American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: My View
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:18:./temp/~c111QbANFa::
Above is the link to the Stimulus package that is currently being debated on capital hill. The last count that I am aware of is 647 pages for this stimulus bill. The first page has several items that are questionably stimulative to our economy. The first item that I found questionable is the “Special Supplemental Nutrition for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)”. Yes, WIC is a very important program that helps many families in their time of need but how exactly does this stimulate the economy?
“Digital to Analog Converter Box Program” This program is now being extended until June 2009. I became aware of this program well over a year ago. I have seen my local new stations prepare my local community for this switch. Again, my question to you is how is extending this program for another six months going to heal the wounds of our economy. Why does this have to be part of this specific bill?
These are just two items in this massive bill that total over a billion dollars. The grand total comes to $1,150,000,000 dollars. I haven’t more than glanced over this massive spending bill but I’m already disgusted with the same old Washington tactics. Barrack Obama promised change in Washington. He stated that he would go thru the budget line by line. Why isn’t he taking the time to go thru this bill line by line?
I have heard Mr. Barrack Obama say, “But we can’t afford to make perfect the enemy of the absolutely necessary”. And why can’t we? Why can’t we require more from Washington? And who says this is absolutely necessary? I remember several months ago when this economic crisis started. The world was going to stop if we did not do something to stimulate the economy. We were told that giving financial institutions over 700 billion dollar would be the right medicine. We did. Now more than half of the money that was given has been said to be a waste and can’t even be accounted for. For this reason we should require perfection or damn near close!