Comments on: This Much Is True http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/02/04/this-much-is-true/ Affecting NC public policy through informed, energetic and progressive conversations. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:29:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: IBXer http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/02/04/this-much-is-true/#comment-30849 IBXer Thu, 05 Feb 2009 14:20:50 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=3231#comment-30849 Obama needs Republicans to be on board with this so it's not just the democrats who take the fall when the stimulus package doesn't work. No one believes (unless you are just utterly misinformed) that this scheme will actually improve the economy. It's become nothing but a huge pork spending boondoggle. Mid-term elections are right around the corner. The Democrats want to be able to say Republicans are just as responsible for this bill's failure as they are in the coming cycle. Obama needs Republicans to be on board with this so it’s not just the democrats who take the fall when the stimulus package doesn’t work. No one believes (unless you are just utterly misinformed) that this scheme will actually improve the economy. It’s become nothing but a huge pork spending boondoggle.

Mid-term elections are right around the corner. The Democrats want to be able to say Republicans are just as responsible for this bill’s failure as they are in the coming cycle.

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