Weekend Stimulus Update

I do not normally write on the weekends but the "dis"covery, not recovery, plan is going to be a disaster.

President Obama is meeting with his policy makers to figure out how to spend $350 billion! They do not have a plan, they just want the money! This is bonkers.

Here are examples of where our federal government wants to waste our money from the AFA:

H.R. 1 is the largest pork barrel spending bill in the history of our country. President Obama has said this bill will create four million new jobs. President Obama is under the impression that we can spend our way out of debt! That's like thinking an alcoholic can drink his way to sobriety!

Examples:

* $20 million "for the removal of small- to medium-sized fish passage barriers." (Pg. 45 of Senate Appropriations Committee report: "20,000,000 for the removal of small- to medium-sized fish passage barriers)

* $400 million for STD prevention (Pg. 60 of Senate Appropriations Committee report: "CDC estimates that a proximately 19 million new STD infections occur annually in the United States ...The Committee has included $400,000,000 for testing and prevention of these conditions.")

* $25 million to rehabilitate off-roading (ATV) trails (Pg. 45 of Senate Appropriations Committee report: "$25,000,000 is for recreation maintenance, especially for rehabilitation of off-road vehicle routes, and $20,000,000 is for trail maintenance and restoration")

* $34 million to remodel the Department of Commerce HQ (Pg. 15 of Senate Appropriations Committee report: $34,000,000 for the Department of Commerce renovation and modernization")

* $70 million to "Support Supercomputing Activities" for climate research (Pgs. 14-15 of Senate Appropriations Committee Report: $70,000,000 is directed to specifically support supercomputing activities, especially as they relate to climate research)

* $150 million for honey bee insurance (Pg. 102 of Senate Appropriations Committee report: "The Secretary shall use up to $ 50,000,000 per year, and $150,000,000 in the case of 2009, from the Trust Fund to provide emergency relief to eligible producers of livestock, honey bees, and farm-raised fish to aid in the reduction of losses due to disease, adverse weather, or other conditions, such as blizzards and wildfires, as determined by the Secretary")

Please folks, don't sit by and let your great-grandchildren get stuck with our mess. We are too great a people to think that the only way to get out of trouble is to spend our way out. Sometimes we have to swallow our medicine after greed has enveloped our thinking. That's what put most our our nation into the problem we are in. We over spent, and Wall Street over committed in greed and lies.

This is no reason to put our problems and mess onto the shoulders of our children's children. That is exactly what we will be doing if we do not stop this spending bill (HR 1) in its tracks. It is immoral and wrong when we sit idly aside.

There are better ways for our government to act:

1. Balance the budget and cut spending
2. Lower corporate taxes, or even better, total tax reform in the form of the FairTax
3. Give better and more options to our uninsured with plans such as proposed by the AMA
4. Ridding ourselves of foreign oil dependency with incentives to markets who create better and cleaner fuel sources (the Picken's Plan is a good place to look)

That's what our government can easily do! But what can we do?

We must act and act now to stop the stupidity that has hit our nation's capitol. They are blinded to this power hunger and need us to remind them that this is a country run by the people not by a political party.

Things you can do:

1. Contact your representatives in Congress (House and Senate) and let them know your opinion
2. Pray for the President, your representatives (wisdom, strength, and character)
3. Pay off your debts, set aside an emergency fund and more (see Dave' Ramsey's baby steps to financial peace)
4. Pay attention and demand accountability

The best place to start recession busting is at home. Start today and get out of debt! Don't freeload on your grand kids!

"Our orders—backed up by the Master, Jesus—are to refuse to have anything to do with those among you who are lazy and refuse to work the way we taught you. Don't permit them to freeload on the rest. We showed you how to pull your weight when we were with you, so get on with it." 2 Thessalonians 3:6-7 (MSG)