Tag: stimullus package

Will the stimulus help or not?

Well that is the “billion” dollar question.  Will this new package help the economy begin to come back rom this recession.  The House of Representatives passed an $838B spending bill to pull the country out of this downward spiral. Lets take a little look.  The House has put several projects in the plan that are “supposed” to create jobs and hel “jolt” the economy.   Well some of the projects, in …Read the Rest

Apology over “racist” cartoon…Believe it or not…

Rupert Murdoch, Chairman of the New York Post has apologised for the printing of a cartoon in where police have shot a chimp dead and one of the officers says “they’ll have to find someone else to write the stimulus bill.”  Now if that is not a slap in the face or what?  Long has the association of monkeys, gorillas, and chimps been intertwined with the description of African- Americans.  …Read the Rest

Are Republicans using political posturing?

Gov. Bobby Jindal of Lousiana on Friday became the first governor to officially refuse part of the federal stimulus money, saying he would reject a portion of expanded unemployment benefits that would eventually require his state to raise taxes on businesses. At least five other Republican governors are saying they also may spurn portions of the federal payout. That’s raising objections from lawmakers, mayors and other critics who say the …Read the Rest

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