02-06-2009, 06:31 PM
I thought the point of all these things was to create jobs. It's about the means as much, or even more, than the end. At least, that's how I understood it.
If the government is going to create jobs, then I think it makes sense to create jobs with results that people will benefit from -- like better internet access, for example, or safer bridges or better schools.
On a slight tangent from the original point of this thread, I think the GOP is trying to nitpick this bill to death ONLY to make Obama look bad. They are declaring war in a slimy, sneaky way that proves that even though they no longer control Congress, they intend to see to it that the bitter, partisan divisions they nurtured while they did will never die.
If the government is going to create jobs, then I think it makes sense to create jobs with results that people will benefit from -- like better internet access, for example, or safer bridges or better schools.
On a slight tangent from the original point of this thread, I think the GOP is trying to nitpick this bill to death ONLY to make Obama look bad. They are declaring war in a slimy, sneaky way that proves that even though they no longer control Congress, they intend to see to it that the bitter, partisan divisions they nurtured while they did will never die.