To believe that the stimulus bill is anything other than a spending bill wrought with perks for Loyal Liberals is a lie. Nothing like a stimulus bill, forced upon us with fear and deception.

The truth is, the reason we are in this mess is because of DEBT. Too many Americans are living beyond there means. Businesses, Government Agencies, Cities, States, and Individual citizens, have borrowed too much money for too long and when the creditors want their money back, and no one has the cash to pay things back, well, we can all see the mess it puts us in.

If President Obama actually cared about the economy he’d have done things differently. To let Ms. Pelosi take control of the bill was a HUGE MISTAKE. Because the bill itself is not a stimulus package.

Very little of the bill involves immediate stimulus or anything that might be actually stimulative; only a little over 10 percent of the money gets spent this fiscal year, and about 30 percent gets spent next fiscal year. … About 30 percent of the money goes to transfer payments. … Only $20 billion would be spent over the next 18 months on highway construction; and about 20 percent of the bill doesn’t get spent until 2012-19. — Calafia Beach Pundit