Comments on: Senate Passes $787 Billion Stimulus Bill http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:11:37 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Synoia http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830942 Synoia Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:58:02 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830942 <p>Put a sock in it? I have socks…</p> Put a sock in it? I have socks…

]]> By: MarkH http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830537 MarkH Sat, 14 Feb 2009 05:10:20 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830537 <p>On the stimulus bill:</p> <p>Condolences to Senator Brown for his loss.</p> <p>Congratulations to Senator Brown on his vote to make history!</p> <p>Yea for passing it!</p> <p>——————————</p> <p>On transportation:</p> <p>I was watching the t.v. show Now this evening and in a segment about transportation and light rail they talked to some Charlotte, NC officials. One thing which seemed especially interesting to me was how federal dollars are allocated by highway miles and how that gives states an incentive to build more roadway.</p> <p>I’d suggest the Obama administration look at reforming that calculation from surface-transportation-miles to surface-transportation-PASSENGER-miles. This would balance out the incentives to states for any and all kinds of transportation modes. Buses might do better since they carry more passengers and light rail would clearly do better (than now) with the larger numbers of passengers.</p> <p>It might be a rule change which could be done quickly and let cities benefit from it and the stimulus LAW right away.</p> On the stimulus bill:

Condolences to Senator Brown for his loss.

Congratulations to Senator Brown on his vote to make history!

Yea for passing it!

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On transportation:

I was watching the t.v. show Now this evening and in a segment about transportation and light rail they talked to some Charlotte, NC officials. One thing which seemed especially interesting to me was how federal dollars are allocated by highway miles and how that gives states an incentive to build more roadway.

I’d suggest the Obama administration look at reforming that calculation from surface-transportation-miles to surface-transportation-PASSENGER-miles. This would balance out the incentives to states for any and all kinds of transportation modes. Buses might do better since they carry more passengers and light rail would clearly do better (than now) with the larger numbers of passengers.

It might be a rule change which could be done quickly and let cities benefit from it and the stimulus LAW right away.

]]> By: sunshine http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830502 sunshine Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:56:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830502 <p>Huffington Post has an open letter to President Obama from a former Republican about how the Rep party is ruled by the regilious right and the neo cons and their leaders won’t budge an inch for 4 yrs. Those religious right and neo cons are fighting their last battle and they want it to be on socialism, not corporate socialism or corporate corruption or banking thievery. It is a distraction away from the biggest financial theft of America and it’s citizens in history. When he became President BO transitioned from speaking (campaigning) to us about what he was going to do for the Democratic party to implementing those jobs he said he would get done. But he is fighting the wealthy, the lobbyist and the financial industry along with much of the media that have controlled the Republican party so well in the past few decades. He campaigned against them and now they are in a battle and he has to be aggressive from the start or they will get their claws in him too like most other politicians. I personally don’t understand how any politician could not care about the millions of job loses, homeowners thrown out on the streets and states going broke and vote against the stimulus bill. Unless they are lieing about this financial mess and this economic downturn has been on purpose and the biggest con job since “The Sting”. Have they been purposely holding back on loans for the past year and a half for a reason other than what we were told? Many of these companies are in trouble because they couldn’t get loans.</p> Huffington Post has an open letter to President Obama from a former Republican about how the Rep party is ruled by the regilious right and the neo cons and their leaders won’t budge an inch for 4 yrs. Those religious right and neo cons are fighting their last battle and they want it to be on socialism, not corporate socialism or corporate corruption or banking thievery. It is a distraction away from the biggest financial theft of America and it’s citizens in history. When he became President BO transitioned from speaking (campaigning) to us about what he was going to do for the Democratic party to implementing those jobs he said he would get done. But he is fighting the wealthy, the lobbyist and the financial industry along with much of the media that have controlled the Republican party so well in the past few decades. He campaigned against them and now they are in a battle and he has to be aggressive from the start or they will get their claws in him too like most other politicians. I personally don’t understand how any politician could not care about the millions of job loses, homeowners thrown out on the streets and states going broke and vote against the stimulus bill. Unless they are lieing about this financial mess and this economic downturn has been on purpose and the biggest con job since “The Sting”. Have they been purposely holding back on loans for the past year and a half for a reason other than what we were told? Many of these companies are in trouble because they couldn’t get loans.

]]> By: DrBong http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830437 DrBong Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:27:42 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830437 <p>SLOW DOWN!!!!!</p> SLOW DOWN!!!!!

]]> By: Redshift http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830436 Redshift Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:26:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830436 <blockquote><p>What’s the ETA of Al Franken’s arrival in the Senate?</p></blockquote> <p>It <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/in-new-opinion-minnesota-election-court-seriously-damages-colemans-chances.php" rel="nofollow">got a lot closer</a> tonight, but it’s still uncertain.</p>

What’s the ETA of Al Franken’s arrival in the Senate?

It got a lot closer tonight, but it’s still uncertain.

]]> By: SunnyNobility http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830411 SunnyNobility Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:14:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830411 <p>Questions, lot of questions:</p> <p>Who sees to the distribution of proceeds?<br /> How much discretion is there?<br /> Did DiFi make her alleged move on net neutrality?</p> <p>Guess the anwers will unfold in the fullness of time.</p> Questions, lot of questions:

Who sees to the distribution of proceeds?
How much discretion is there?
Did DiFi make her alleged move on net neutrality?

Guess the anwers will unfold in the fullness of time.

]]> By: Knut http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830408 Knut Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:14:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830408 <p>Good luck with that, too.</p> Good luck with that, too.

]]> By: Suzanne http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830406 Suzanne Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:11:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830406 <p><a href="http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/mr-boehner-has-a-tantrum/" rel="nofollow">julia upstairs</a></p> julia upstairs

]]> By: ratfood http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830405 ratfood Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:09:32 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830405 <p>Good luck with that.</p> Good luck with that.

]]> By: solai http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830404 solai Sat, 14 Feb 2009 04:09:11 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/02/13/senate-passed-787-billion-stimulus-bill/#comment-1830404 <p>Have you all called Lieberman to thank him?</p> Have you all called Lieberman to thank him?

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