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One of Obama's henchmen was bragging about Phase 2 of the stimulus to create or save 600,000 jobs this summer. THERE ARE 14.5 MILLION PEOPLE OUT OF WORK!

skyhawkdriver,

Actually, the money has already been appropriated by Congress when the bill was passed. It's now in the hands of Executive-branch departments who answer to Obama.

We'll recover if we stop deficit spending, if everyone works, if everyone saves and if everyone lives within their own budgets. What we have been doing for the last 40 years (spending more than we take in) is irresponsible. Obama has only accelerated this. We need a third party alternative that has a platform of fiscal responsibility.

Anyone who has taken a college econ claas knows the Bush Tax cuts were for the wealthy. The were meant to give a break to the wealthy so they would spend and it would trickle down to the middle class. However that isn't what happened. The wealthy kept their money and the middle class and lower class so no difference.

Everyone needs to do their part to help get America back on her feet. Stop buying foreign products. BUY AMERICAN! Sure it may cost slightly more but for the most part its a better quality product and you know your money is going to help keep your neighbor working.

Here is a little perspective for those who haven't been able to unplug from Fox News long enough to have an independent thought:

–Number of months United States has been in recession: 18

–Number of months Obama has been in office: 4

–Number of months before the end of the recession (according to 74% of economists): 1-3

–Number of months stimulus have been in effect: 2

–Number of jobs lost the month BEFORE the stimulus went into effect: 650,000

–Number of jobs lost the month AFTER the stimulus went into effect: 350,000

Thanks Williamg!!

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Here's a great way to end the recession: keep government's opportunistic hands out of it! Just like all the other recessions we've had which vary in degree, the free market always corrects itself. Government intervention only prolongs recessions. Look no further than 1929-1939 for reference.

David,
You can try to categorize as extremists but you are lying to yourself.
48% surveyed state that the white house economic plan is working.
49% surveyed state that the white house economic plan is not working.
This was released by MSNBC today.

There is a loud and vocal left I will give you that.
But everyone does not by into the hype of being a simple mindless follower. People have questions for a president even one that is not presidential.

If the numbers make since I hope it works. The problem is that I dont believe the numbers work. I dont believe in increased goverment spending. I dont believe in taking care of people. I believe you must teach people to take care of themselves. I believe in competition in education. I believe in the voucher programs. I dont believe in auto unions where low achievers are paid the same as high achievers. I also dont believe in protecting people from themselves.
I believe we should be free and have our liberties.

I also believe there is a moral flaw in anyone that believes in gun control of any kind. I am responsible for me.
There are plenty of laws on the books. We just need judges that will enforce those laws and put criminals in jail.

WAKE UP people....

They tried this same approach in California and you can see where that got them...

Obama is taking the COUNTRY down that SAME ROAD and the results WILL be the same...

The 10 projects include expanding health facilities, improving airports and highways, building new military facilities, funding education jobs, hiring or keeping law enforcement officers, starting new rural waste and water systems, improving medical centers for military veterans, enhancing the cleanup of 20 federal Superfund sites, working on national parks, and creating summer youth jobs.

Maybe its me, but each one of these projects have money flowing in one direction..out the door with a very small percentage coming back via taxes.

You don't make, let alone save, money by handing out 10 dollar bills in exchange for less than half.

Just seems like a shell game to me.

Frank

I can see that the liberal spin doctors are out in full force today..first of all the president does NOT spend or appropriate one cent..that is the congress..okay?..your hero obumbler might read off his teleprompter and make you so excited that you squirm in your jeans..but it isn't up to him..the problem now is that congress has for many years been spending like a drunken sailor..and I know because I was a drunken sailor..but I digress..we are in debt up to our eyeball to the chinese..ever cent of obumblers 757 billion so called "stimulus" bill is borrowed money..I guess that is why he sold hummer to the chicoms..no..I'm not talking about a lewinski..I mean the automobile..if all of bert and ernies so called bailouts and stimulus program money is spent do you know what the interest paymens will be annually??..$800 billion..just the interest..we have NO money people..this isn't monopoly..this is our childrens and grandchildrens future..

great to see more grease applied to where it does some good; but, what about the famous report from Freddie Mac, as to their status, you know the one that was supposedly to made public by the end of May, ( that's 2009 ), seems theres been a silent hush over the audience, maybe Mr. Geitner would like to keep the American people up to date on this one, and don't forget to expose those bonuses when you do your reporting..

@@@ MatthewDetroit June 8th, 2009 12:14 pm ET
You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
__________________________________________________

When People become Rich by ROBBING AND DEFRAUDING the Poor, It is Government’s duty to help the Victims of Crime.

1. Lenders Mislead Subprime Borrowers into the Mortgage Industry Crisis Today.
2. Corporate America violates makes money by underpaying the Poor.
3. Wall Street Executives take Private Jet Plane rides, Bonuses and Vacations in Hawaii out of the Tax payer’s dollars they received from Bail out Money.

MatthewDetroit – YOU Are Wrong……..

All Rich should be put in Jail, who Defraud the Poor to Become Rich.

Well, Matthew from Detroit,

Since those who are poor get government insurance and those who although, not poor but not "rich" enough to own a home can use the "charity" angle at the hospitals for health care and those over 65 are getting medicare, medicaid, it is my belief and I am out on a limb here, that the Universal Health Care is for those who are stuck in the middle. You might not know of anyone who works, own's a home but they cannot afford health insurance but I sure do. I am lucky, I have the socialist military system that takes care of me if I need it.

What happened to the 3 or 4 MILLION jobs that the stimulus was supposed to create. Now they are saying that it will be 600k and that hasn't even happened yet. What's been going on for the last 5 months – a job loss of about 2.5 MILLION.

Come on folks its plain to see that we have elected a dud that has borrowed a TRILLION dollars to promote his social agenda. He could care less about stimulating the economy because he feels that America is bad and that we deserve what we are getting.

Come to your senses people!!!

Perhaps the folks in Washington who are supposed to represent us, yes, us who elect them to office will read the below quote and understand its true meaning. I will not leave the name of the author because I want to see if anyone knows who "he" is.

"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."

If you do some research you will find out the reason why Social Security is not working are because of Republican presidential policies that ruined Social Security.

I've only been living long enough to know the facts...

George Bush ruined Texas and did the same to America.

What a bunch of MORONS! Why don't we just DO NOTHING like the Republicans want to do! The party of NO. They haven't figured it out that with the Republicans running things since 1994 – this is what we get! Do you actually think that if we cut the taxes of the rich that it will benefit the middle class? RIGHT!!! That has been happening since Reagan – and look at what has happened to the middle class. Keep up the good work!

Matt,
Worst president ever? You need to learn to moderate your criticism of Obama so that someone might take it seriously. It would be quite an accomplishment to be "Worst president ever" at 1/8 of the way through his first term.

Let me help you out here... Obama has spent a lot, so there is some valid criticism there. But of course so did all the Republican presidents, especially Reagan. So it is a weak argument, but if you don't mention the Republican side you might fool someone. I suggest you stick to this point. It is the most valid criticism of Obama I can think of. Ranting about "worst president ever", birth certificates, closet Muslim, etc just makes you sound like the Flat Earth Society chapter president.

Money...it grows on trees according to Democrats...yup, hard working, tax paying, Republican trees!

Matt,
You are wrong about social security.

Social Security is a fine program for those who have paid in.
The problem is not social security.
The problem is our US Congress taking money out of social security to be spent on anyone and anything else that it was not designed for.
Social Security was for those who put in the WAGE EARNER and secondarily their spouse.
Not for those who never worked. Not for those who did not pay in. Not for the disenfanchised. Not for the lazy. Not for the sick. PERIOD.
There is a similar problem with MEDICARE. Medicare is fine for the elderly but the problem is all the unwed mothers on medicaid. Bums on medicaid. young and working age alike.
They chose their future, we should not be paying for it.

Create or save 600,000 jobs. Obama has already saved over 10,000,000 jobs,by the media count, and he has stopped foreclosures of mortgaged homes, job losses are turning around, predicted 650,000 losses last week and had only 530,000 people lose their jobs for a net gain of 120,000 jobs.
The bailout of the auto makers GM and Chrysler secured the union workers jobs and pensions, although the millions of widows and oprhans that had their lifesavings and retirement plans invested in these companies lost everything, is considered by Obama and the media as a roaring success.
The bailout of the banks ,AIG ect, have also been a glowing success. The banks were given billions of dollars, no one knows exactly much or won't say. The banks in turn have loaned these billions at exorbinant interest ratesand, with a few small accounting changes, are starting to show a profit.
For the taxpayer Obama says he knows that they are in pain and he feels tha pain for them, especially while he and his family tour Paris and dine in THE CITY OF LIGHTS , a burger stand I am sure.
Just a few more moves and we can expect to see the tax increases, to pay for all of this good out First Black President is doing, something else he promised he would not do.

Our neighbour (New Jersey) is using stimulus money to begin constructing a rail tunnel which will ease congestion and stop "encroachment" on Amtrak's space. This undertaking will last for approximately eight years. I see jobs on the horizon and am keeping my fingers crossed.

J.P.

Great Point. Very Objective.

Worst.

President.

EVER!!!

Yes, stop spending...Did it help Crysler – pouring all that money to them? NOT! No mention of those of us whose spouse is over 65 on Social Security. While trying to supplement his SS income, no jobs...not even part time. Repairing and building highways not the ideal job for the over 65 crowd. Where are those jobs coming from....not.

Barack tries to play the Abraham Lincoln card so I thought I would include one of Linclons most famous quotes. I dont think you would EVER catch Barack saying this...

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.
You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.
You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.
You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.
You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.
You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves.

.....Abraham Lincoln

Republican leadership (6 years of complete control) took us from a budget surplus to a trillions of dollars in debt and the American people overwhelmingly said they had had enough when they voted for President Obama. After only 4 months in office the Republicans suddenly think they can shift responsibility for this economic mess to President Obama, the Republicans had 8 years to create this mess so I think the new administration should be given a reasonable amount of time to piece Humpty Dumpty back together again. At the end of eight years if we aren't in a better place (which I am confident we will be), then you can complain, in the meantime please sit down, shut up and stop acting like a bunch of children who just got caught drawing on the wall and trying to blame it on someone else.

I completely support the President, but I believe it is true that the average Joe is going to have to see the stimulus package in action before he starts spending money again. Joe needs to hear about people being hired instead of terminated. Joe needs to see jobs come home to the US rather than jobs shipped overseas.

One example that would be very visible would be bringing the call centers home from India.

just when you think you have seen it all....................have a nice day Comrades

Dan TX,
Do you realize that as Barack eliminates private jobs and creates more goverment that there is less private investment and spending.
He just signed off on wiping out 2000+ delearships.
Those are all private little companies employing 10-20 people each. Some more some less.
He is ruining them and putting them out of business.
Cars will be more expensive with less competition.
What Private Business is Barack Boy creating. Name 1. Name 1.
You cant.
He has expanded and is expanding goverment. He created more positions in governent.
He is not cutting spending.
Here is a great question for you???
If you and your wife have a $50,000 CREDIT CARD bill and she just lost her job do you? A. Cut your spending. B Save money. C. Go out the the bar drinking madly and running up a bigger tab.. ANSWER A AND B. Baracks answer is C.

BO needs a reality check !
We need a new election on all members of Senate and Congress.
Send them home early for summer recess and jut tell the to stay home !

In response to this comment:

ATTENTION OBAMA HATERS:

SPENDING IS NOT THE REASON WE HATED BUSH. THESE ARE "SOME" OF THE REASONS:

1. WAR IN IRAQ – Obama just sent more troops over seas
2. TORTURE – ummmm...does the name Pelosi ring a bell???
3. LYING THROUGH HIS TEETH CONSISTENTLY – random claim
4. HE WAS NOT A SMART MAN AT ALL – where did you graduate college b/c Bush graduated Yale...
5. OIL/GAS PRICES ( BOTH BUSH & CHENEY BENEFITED FROM THE INCREASE) – have you seen gas prices lately bro? (this one made you look kind of dumb)
6. KATRINA – The next time any natural disaster happens, I will immediatley blame Obama and then you...
7. EXTREME ARROGANCE & NEGLECT TOWARD THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE – if you are referring to his unwillingness to steal money from unborn children and spend it on social programs for the lazy, then yes, I agree, him and big brother Obama are very different. (this is excluding veterans and military family, I agree with that spending and applaud Obama for it. Bush also did a wonderful job taking care of veterans, their benefits and their families).
8. DID I MENTION HE WAS A MORON – I seem to feel the same way about obama, gibbs, axelrod and rahm...

thanks for playing...buhbye

Mr. Obama is spending us into the largest debt this country has ever seen and is loving it. Trips to New York, tours the Middle East, and now living it up in France. I'm a Vet of the War in Iraq and now work for GM. I'm losing my job in three days, and this guy is taking his wife out on the town on my dime! Great! I've only been with GM a year and make less than 15.00 an hour and after this week back to unemployment!!!! Mr. Obama the next time you feel like going out on the town maybe my wife and i can come since we're paying for it anyway! Does someone need to remind him that he works for the American people?Mr. Obama i understand that 60% of this country agrees with what you do, but that leaves 40% who don't. If you truly care about the American people then listen to us all and stop spending our hard earned money!!!! I know that like a teen who has never held a jod and suddenly comes into money, you are going a little nuts, but enough is enough. I'm pleading with you Mr. Obama, the next time you want to spend my tax dollars just send me a check. I've already lost my house, i'm sure my wife and i could spend it better than you could. Mr. Obama the money you spent going to New York could have allowed me to retire and send my little girl to college. Please sir stop this spending maddness before you spend this country past the point of recovery.

Now this is just anecdotal, mind you, but my neighbor who's been unemployed for about a year got a job this week delivering construction materials (which means there must be construction going on somewhere.) Another guy I know who's been out of work for 6 months just got a very high paying job with a private sector company fulfilling a government contract. The very large company I work for is hiring again. See, It's not so bad. Things will get worse before they get better, and it will take time but there is a little light at the end of the tunnel. Unemployment is always the last thing to recover after a recession. Patience, cats, patience. Have a nice day!

@ Jon in CA

Stop spending money huh? What alternative do we have oh wise one? I find it ironic that when Bush was writing blank checks I didn't here stop spending money.

Annie S,

Nice thought but again if you look at the numbers.
Even with Pres Bush adding 5.5 Trillion in 8 years, Bush H 1.7 Trillion in 4 years, Reagan 1.3 Trillion in 8 years, and Clinton 1.8 Trillion in 8 years,
NO one can hold a candle to little Barack Obama adding 1.8 Trillion in 1 year and estimates of 10.5 thus doubling the existing National debt to 20 Trillion in 8 years.
CBO.
The drunken sailor is spending because it is not his money.

Nice Try.

Get your stats right before you speak and please get them from an accurate source like CBO Congressional Budgets Office.
The fact is that President Bush added 5.5 Trillion to the National Debt.
The fact is that right now Barack has added 1.8 Trillion to the National Debt in his first year. You can try to lie but the numbers are his.
The CBO projection for 4 years is 5.8 Trillion Dollars. Those numbers are projected through 2012.
He claims that he will cut the spending on the war in Iraq by 2019. 2019 are you kidding. (Using the same numbers of soldiers there today). We would probably still have soldiers in country but not to the same volume. It is creative math for the Obama camp at best.
I face the fact the President Bush created a huge deficit.
I also fact the fact the Barack Obama is spending wildly.

Wow, why so much ignorance about what's going on? Most of the comments here are nonsense. Do you not understand that jobs that last for 2 years get people through the bulk of the recession until the private sector can create new jobs? People are going to be buying new cars, new houses, new washers and dryers, new televisions, etc. in a couple of years.

" And all you liberals can do it ask for more bacon!"

The last proposed budget contained $7.7 billion in earmarks – 40% of that was requested by Republican lawmakers – and 7 of the 10 lawmakers who got the most amount of earmarks were Republicans.

From 1946 to today, Democratic presidents pushed the deficit up by 3.2 percent per year. Meanwhile, Republican presidents increased the budget deficit by 9.7 percent per year. In other words, Republican presidents have outspent Democratic presidents by almost 3 to 1.

Honestly, you people REALLY need to learn some economics.

Bush spent like a drunken sailor.
Obama has spent in a manner that would embarrass even drunken sailors.

Bush spent like crazy in eight years.
Obama has outspent Bush three times over, in a mere 120 days.

If Bush's spending was the problem (and believe me, it WAS the problem), then how can Obama's spending be the solution?

@ Freed-from-W writes,

"Strange, that logic from 1716 would be lost on someone who thinks that not spending money on our infrastructure will somehow improve it. -_-"

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So let's put this in terms we can all understand.....

You've lost your job... your spouse can't cover all the bills so you max out your credit cards.

It's still not enough so you cash out those education accounts set aside for your children.

It's still not enough – and you come up with this WONDERFUL IDEA: hey honey – I can borrow from $$ from John Gotti and we can put a new roof on our house!!!!

I guess when it's a liberal President making these horrendous financial decisions – you loons just put on a happy face like good little tools?

Kevin B.

That is just a lie.
No one raised taxes on the middle class while lowering the taxes for the "rich" as you say.
First define rich. Second, the middle class has not had a tax hike yet.
Although with Baracks new Value Added Tax, Energy Tax, Cigarette Tax, etc....
California Dems spend money like it is going out of style. They want to raise their income tax and sales tax out there.
Arnie is pretty much a wimp for not trying to at least stop them, but the fact is a Democratic House and Senate in Congress is raising taxes.
Barack needs to stop spending money and stop expanding goverment. Do you understand that if he creates 5000 goverment jobs it brings NOTHING into the economy. It only means that peopel outside of goverment have to PAY those salaries.
Why cant you understand that simple math.

Excellent Job Mr President!! Unlike the previous administration that steals billions of dollars in the dead of night, gives it to their corporate supporters with no focus on the country or the American people, this a 'Smart' Administration releases the bipartisan approved funds in a systematic manner with measurements for success, toward infrastructure and our youth, to ensure success along the way.

What does 'Country First' actually mean if the GOP Extremist's greatest fear is the success of President Obama's recovery program for America? There is nothing more Anti-American than that.

Freed,
Funny you jump from blaming Reagan to Bush.
You forgot a guy named Clinton that was in the middle there.
I am sure you dont blame him.

Fixing the infrastructure is a great idea if that is what they were doing.
The fact is that less than 15% is going for the so called infrastructure.
Most is pork spending and is a waste and wrong.
He could have cut the 794 Billion down to 250 billion and still would have spent more money on Roads, Solar, and Wind, Grid, than he is now. The money is a waste.
Keep drinking the Koolaid Freed.
President Bush was terrible when it came to fiscal responsibility, but this clown, yes clown spends money like he won the lottery.
Stupid rich is what he seems. He did not work for it so he spends it without any conscience.

Still a bush of grumbling and complaining from the party of NO IDEAS! What ever will they do with progress really start to kick in. It is amazing how many people sit around and hope Obama fails just to prove their own selfish points. Deep down inside they know Obama won't fail and that is what they can't seem to understand. They can't stop anything and they certainly can't help because they don't have a clue, but rather complain that POTUS does not have a clue. And to Gary: you don't know what the hell you are talking about and Obama won't be impeached, sorry to disappoint you again today!

If the porkulus package created or saved 150,000 jobs in the first hundred days, would it not be reponsible of CNN or the administration to say how many were lost during those first 100 days?

I find it amazing that the same folks that brought us this economic debacle by raising taxes on the middle class while cutting taxes for the very wealthy and jumping into to wars actually think they have any credibilty with the vast majority of the american public.

The GOP has lost the right to guide economic or foreign policy which was clearly stated at the polls by the american electorate last November .

The GOP lost big time, so get over it and get out of the way or bring something constructive to the table.

you've got to love the "or SAVE jobs" insert in this article. That term actually makes me laugh. Anyone that actually believes that there is an honest calculation for this is an idiot. The bottom line is that Axelrod and Obama are such amazing manipulators of spin, that they created this "saved jobs" term that allows them to say, oh yea, unemployment is out of control BUT, we're saving hundreds of thousands of jobs. It's such an empty lie. The whole "well well, it could be much worse if we weren't saving jobs".

LIBERAL FEAR MONGERING AT ITS BEST!!!!

OBAMA WILL FAIL.

HOW ? HOW ?? HOW ??? THE HECK ON EARTH, is our Economy going to recover when:

1.......... We are importing more and exporting less. We have a big trade imbalance.
2.......... Our dependence on oil is overwhelming. We do not use oil, we waste oil.
3.......... Our Manufacturing jobs are all gone.
4.......... Our Iron and Steel industries are all gone.
5.......... Our textile industry of North Carolina is all gone.
6.......... Our Auto industry is all gone.
7.......... We have everything made in China.
8.......... We have outsourced to India because of cheap labor.
9.......... We are still spending billions on 2 wars. Wars are draining our Economy.
10.......... We import nurses from Philippines.
11.......... Our Construction industry is full of illegal immigrants.

OBAMA CAN DO NOTHING.
OBAMA WILL FAIL.
OBAMA HAS TO FIX 1. THROUGH 11. ABOVE TO REVIVE ECONOMY.

I'm glad there are Governors who are not spending Stimulus dollars because they are ones being fiscally responsible. You can't hire people with the money because this is a one time shot (hopefully). The whole stimulus idea was just part of Mr. Obama's master plan to start the country down the path to Socialism. He did this just before he Nationalized the financial institutions, the auto industry and the health care industry. Mr. Obama makes Hugo Chivas look like a centrist. The far Left are cheering Mr. Obama and are more than happy to push the Tax and Spend which is actually Spend, Borrow, Tax and Print agenda. I can't believe how quickly and quietly Americans are giving up on their future and their grandchildren's future by letting this irresponsible spending and taxing go unchallenged.

STOP …. SPENDING…. MONEY!!!

Obama has moved from "irresponsible" to OBSCENE. In 140 days Obama has more than TRIPLED the debt that took Bush 8 years to accumulate.

STOP SPENDING MONEY!
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You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.

The National debt was 10.5 trillion when bush left office...it is now 11.4 Trillion

The deficit left and planned for 2009 by the bush administration was 1.2 Trillion, Obama added 600 billion.

Now the interest rates are starting to rise.
What are you going to do now Obama. You are driving us into the ground. You Passed a huge DEFICIT spending bill and you said unemployment would not go above 8. We are at 9.4.
You claimed you were saving jobs for Ohio State Troopers and Michigan State Troopers but 90 have been layed off in each state.
Dont get me wrong Michigans problems are all based on the worst governor in the country "Granholm" but you are not helping.
You spend money like a 17 year old girl with her dads credit card.
The problem is we can not pay it back.
Wait until you start messing with health care. I cant wait to see the long lines and how you will ruin our health care system.
The guy is a joke.
He could have left it alone and the system would have fixed itself.
Now he owns the banks and the car companies.
Good job fixing the problem or taking advantage of the situation. Which ever it may be.

@John in CA and Gary:

"During happy times, pride and extravagance are dangerous. If one is not prudent in ordinary times, he will not be able to catch up. A person who advances during good times will falter during the bad."
–Tsunetomo Yamamoto, Hagakure, from Chapter 1, page 62

Strange, that logic from 1716 would be lost on someone who thinks that not spending money on our infrastructure will somehow improve it. -_-

Basically, if you don't like the spending then do something to change it. If you are not in a position to change it, then ceaseless whining will get you nothing but time wasted.

You can thank Reagan for deciding our crumbling infrastructure didn't need any updates, and W and Cheney for spending all of our money blowing up and rebuilding foreign countries respectively.

Dutch/Bad Newz, VA, what recovery? The government cannot create jobs or productivity. The government is force. The force to take from one and give to another. Whether this is by direct taxation or by the printing of money(taxation through inflation). Obama's idea of the role of government benefits from over-spending. He believes that the people should be dependent on government for jobs, housing, healthcare, cars, financial security, etc. The more he spends the less you have and the less you have the more you need Obama.

This obama guy is a piece of work....I don'y know if I've ever seen a better liar

First of all, j.p. The EP elections are not a sign of things to come in America speaking the conservative message has lost badly in the past two elections. Secondly, u need to spend money to improve your ailing economy because we the consumers aren't spending. And third, enough with the socialism BS....if you aainst government aid then when you reach the time in your life when you can collect social security, please politely say thanks but no thanks and same with Medicare! They are socialist programs and therefore u should not collect any help from them! And speaking of spending like a mad man, at least the spending by president Obama is justified and he's spending it to help the US economy not on Iraq and bringing "democracy and peace" to the middle east (Which was a major lie)

Well Gary...what do you think we should do?
I love how republicans and third party wiz kids sit and shout about ALL THE GOVERNMENT SPENDING but yet come up with no alternative. I believe it was this president who challenged folks to come up with an alternative to get out of this mess and he would consider it. So unless you have an idea that might work, you should sit back and watch us come out of this recession stronger nation!
And since you've forgotten already...this president's approval rating is still pretty high considering only 3% of the stimulus was put into effect!

I need an explanation. Of the 600,000 jobs Obama wants to take credit for creating or "saving", how many jobs will actually be "created." and how many be "saved?" Regarding the latter number, what is the tool of measurement telling us that these are "saved" jobs?

I just love it when all the Repugs keep repeating the same olds words that they don't even know what they mean. Priceless.....

The next phase? What ever happened to the first phase? I thought 9 million homeowners were going to get relief from the government? Last I check it has helped 55,000 homeowners. So my question is.......WHERE IS THE MONEY?

ATTENTION OBAMA HATERS:

SPENDING IS NOT THE REASON WE HATED BUSH. THESE ARE "SOME" OF THE REASONS:

1. WAR IN IRAQ
2. TORTURE
3. LYING THROUGH HIS TEETH CONSISTENTLY
4. HE WAS NOT A SMART MAN AT ALL
5. OIL/GAS PRICES ( BOTH BUSH & CHENEY BENEFITED FROM THE INCREASE)
6. KATRINA
7. EXTREME ARROGANCE & NEGLECT TOWARD THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE
8. DID I MENTION HE WAS A MORON

IN FACT, SPENDING MORE AT HOME INSTEAD OF OVERSEAS AND ON WARS IS SOMETHING WE THE PEOPLE WELCOME. WE WILL GET OURSELVES OUT OF DEBT BY INVESTING IN THE FUTURE- PERIOD-

PLEASE OPEN-YOUR-MINDS

ONE NATION-ONE PLANET

THAT GOAL IS NOT SO FRIGHTENING AS LONG AS WE HAVE GOOD LEADERSHIP.

HOWEVER, IF OUR LEADERSHIP IS TAINTED BY SMALL, SELFISH, POWER HUNGRY MEN = WE WILL FAIL

All of this is just more evidence that Obama has no idea what he is doing. The country was more concerned about electing a celebrity than electing a real American with honor and experience during this difficult time. Hopefully 2010 and 2012 change things.

OUR ECONOMY will Continue to Slump. WILL BE EVEN WORST.

The only Remedy to revive our Economy is: END THE WARS IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ.

Expenditure on Wars is HUMONGOUS. America will be in POVERTY, if Wars are Not Ended Immediately.

Non of you all were crying about the spending when it was for wars, building prisons for torture, or for tax cuts for the wealthy and big business. Now that it is going to help rebuild America and help real American's, you can't stand it.

You just can't admit that President Obama is helping the economy and pulling us back from the brink of collapse, where Bush took us. What will you say when President Obama is able to improve healthcare and decrease the cost? Whe he balances the budget in the coming years and pays the deficit we were left down? Which do you hate more, His efforts at peace; or His efforts to restore prosperity for average Americans?

We always understood that the Recovery plan was a two year plan to create and/or save jobs, but many Americans are impatient. This roll-out will hopefully allow them to see that there is a recovery in progress and that the Recovery Plan will indeed deliver what was promised.

Alfred,

Sorry sir, this Veteran would like the military hospitals to be able to take care of our wounded.

I'll take the Dem's spending on the military over what the Rep's never gave when they held both the House and Senate for six years under the Rep. President Bush, Jr.

STOP .... SPENDING.... MONEY!!!

Obama has moved from "irresponsible" to OBSCENE. In 140 days Obama has more than TRIPLED the debt that took Bush 8 years to accumulate.

STOP SPENDING MONEY!

Democratic Party = rob hard working, honest, responsible Americans and give their money to selfish, lazy, mean, hateful, angry liberal Democrat takers.

It is not like lib takers are greatful, they actually believe that someone else's money earned by their own blood, sweat, and tears, rightfully belongs to the lazy lib that sits at home, watches judge shows, files frivilous lawsuits, gets a check from the government, and put lives at risk when they drive their car.

There are many what we would consider poor people in the South and Midwest who don't have much, but believe in personal responsiblity and support themselves and their families. They would never take from others. They don't care about cars, houses or other material wealth, they are rich on morals, values, and family. They have so much move than the richest lib hollywood slob or democrook politican will ever be able to obtain. I love how they are "poor" but happier each day of their lives than the hateful rich lib will ever be.

150K jobs?

Oh... I think he's counting the bailouts... that's not part of the stim.
Now that we own banks, GM, Chrysler, etc

He is digging one big hole... and paying off a lot of union construction guys to do it... unless you think it's someone else working on infrastructure

@ Kevin B says,

"Sqealing like stuck pigs"

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Yo Kev – it's not Republicans squealing... it's America's piggy bank that is squealing while it's getting slaughtered.

And all you liberals can do it ask for more bacon!

The stimulus package is creating all of these "projects". What happens to these new jobs when the project is over? Obama celebrated all of the jobs the stimulus bill for the graduating police officers in Ohio. It's well known now, that at the end of this year, those officers will lose their jobs. So, will that count against all of these wonderful jobs that are being created or saved? Or will the loss of jobs be swept under the carpet?

Whaaat ... more new stimulus packages? Those printing presses must be going 24/7 to keep up.

Obama = pure socialist.

Oops, I meant to say, "It's not going to BE good..."

If it's possible this president will make a poor economic environment worse. Never mind, CNN & MSNBC will be there to cheer him forward or backward depending on your view.

Yes, I can see all the liberal Democrats (oinkers) with their hand out looking to loot the treasury.

Conservatives are no better but they are out of power which means less swill for their pork projects.

re-building the infrastructure of the country is irresponsible?

Quick Barry! Move fast! Spend fast!
Better ram your failed socialist experiments down our throats now, because 18 months from now you won't have the opportunity.

The weekend elections for the European Parliament have the winds of change written all over them.

The EP elections are foreshadowing what's headed to the US Congress in 2010. And it's not going to good for big spenders of any stripe, Dems or Republicans.

Just think, we might, just maybe if we're lucky, finally get constitutional amendments for term limits, balanced budgets and a flat tax.

You've got some governors(Palin, Sanford, Jindal) criticizing the stimulus bill, yet their states need the money. What they fail to realize is that recovery is a process. I'm sure the stimulus money will do what it was intended to do in the coming months ahead. Be patient! We didn't get into this mess overnight and we won't get out of it overnight.

The republicans will do everything they can possibly do to obstruct the presidents initiatives.

Sqealing like stuck pigs and unleashing the radio and cable talk show cartoon characters to bad mouth anything that may be helpful to struggling middle class.

The GOP and Al Qeada want to see the president and the US fail.

UGH! STOP SPENDING BORROWED MONEY! STOP PRINTING MONEY.

I have never seen so much irresponsible spending. We need to vote this president and this congress out of office. We need a 3rd party NOW! Bush spent money like a crazy man and now Obama is doing even more deficit spending! The "change" we are getting is crazier than Bush. Anyone who votes for more deficit spending should be voted out of office. If Obama signs any more spending bills he should be impeached!!!!