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"Stimulus" = $278,000 per job
« on: July 05, 2011, 02:59:23 PM »
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/obama-s-economists-stimulus-has-cost-278000-job_576014.html

Obama/Dem recovery plan:
1. Create $666 billion dollars of new debt for taxpayers
2. Spend it on weasely middle management government peons in Dem constituencies
3. ???
4. Profit

Obama's own analysts are saying the stimulus is leaving us worse off than no stimulus at all.

Maybe Obama should go play more golf.  That way, he's putting money into a private enterprise (the golf course), and not effing up the entire country by giving encouragement and assistance to more hare-brained schemes to compel us into prosperity.
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Re: "Stimulus" = $278,000 per job
« Reply #1 on: July 06, 2011, 12:05:38 AM »
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Maybe Obama should go play more golf.  That way, he's putting money into a private enterprise (the golf course),


You don't actually think he pays for his golf outings do you?
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Re: "Stimulus" = $278,000 per job
« Reply #2 on: July 06, 2011, 01:48:02 AM »
I think Obama is thinking small potatoes.  I think with a large enough stimulus program, it would be possible to reach 0% unemployment in this country.  Print up a few trillion dollars and pay all unemployed people a six-figure income to dig holes and fill them back up.  Just think what a booming economy we would have with 0% unemployment. 

Productivity?  WTF is that?  People need jobs and income so they will be happy and vote statist.  Then when the money we are paying them ends up being worthless, we can blame it on the "free market" boogeyman and justify another round of regulation. 
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Re: "Stimulus" = $278,000 per job
« Reply #3 on: July 06, 2011, 03:43:42 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on July 06, 2011, 12:05:38 AM


You don't actually think he pays for his golf outings do you?

Obviously, we pay for it, but golfing would still be cheaper than him working.
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Re: "Stimulus" = $278,000 per job
« Reply #4 on: July 06, 2011, 10:52:36 PM »
I've wondered if the Prez (any president, not just this one) actually carries greenbacks and pays for his green fees, his glad-handing cup of coffee or ice cream cone, and so on.

To my way of thinking, the Prez and his family should at least pay for their groceries and such when eating, unless the meal is a State function.  I understand the security concerns that prohibit the 1st lady from grocery shopping or the kitchen being left unattended (and a 1st rate trustworthy chef being a necessity)... but the Prez doesn't pay for the roof over his head already... seems he should be paying for the 1st family's groceries out of his salary.

And his green fees when golfing.

Or when Bush II would go mountain biking, he should pay any land access fees associated with that.  In AZ, for example, we have a permit system for access to "State Trust Land." 

Or when Obama took Michelle out on "Date Night" to New York a year or so back,  he should have paid the check himself.  Heck, he should have paid the air fare in AF1, the 100+ secret service detail, the gas for the presidential limo and other associated costs for that night since it served no State function.
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« Reply #5 on: July 07, 2011, 07:25:43 AM »
I've always thought that ex-POTUS's should be on a payment plan to reimburse the gov't for all the non-POTUS travel that they do during their terms....knowing that one would have to repay these things post-term from their speaking fees and lobbying might slow some of that down....
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Re: "Stimulus" = $278,000 per job
« Reply #6 on: July 07, 2011, 10:47:50 AM »
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Or when Bush II would go mountain biking, he should pay any land access fees associated with that.  In AZ, for example, we have a permit system for access to "State Trust Land."

FWIW, here on the East Coast there are very few access fees for various trails.  I know he spent some time on the Quantico trails and those are open to the public without fee.  None of the others I've ridden in the NoVA/MD/DC area have fees that I'm aware of either.

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Re: "Stimulus" = $278,000 per job
« Reply #7 on: July 07, 2011, 11:55:22 AM »
Quote from: seeker_two on July 07, 2011, 07:25:43 AM
I've always thought that ex-POTUS's should be on a payment plan to reimburse the gov't for all the non-POTUS travel that they do during their terms....knowing that one would have to repay these things post-term from their speaking fees and lobbying might slow some of that down....
The job is one that doesn't pay a huge salary, but has a LOT of perks.  I have no problem with that.  Should there be a "spending limit" of some sort?  That we can talk about.

Honestly, Obama's personal expenses are a drop in the bucket compared to all the other BS spending he and his party implemented.
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Re: "Stimulus" = $278,000 per job
« Reply #8 on: July 07, 2011, 08:11:15 PM »
Quote from: mtnbkr on July 07, 2011, 10:47:50 AM
FWIW, here on the East Coast there are very few access fees for various trails.  I know he spent some time on the Quantico trails and those are open to the public without fee.  None of the others I've ridden in the NoVA/MD/DC area have fees that I'm aware of either.

For that matter, he spends a lot of time on his private trails at the Crawford ranch.  I'm sure the secret service appreciates that a lot.
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