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Originally Posted by wdmso
So all those who cry socialist this or socialism that....
Like over the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 final cost $831 billion Which Only three Republican Senators voted for it
What will Republicans do now ... that they own the White House and senate and own this crisis
What a pickle they find themselves in
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I'm not a big fan of socialism, but I'm not sure that the feds giving me back a small portion of what I previously gave them, and letting me do whatever I want with it, would be considered "socialism".
The ARRA didn't give money to individuals to do whatever they wanted with. I don't personally know anyone, who saw a dime from it, as far as I know. I give Obama decent grades for helping to un-do the mess he inherited, the ARRA was one thing which was kind of a flop, all those shovel ready projects that didn't happen?. He did other things that worked better.
"that they own the White House and senate and own this crisis "
The House of Representatives plays no role whatsoever, in setting public policy? Really? Whew.
The federal government doesn't own "the crisis". They own the response to the crisis. What has the house proposed, that was shot down, other than a "relief bill" which even according to MSNBC, was amended to include abortion funding, so the GOP rightly shot it down.