oversight by Republican Secretary of Treasury Paulson and the Republicans 
involved, including Congress. No hue and cry from Republican congressmen 
about this “pork” to Wall Street.

Let’s see, 1 percent of $830 billion equals $8.3 billion. Even a fifth 
grader will recognize that $8.3 billion is less than $18.2 billion. Yet 
Republicans are aghast at the $8.3 billion and only nod at the $18.3 
billion for Wall Street. Do you suppose they even know how to spell 
hypocrisy?

Bob Carver
Moscow, Idaho

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Four years ago George Bush was using terms like "mandate" and talking 
about the "political capital" he was eager to spend.

Without even being invited to the party, Bush has left most Americans with 
the hangover.

Seeya round town, Moscow.

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

PS - Remember when John McCain claimed that he knew how to capture Usama 
bin Laden and that he (McCain) would share this secret with the American 
people if he (McCain) was elected president.  I guess that McCain's 
patriotism does have a price tag after all, a price to be paid in blood 
(four more US troops were reported killed in Iraq yesterday).


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