02.06.09
MUSINGS ON THE 2009 STIMULUS BILL
Ok…if you guys have been paying attention to the news…be it…newspaper, magazine, radio or television…..you will have heard all about it. Well…here comes my opinion on the matter. While I agree something somewhere needs to be done….adding all the miscellaneous NONSENSE to it(the bill) for the large sums of money that the NONSENSE amounts to is simply HORSE MANURE!! such as: $31 billion to build and repair federal buildings and other public infrastructure, $420 million to combat avian flu, $335 million for programs that combat AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases and tuberculosis, $850 million to prevent forest fires, $6 billion to weatherize modest-income homes. NOW for the WHY..In the midst of a GREAT DEPRESSION more or less….why spend huge amounts of money to remodel federal buildings. Fight avian flu??? who cares about avian flu….eat an apple a day…take a tylenol & call the doc in the morning…..DON’T WASTE $420 MILLION on it. As far as AIDS, STD’s & TB….These have been around long enough for people to be AWARE about these…NO NEED to spend $335 MILLION on it. Prevent forest fires……SURE…while noone wants to see forest fires…you cannot prevent them from occuring….So IS the government going to PREVENT random lightning strikes…STOP birds from carrying cigarette butts into the woods….STOP arsonists from randomly starting a fire….WELL TRUST ME…$850 MILLION will NOT PREVENT FOREST FIRES!!!!!! and that you can take to the bank!!!! And why on earth would the government PAY to help weatherize houses….that is the homeowners’ responsibility……THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD spend money to ALLOW 90 year old bedridden folks to get to & from their doctor’s offices without it COSTING $800-900 each trip…considering MEDICARE WILL NOT pay for it!!!! THAT IS WHERE SOME OF THE MONEY SHOULD GO!!!!!!! for WORTHWHILE causes….not these other items that all the money in the world CANNOT prevent!!! chew on these thoughts for a while….NOT a day goes by that I don’t think about it!!
