re: #357 drcordell

The VAST majority of the stimulus was direct infusions of cash into state budgets. States that would have been unable to keep their schools, police and fire departments (among other things) open without this stimulus. But you provide no alternative solution for how to keep those jobs.

You would rather that millions of these teachers, policemen and firemen lose their jobs? You think that would have been beneficial for the country’s unemployment rate? Puhlease. You’re just looking to score cheap political points off a program that you KNOW was completely and utterly necessary to prevent our country from falling off a cliff into the abyss economically.

A short term solution spending billions of dollars isn’t very smart. He gave you a solution, it’s called living within your means. What are those states going to do once the stimulus cash runs out? Part of being in a leadership role is making tough decisions, the money sent to the states just delayed the inevitable. I notice you were quick to jump saying the stimulus money sent to the states was keeping fireman/policeman/teachers employed while ignoring the money being wasted on programs that are being slashed and all the spending on new programs states can’t possibly afford.