This Isn’t Cutting It

The Senate goes into recess having done nothing on stimulus, and the best that Obama can come up with is an op-ed piece in the Washington Post. The only people who have even read the op-ed are Villagers and bloggers, while the “dittoheads” are jamming the Congressional switchboards. This is not going to work, and someone needs to have a serious heart-to-heart with the White House about how to pass a bill.

Support for the stimulus is dropping because no one is involving the supporters of the bill, no one is addressing their concerns. All of the changes have been to accommodate the people who oppose it, and they still oppose it. Catch a damn clue – the GOP is not going to vote for a stimulus package that will actually do some good.

Tax cuts are worthless. In January 626,000 more people are unemployed and no longer paying taxes, so they and the millions like them will derive no benefit from tax cuts. Tax cuts are only effective if they are targeted to the middle and lower classes and they occur before the massive lay offs start. They can work for a down turn not for the depression we are looking at.

The time for playing nice and being polite is over. This is a disaster in the making, and we need a stimulus package now. If we don’t spend the money now, there will be nothing left to spend it on in a year. Obama doesn’t need to waste time talking to the Village, he need to fire up the nation to start hammering on Congress. It is pretty damn pathetic that Republican governors have spent more time and energy supporting the stimulus package than the President of the United States.