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...stimulus package will explode the debt--so they want to make George W. Bush's debt-exploding tax cuts permanent. They say Democratic spending plans are full of pork--then they propose an extra $24 billion for the Army Corps of Engineers, the federal equivalent of Oscar Mayer. Let's just say their idea bank could use a bailout...
...enough lard to provide grist for refuseniks. Criticism of the stimulus measure, along with the withdrawal of two Obama appointees who have had tax problems, has put the White House on the defensive. On Feb. 3, Obama summoned network-television anchors to Washington for prized Oval Office interviews and let it be known that he had hectored Democrats to strip pork out of the package; that sound bite was overshadowed by Obama's concession that he had "screwed up" in the Tom Daschle nomination. By the next day, the tax break for filmmakers had vanished, along with plans to subsidize...
...first" provisions to prioritize repairs to highways, levees and other infrastructure over new construction, which would create more jobs while reducing future federal obligations. We do need to rescue states to prevent them from raising taxes and firing workers, but just as it was crazy to let bailed-out banks and automakers spend our money however they pleased, it's also crazy to give carte blanche to bailed-out states. But the Senate summary noted that "funds are distributed whenever possible through existing formulas and programs," a polite way of saying reforms are not welcome here...
...whether Obama should push to use the stimulus to promote his long-term priorities but whether he will. He has said repeatedly that he wants to invest our children's money wisely, but he's also eager to blast money into the economy quickly, attract bipartisan support and let Congress work its will. So it's not clear how hard he'll push to fund his long-term agenda. But he should ignore the partisan gripes that the stimulus is becoming a "Christmas tree." Congress is about to toss almost $1 trillion into the economy, which means that any stimulus...
...secret rules of engagement used by the U.S. against al-Qaeda while balancing Democrats calling for the prosecution of Bush officials who authorized those policies. Though Obama would rather look forward and not back, Holder promised in his confirmation hearings to "follow the evidence, the facts, the law and let that take us where it should...