Leslie Carbone sums up the reasons why the Stimul-Pork bill should be defeated:
[T]he so-called stimulus can’t boost long-term economic growth. Every dime that the government blows on this spending spree would have to be taxed from today’s workers or borrowed from tomorrow’s. In other words, in order to put money into the economy, the government would first have to take that money out. And when government takes money out of the economy, it takes that money away from investment, suppressing business building and job creation. That means that the “stimulus” package would actually diminish–not boost–prosperity.
The only thing that President Obama’s “stimulus” plan would stimulate is government growth.
Which, generally speaking, is exactly what Democrats want.
Thanks, Doug. Let’s keep those calls going, everybody! Rep. Moran’s voice-mail was already full this morning when I tried to call.