We the taxpayer need to question what is going on in Washington. We are being told that we need to take the stimulus package for our own good.
President Obama said that "If we agree on 90% of the stuff and we're spending all our time on television arguing about 1, 2, 3% of the spending in this thing, and somehow it's being characterized in broad brush as wasteful spending, that starts sounding more like politics."
Mr. President, we do have a right to question the bill that Congress voted on without fully reading it. The simple math is that 10% of the stimulus package is $78 billion. I think that is material and taxpayers should be able to question it. This is larger than Florida's state budget for 2009.
It is our right to question what Washington is doing. Otherwise it is taxation without representation. (Ironic that liberals cried for this when they were not in control but now they do not want to allow it.)
Washington is also putting together a 10 year budget ("spending") plan. They are already concerned that "their plan" may not work. As a result, we will be stuck with these bloated programs for decades and will be paying more in taxes to get out of this mess.
Note: The stock markets showed what they thought of the plans. They quickly reversed course from modest gains to being sharply lower to reach 11 year lows.
I never intended my blog to be so political from a national perspective but this is what we are facing today. We need to write our congressmen and senators and tell them what we think our how the government is spending (wasting) our tax dollars. They work for us, we do not work for them.
President Obama said that "If we agree on 90% of the stuff and we're spending all our time on television arguing about 1, 2, 3% of the spending in this thing, and somehow it's being characterized in broad brush as wasteful spending, that starts sounding more like politics."
Mr. President, we do have a right to question the bill that Congress voted on without fully reading it. The simple math is that 10% of the stimulus package is $78 billion. I think that is material and taxpayers should be able to question it. This is larger than Florida's state budget for 2009.
It is our right to question what Washington is doing. Otherwise it is taxation without representation. (Ironic that liberals cried for this when they were not in control but now they do not want to allow it.)
Washington is also putting together a 10 year budget ("spending") plan. They are already concerned that "their plan" may not work. As a result, we will be stuck with these bloated programs for decades and will be paying more in taxes to get out of this mess.
Note: The stock markets showed what they thought of the plans. They quickly reversed course from modest gains to being sharply lower to reach 11 year lows.
I never intended my blog to be so political from a national perspective but this is what we are facing today. We need to write our congressmen and senators and tell them what we think our how the government is spending (wasting) our tax dollars. They work for us, we do not work for them.
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