[Vision2020] Hypocrisy on the Right

[lfalen]

Bob is a friend of mine, but he is wrong to tar Republicans with a broad brush here. Most of us did not like the Bush-Paulson plan any better than we like the current plan.
Roger
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From: Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:12:46 -0800
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: [Vision2020] Hypocrisy on the Right

> 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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