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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (58652)	2/4/2009 4:25:22 PM
From: MJ	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224750

A FEW COMMENTS IN ALL CAPS FROM MJ Called Senator Collins who was to meet with Obama earlier in day. The message I feel needs to be carried was---------'the private sector and ordinary mom and pops and tax payers have been the ones to lose $ while the government expands and increase its budgets. Message should be to reduce the size and expenses of the Federal Government not expand as Obama administration wants to do via the so called Stimulus." LOOKING AT THIS LIST A FEW COMMENTS----MJ $54 billion to federal programs that the Office of Management and Budget or the Government Accountability Office have criticized as ineffective. This includes the Economic Development Administration, the Small Business Administration, a slew of job-training programs and more. IF OMB SAYS INEFFECTIVE----CLOSE THEM DOWN and LOOK AT THE FUNCTION AND BUDGET OF OMB ALSO $4.19 billion to "community organizations" like ACORN, which among its other activities pushed banks and government to give mortgages to people who couldn't afford them, thereby touching off the whole financial meltdown. STOP ALL DONATIONS AND GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS TO ACORN. THE ORGANIZATION IS A POLITICAL ORGANIZATION THAT IS A DUPLICATION OF THE ROLE OF THE STATE REGISTRAR'S OFFICES-----TO REGISTER VOTERS. IN FAIRNESS TO ALL AMERICANS, IF OBAMA PERSISTS IN THIS ALLOCATION---THEN CONGRESS SHOULD REQUIRE MATCHING FUNDS FOR OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THAT WILL DO THE SAME AS ACORN. • $300 billion for states in direct grants, Medicaid handouts and education funding. This should be called the "Too Bad for Utah" provision because it lards money onto states with huge deficits while Utah lawmakers were passing balanced budgets. DOES THIS MEAN 6 BILLION PER STATE????? • $83 billion for a $500 "tax break" for single people and $1,000 for married couples -- even if they didn't owe taxes in the first place, which means it's a pure handout. One version of the bill would allow people who don't have Social Security numbers to claim the refunds, too. NO TO NON-CITIZENS GET $ ------. FOR SENIORS ATTACH THE AMOUNT TO THEIR SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS----MANY NEED HELP. ELIMINATE ALL PORK PROJECTS • $50,000 to build barbecue pits in a park in San Benito County, Calif. • $6 million for snow-making equipment -- in Minnesota. • $2.3 million for a bicycle bridge in Grafton, Wis. • $3 million to widen Elk Run Road in Waterloo, Iowa. • $750,000 for a skateboarding park, also in Minnesota. • $21 million to the Portland, Ore., public schools for a range of projects, including the installation of low-flow toilets and urinals. • $1.1 million for a multi-purpose trail along the Grand Calumet River in East Chicago, Ind., one of the last places on earth you'd ever go for a hike or bike ride. And, other unmentioned in the article. mj