Legal Commentary

The Price Is Right Stimulus Game

By Big Tent Democrat

When some of us say that President Obama should have asked for much much more in his opening stimulus proposal, this is why:

[T]he centrists continue[] to demand more reductions. . . . Other reductions are likely in a $15,000 tax credit for all home purchases in the next year as well as a tax credit for the purchase of new cars, both of which were added to the Senate bill after little debate. House Democrats have objected to wholesale deletions from their original bill during the Senate debate, but they are likely to see some return of aid to states that their plan priced at $79 billion. The Senate reduced that figure to $39 billion, while it also zeroed out a fund that would finance school construction, another priority for which House Democrats are pushing to restore funds.

(Emphasis supplied.) There was never any rational thought process from "the Centrists" on this. No underlying thought or plan. It was always going to be "The Price Is Right" with these fools. Cuz that's how Broder designed this game. If you understood the game, you would have known to ask for more so that when "the Centrists" came in, they would do less damage.

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Full post as published by TalkLeft on February 11, 2009 (boomark / email).