Inhofe Says Package Packed With Pork
From www.newsmax.com ~ Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., says the nearly trillion-dollar stimulus package the House of Representatives is heaping on Americans is nothing more than a huge spending bill with projects in it for people the Democratic-led Congress wants to buy off.
Inhofe, who says the bill will do nothing to stimulate the economy, also tells Newsmax TV that the superfluous bill will provide tax refunds to people who don't pay any taxes, and would even give government checks of up to $1,000 to illegal aliens.
“You have a stimulus bill that's supposed to stimulate the economy,” Inhofe explains. “We know how to do that. We did it under John Kennedy; we did it under Ronald Reagan. We know what it does and what you have to do for capital gains and for all these things to open up the economy. But this [stimulus package] doesn't do any of that. There’s so many things in there that are just bad.”
Inhofe notes that a lot of the pork lies in projects that have nothing to do with stimulating the U.S. economy, including: $30 billion on federal government building improvements, $1.5 billion for homelessness prevention, $650 million for digital TV coupons, $650 million for wildlife management, $600 million for the federal government to buy new green cars, $570 million for climate change, and $75 million for smoking cessation activities.
Inhofe, who says the bill will do nothing to stimulate the economy, also tells Newsmax TV that the superfluous bill will provide tax refunds to people who don't pay any taxes, and would even give government checks of up to $1,000 to illegal aliens.
“You have a stimulus bill that's supposed to stimulate the economy,” Inhofe explains. “We know how to do that. We did it under John Kennedy; we did it under Ronald Reagan. We know what it does and what you have to do for capital gains and for all these things to open up the economy. But this [stimulus package] doesn't do any of that. There’s so many things in there that are just bad.”
Inhofe notes that a lot of the pork lies in projects that have nothing to do with stimulating the U.S. economy, including: $30 billion on federal government building improvements, $1.5 billion for homelessness prevention, $650 million for digital TV coupons, $650 million for wildlife management, $600 million for the federal government to buy new green cars, $570 million for climate change, and $75 million for smoking cessation activities.
Labels: Barack Obama, Economic Stimulus Package, Jim Inhofe
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