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Now let's get on with it!
Author: Raine    Date: 02/12/2009 13:28:09

So is the vote today? Word has it that President Barack Obama's recovery plan is on track for final votes in the House and Senate. I hope so. I truly do. It's been a dizzying week (month, actually). Here are some of the benefits and who gets them in this version of the bill:
First-time home-buyers would get a larger tax break. Laid-off workers would receive higher unemployment benefits and new subsidies for heath insurance.

And all but the wealthiest workers would soon get a tax credit worth as much as $800 per couple.

Bigger government checks -- long favored by lawmakers in an ailing economy -- could soon begin landing in mailboxes across the country, and new tax breaks would be available to many families, if the economic stimulus package clears Congress this week.
There is more at this link from the AP. I am sure as the day goes on we will find new details. I like reading things like '$47 billion in state fiscal relief to prevent cuts in state aid to school districts, with great flexibility to use the funds for school modernization and repair; $25 billion to school districts to fund special education and the No Child Left Behind law for students in K-12; $17 billion to boost the maximum Pell Grant by $500 to $5,350; $2 billion for Head Start.' Someone is finally thinking of the children!

Some of the provisions will be liked, some won't. At this point, I don't care. Whatever isn't in the jobs and recovery package can be addressed in the Annual Budget which - incidentally - we have not gotten to. With so many people losing their jobs, and the fear of losing gainful employment, this stimulus bill had to happen, simply to inject money into people's wallets and give them confidence back. When one person loses a job, they stop spending money. When that person stops spending money at businesses and for services they would normally use, those companies stop taking in money... thus the people working at these businesses people have less money and confidence. Suddenly that business shuts down, and now more people are out of work.

Now multiply that by all the jobs lost this year. It is a true downward cycle that we are in and the "Tax Cuts Only" meme wasn't going to to help. If the past 12 years have proven us correct, it would have only hurt us more. There comes a point when you can't treat a cold with rest and sleep. The thing is you have to realize you have a cold and treat it, and the previous administration did not do that. At this point, America doesn't have a cold, she has pnuemonia. America needs money and needs it now.

We also need new jobs, and a return of our old jobs. I hope companies take the cue from the CEO of Caterpillar
Today, the chairman and CEO of Caterpillar said that if the American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan passes, his company would be able to rehire some of those employees."
This is the kind of confidence we need to see again. People need to know that their jobs are still here in America and that companies WANT to keep their workers.

It is frustrating me to no end that our President and Congress were put in this position in the first place. This was not what Barack Obama was thinking about when he spoke of hope and change. This stimulus package was not part of his campaign platform. That said, I am grateful that we have a president who is actually able to adjust "as the facts on the ground" change.

Now let's get a HHS nominee going, let's get our Labor Secretary nominated so we can get America OUT of it's sick bed and back to work!

:peace: and :heart:
Raine
 

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Comment by m-hadley on 02/12/2009 13:40:51
Excellent Post, Raine :clap:

I am hopeful that the vote on Secretary Designee Solis is a positive one and that it happens today! We need her on the job ASAP :D

Happee Thursdee everybodee

Cheers,

mfaye & :peace:



:gobama:

Comment by TriSec on 02/12/2009 13:47:26
Morning, comrades! (waves southwesterly, as I am the furthest Northeast outpost of this blog!)



Here's something to make you smile this morning. or maybe spark an allergy attack in some.





Comment by Raine on 02/12/2009 13:54:00
Quote by TriSec:

Morning, comrades! (waves southwesterly, as I am the furthest Northeast outpost of this blog!)



Here's something to make you smile this morning. or maybe spark an allergy attack in some.





Damn dust.



The last few sentences put me over the edge. :cry:

Comment by Raine on 02/12/2009 13:54:51
HAPPY 200Th Birthday to President Lincoln!!!1

Comment by BobR on 02/12/2009 13:55:00
Quote by TriSec:

Morning, comrades! (waves southwesterly, as I am the furthest Northeast outpost of this blog!)



Here's something to make you smile this morning. or maybe spark an allergy attack in some.





:) nice story...

Comment by Scoopster on 02/12/2009 13:55:05
Morning all! :hug:



FREE HILDA! :D

Comment by wickedpam on 02/12/2009 13:59:50
Quote by TriSec:

Morning, comrades! (waves southwesterly, as I am the furthest Northeast outpost of this blog!)



Here's something to make you smile this morning. or maybe spark an allergy attack in some.









:cry: Who brought the flippin' onions to work!





Morning :hug:



Comment by Raine on 02/12/2009 14:01:23
Quote by Scoopster:

Morning all! :hug:



FREE HILDA! :D


Looks like she may be free today!!!



:usa: FREE HILDA! :USA:


Comment by Random on 02/12/2009 14:10:43
Hey, for all those comic geeks in the blog, can someone tell me what's so hot about about Watchmen?

Comment by wickedpam on 02/12/2009 14:13:24
Quote by Random:

Hey, for all those comic geeks in the blog, can someone tell me what's so hot about about Watchmen?






I haven't read it either, movie looks cool though



Comment by BobR on 02/12/2009 14:14:37
Quote by Random:

Hey, for all those comic geeks in the blog, can someone tell me what's so hot about about Watchmen?


"all those"? I assumed it was just you and Livin'

Comment by wickedpam on 02/12/2009 14:22:01
Quote by BobR:

Quote by Random:

Hey, for all those comic geeks in the blog, can someone tell me what's so hot about about Watchmen?


"all those"? I assumed it was just you and Livin'




:spit:

Comment by Random on 02/12/2009 14:23:28
Quote by BobR:

Quote by Random:

Hey, for all those comic geeks in the blog, can someone tell me what's so hot about about Watchmen?


"all those"? I assumed it was just you and Livin'


Random's not a comic geek. Random's a gamer geek. Difference.





Comment by Random on 02/12/2009 14:25:27
Quote by wickedpam:

Quote by Random:

Hey, for all those comic geeks in the blog, can someone tell me what's so hot about about Watchmen?






I haven't read it either, movie looks cool though





Oh, I've read it. I just don't get it. It seemed long, dull, confusing. I don't see how they'd make a movie out of it (though it does look cool).

...Just a lot of things I don't understand about that comic...and I know what it's so popular.

Comment by wickedpam on 02/12/2009 14:37:04
Quote by Random:

Quote by wickedpam:

Quote by Random:

Hey, for all those comic geeks in the blog, can someone tell me what's so hot about about Watchmen?






I haven't read it either, movie looks cool though





Oh, I've read it. I just don't get it. It seemed long, dull, confusing. I don't see how they'd make a movie out of it (though it does look cool).

...Just a lot of things I don't understand about that comic...and I know what it's so popular.




I get the impression its a dystopia view of superheros as opposed to the usual. THink it also had something to do with bringing legitimatacy to the Graphic Novel.

Comment by wickedpam on 02/12/2009 14:37:35
Quote by Random:

Quote by BobR:

Quote by Random:

Hey, for all those comic geeks in the blog, can someone tell me what's so hot about about Watchmen?


"all those"? I assumed it was just you and Livin'


Random's not a comic geek. Random's a gamer geek. Difference.









same difference





:p



Comment by Random on 02/12/2009 14:41:25
Quote by wickedpam:

Quote by Random:

Quote by wickedpam:

Quote by Random:

Hey, for all those comic geeks in the blog, can someone tell me what's so hot about about Watchmen?






I haven't read it either, movie looks cool though





Oh, I've read it. I just don't get it. It seemed long, dull, confusing. I don't see how they'd make a movie out of it (though it does look cool).

...Just a lot of things I don't understand about that comic...and I know what it's so popular.




I get the impression its a dystopia view of superheros as opposed to the usual. THink it also had something to do with bringing legitimatacy to the Graphic Novel.


It is, in a psuedo alternate 1985 (when it was first written). Nixon's president. It is an interesting look at what heroes would be like in real life, but...really the story itself is so haphazzard and with all the flashbacks and the story within a story about the pirate doesn't make any sense.



But I'm sure that's because i'm not "Smart" enough to get it.

Comment by Random on 02/12/2009 14:44:02
Quote by wickedpam:

Quote by Random:

Quote by BobR:

Quote by Random:

Hey, for all those comic geeks in the blog, can someone tell me what's so hot about about Watchmen?


"all those"? I assumed it was just you and Livin'


Random's not a comic geek. Random's a gamer geek. Difference.









same difference





:p



evil >>

Comment by wickedpam on 02/12/2009 14:46:00
Quote by Random:

Quote by wickedpam:

Quote by Random:

Quote by BobR:

Quote by Random:

Hey, for all those comic geeks in the blog, can someone tell me what's so hot about about Watchmen?


"all those"? I assumed it was just you and Livin'


Random's not a comic geek. Random's a gamer geek. Difference.









same difference





:p



evil >>






I'm having one of those days ;)



Comment by Random on 02/12/2009 14:50:17
still evil.

Comment by Raine on 02/12/2009 14:54:50
Comment by BobR on 02/12/2009 14:58:40


Ya know - you could post that here as a blog...

Comment by Scoopster on 02/12/2009 15:06:57
Quote by BobR:



Ya know - you could post that here as a blog...


I thought about asking to have it put up, but this new link from today about the blacked-out memos going to Obama just put me over the edge. And you already had today's blog up & running.

Comment by Scoopster on 02/12/2009 15:08:26
.....and I just now realized the link, up on the top left corner, that says "create new blog entry". :lol:

Comment by wickedpam on 02/12/2009 15:25:59
it was a horrible signal - if the wind blew the right way I might actuall get some voice behind the static

Comment by starling310 on 02/12/2009 15:43:22
i love this abba song.



Comment by starling310 on 02/12/2009 15:50:11
Umm...giving everyone a million, doesn't equal 400 million.

Comment by wickedpam on 02/12/2009 15:52:28
Quote by starling310:

Umm...giving everyone a million, doesn't equal 400 million.






400,000,000/300,000,000 = 1.33



did I leave off a zero? 300mil came from Jim's number of population

Comment by starling310 on 02/12/2009 15:55:37
Quote by wickedpam:

Quote by starling310:

Umm...giving everyone a million, doesn't equal 400 million.






400,000,000/300,000,000 = 1.33



did I leave off a zero? 300mil came from Jim's number of population




No, the caller said to give everyone [ in the country ] a million dollars and that would only equal 400 million. It would be a lot more than that. There are more than 400 people in the country.



On a different note...Jim's "Rush" sounds more like Jim Carey's "Grinch" every day. And, every time he does it, I crack up.





Comment by Scoopster on 02/12/2009 15:55:38
Ugh.. whatta boring day this has started out to be.

Comment by Scoopster on 02/12/2009 15:57:25
Three. Hundred. Trillion.

Comment by wickedpam on 02/12/2009 16:01:26
Quote by starling310:

Quote by wickedpam:

Quote by starling310:

Umm...giving everyone a million, doesn't equal 400 million.






400,000,000/300,000,000 = 1.33



did I leave off a zero? 300mil came from Jim's number of population




No, the caller said to give everyone [ in the country ] a million dollars and that would only equal 400 million. It would be a lot more than that. There are more than 400 people in the country.



On a different note...Jim's "Rush" sounds more like Jim Carey's "Grinch" every day. And, every time he does it, I crack up.









aaahhhh - okay :redface:



what can I say - Math is hard

Comment by BobR on 02/12/2009 16:10:47
Quote by Scoopster:

.....and I just now realized the link, up on the top left corner, that says "create new blog entry". :lol:


:)



We have no problem with more than one blog entry per day. We just ask that you wait until Steph is over.



That's our current MO anyway... we may want to rethink it at some point...

Comment by Random on 02/12/2009 16:14:04
Blog seems quiet today...hm...

Comment by starling310 on 02/12/2009 16:15:30
Quote by wickedpam:

Quote by starling310:

Quote by wickedpam:

Quote by starling310:

Umm...giving everyone a million, doesn't equal 400 million.






400,000,000/300,000,000 = 1.33



did I leave off a zero? 300mil came from Jim's number of population




No, the caller said to give everyone [ in the country ] a million dollars and that would only equal 400 million. It would be a lot more than that. There are more than 400 people in the country.



On a different note...Jim's "Rush" sounds more like Jim Carey's "Grinch" every day. And, every time he does it, I crack up.









aaahhhh - okay :redface:



what can I say - Math is hard




Math with that many numbers is :: wallace shawn :: "Inconceivable!"

Comment by livingonli on 02/12/2009 16:20:22
Good morning everyone.



What a long night last night. Both the games I did last night went to overtime. We ended up not getting off the air until 2 AM and then after I timed out all the replays and other things I had to do I didn't get out until after 3:30. Hopefully tonight I will get out at midnight and then I am on vacation.

Comment by livingonli on 02/12/2009 16:20:57
BTW, Rangers won in a shootout but the Knicks lost in OT to the CLIPPERS.

Comment by Random on 02/12/2009 16:21:05
Hey Liv.

You know the Watchmen?

Comment by TriSec on 02/12/2009 16:31:20
Everyone needs more DESSLOK!





Comment by livingonli on 02/12/2009 16:31:56
Since I am still waking up, here's the Watchmen entry from Wikipedia. It provides a lot of the detail on why it's highly regarded and also why some of the elements. The pirate comic was supposed to be an example of the kind of comic books that would have sold considering that real-life costumed crime fighters would have probably killed off superhero comics not to mention as a metaphor of the events that were being set in motion in the book.

Comment by wickedpam on 02/12/2009 16:36:06


Comment by Raine on 02/12/2009 16:36:38
:yadda:

Comment by Random on 02/12/2009 16:36:48
Quote by livingonli:

Since I am still waking up, here's the Watchmen entry from Wikipedia. It provides a lot of the detail on why it's highly regarded and also why some of the elements. The pirate comic was supposed to be an example of the kind of comic books that would have sold considering that real-life costumed crime fighters would have probably killed off superhero comics not to mention as a metaphor of the events that were being set in motion in the book.


I tried reading that earlier this morning.

It's still too convoluted to make sense.

Comment by Raine on 02/12/2009 16:37:44
Quote by Random:

Blog seems quiet today...hm...


It's been a long week.



:boobs2:

Comment by livingonli on 02/12/2009 16:38:51
Quote by Raine:

:yadda:


Is is just me or are right-wing callers sounding increasingly insane?

Comment by livingonli on 02/12/2009 16:39:22
For me, it's been a really long week.

Comment by Random on 02/12/2009 16:39:44
Quote by wickedpam:



..judging by the almost simulatnious posting of this...

what happened on Stephanie?

Comment by Scoopster on 02/12/2009 16:39:54
Quote by Raine:

Quote by Random:

Blog seems quiet today...hm...


It's been a long week.



:boobs2:


It sure has.. I'm quite lookin' forward to this three-day weekend.

Comment by Random on 02/12/2009 16:43:57
oh...i finally saw the Heroes from Monday...



Poor Brea...*tears* Just dust...just dust

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