In order to cross the Plains, you have to take plenty of water and your own chemical toilet. The old folks regale youngsters with tales of peaceful towns and Main Street businesses and interstate cafes and truck stops.
President Obama enjoys a higher approval rating than Congress in the debate over passing an economic stimulus package, according to a poll released Monday by Gallup. The public gave Obama a 67 percent approval rating for his efforts, compared to 31 percent for Republicans in Congress, according to the poll. Story
The House stimulus bill got it right. It allocated $6 billion for “shovel ready” projects in under-served areas. None of this funding would yield tax credits for the big carriers. Fortune 500 telecom companies would no more have shovel-ready projects in underserved areas than a skateboard dealer would open shop in a retirement community. Story…
“If you are wrong, from here on out, you should lose the argument and you should lose your political potency. Form a flat-earthers club or something, where you talk enthusiastically to each other about your made-up economic ideas that aren’t based in reality. But get out of the way of the people who are actually…
Rural voters: remember your Republican politicians who insisted on cuts in the stimulus bill. Things that could have postively impacted rural areas that were cut from the stimulus plan: Partially cut: • $200 million from Environmental Protection Agency Superfund (original bill $800 million) • $100 million from law enforcement wireless (original bill $200 million) Fully…
Is birth control tangential to the stimulus? Only if all health spending is, but no one (so far) is arguing that the massive sums for health care be removed from the bill.
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