Trickle up tax cuts 4 rich works so well

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Closing all the mental institutions and putting the insane on the streets was atrocious - but - it got them off disability and welfare...after all...you had to have an address to get those benefits. More can be found at the following link: http://www.monitor.net/monitor/0406a/reaganhomeless.html

Reagan's Homeless

Reagan came to office in 1981 with what he viewed as a mandate to reduce federal spending. In reality, Reagan increased federal spending by dramatically increasing the military budget while slashing domestic programs for working class Americans, particularly the poor. The result was a bloated federal deficit that mortgaged the nation's future.

Reagan's fans give him credit for restoring the nation's prosperity. But whatever economic growth occurred during the Reagan years benefitted the already well-off. The income gap between the rich and everyone else in America widened. Wages for the average worker declined. The nation's homeownership rate fell. Despite boom times for the rich, during Reagan's two terms in the White House, the poverty rate in cities grew.

Reagan owed little to urban voters, big-city mayors, black or Hispanic leaders, or labor unions -- the major advocates for metropolitan concerns. His indifference to urban problems was legendary. Early in his presidency, at a White House reception, Reagan went up to the only black member of his Cabinet, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Samuel Pierce, and said: "How are you, Mr. Mayor? I'm glad to meet you. How are things in your city?"

Reagan not only failed to recognize his own HUD Secretary, he failed to deal with the growing corruption scandal at the agency. Indeed, during the Reagan years, HUD became a feeding trough for Republican campaign contributors. Fortunately for Reagan, the media didn't uncover the "HUD Scandal" until he left office. It resulted in the indictment and conviction of top Reagan administration officials for illegally targeting housing subsidies to politically connected developers.

I decided to Google this phrase and see what came up. Not suprising the first on the list was from Rush Limbaugh. I did find this too though and I couldn't agree more. I have no idea who wrote it.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/Trickle-Up-Poverty-and-the-by-Cameron-Salisbury-080923-947.html

I thought I was the only one who knew this. If tax cuts expire, we get honked! Duh! That's more $ out of our pockets!

Can someone explain why they want to have a lower salary? All I ever hear around here is how our paychecks continue to dwindle. If Obama gets elected, plan on an even smaller check!

they only work when the government stops spending wasteful money. Instead they are giving us tax cuts AND still spending money. This bill spends more than anything. I don't see where you get the OP was racism. I too am doubtful of this stimulus package and it has nothing to do with what color President Obama is. We can criticize our president as we have always been able to do in years past. Why has this changed? I'm sick and tired of people hating Obama because he is black but I'm also sick and tired of hearing how the people who criticize him are only criticizing him because he is black. Either way....it is racism BS. STOP IT!

If we go back and look at the last 8 years, Bush's tax cuts didn't help because government was STILL spending. Bush was not a dictator any more than Obama is. Government as a whole contributed to our downfall. I blame them all and I tend to keep an eye on the whole lot....not just Obama.

Don't blame me, it's the plan, as Dems refuse to keep it going. Also, Nancy Pelosi is backed into a corner, so is only saying she'll consider drilling in the US. It's the truth. She won't. Just watch it play out. Pelosi has the power to NOT bring items to the floor, and she will. She & the Dems are beholden to moveon.org, etc. George Soros has even far more power than Pelosi. Again, do your research. He's the one who was behind legalization of "medical" marijuana in CA, just to name a few.

Non-refundable tax rebates means every $1.00 spent creates $1.02 in economic activity. 2 freaking cents (makes sense to the pubs.....I guess)

Infrastructure - every dollar spent equals $1.59 in economic activity (bridges, roads, etc.)

Food stamps (which the pubs want to cut out of the bill) - every dollar spent equals $1.73 in economic activity. This is the single most productive stimulus we have. Food stamps will get SPENT, unlike tax rebates.

If the pubs have their way, the bill will be 42% tax cuts which will not benefit job creation or improve the economy. They want to fail. Why? And you all call your senators to support this? If it gets pushed through like this, you have only yourselves to blame when everything goes to helll. You can't blame Obama for this cluster.

WASHINGTON � Republican lawmakers nearly unanimously resisted supporting the president�s $787 billion stimulus package, but what has proved irresistible is the temptation to take credit for at least a few of those billions.

Despite criticizing the bill as wasteful, a handful of Republican members of the House and Senate have found some provisions to cheer.

Just hours after voting against the bill on the House floor last week, Representative John L. Mica of Florida issued news releases lauding the inclusion of $8 billion for high-speed rail projects around the nation. Mr. Mica said the bill would also help pay for a commuter train project in his Central Florida district.

�If we could put a man on the moon, we should be able to move people from city to city quickly instead of wasting time on a congested highway,� said Mr. Mica, the ranking Republican on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. �I applaud President Obama�s recognition that high-speed rail should be part of America�s future.�

Jennifer Crider, a spokeswoman for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, called the unlikely chorus of praise from Mr. Mica and other Republican lawmakers �the height of hypocrisy.�

Rusty Roberts, chief of staff to Mr. Mica, disagreed. �Certainly it�s possible to oppose the entire bill on principle and favor certain sections of it,� Mr. Roberts said.

Representative Don Young of Alaska, for example, praised the stimulus as �a victory for the Alaska Native contracting program and other Alaska small-business owners.� And Representative Leonard Lance of New Jersey, after touring a flood-control project in his district that could receive stimulus financing, pronounced it �shovel ready.�

Representative Peter Hoekstra of Michigan sounded almost giddy on Wednesday in a post on the microblogging Web site Twitter: �If you know of someone thinking of buying first home, now may be the time. Stimulus incentive is very generous! Up to 8k! Check it out.�

Mr. Hoekstra, who also voted against the bill, appeared less optimistic last week. �House passed spending bill. I don�t believe it will work,� Mr. Hoekstra wrote on Twitter. �Hope we�re wrong but I don�t think so.�