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To: tejek who wrote (542403)	1/9/2010 4:15:40 PM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 1575396

No, it's the wanton spending. I don't mind an increase in government spending during times of recession. However, it must be investment spending that has a greater return than the cost of borrowing those dollars from China. I would have spent $800B on renewable energy and tax cuts for small businesses. That's what my stimulus would have looked like. I don't like writing checks to individual citizens or increasing the welfare rolls. That's wasted money. As far as health care reform, I'm all for it. I also believe we can do better to get more people insured and cut the costs to our government. I am just not sure this bill is the best one. Even Howard Dean is against it. The truth is, though, I don't want to spend too much more time debating health care. I really don't care as much about that topic as I care about renewable energy. My family is not likely to get impacted by any health care changes. I just hope that what the Dems do is going to make the rest of Americans' lives better and not add to our debt.