Nineteen hundred pages one point one emtrillionem dollars. The
DeMarxists are obviously going for a Guinness record on spending.
An incredible 6,600 earmarks. This isnt pork. Its sausage
manufacture on a grand scale. This is economics, Democrat style.
Everyone take a good long look. God willing, this is their last
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alt width450 height450 aThere were a lot of conservatives unhappy
with the tax compromise. I also would have preferred standalone
bills and upordown votes on these issues. But one overriding factor
decided in favor of it, for me.There have been ample warnings by
some economists, whose opinions I respect, that if we permitted the
sunset of the Bush tax cuts to occur, the negative effect on the
nations economy and jobs would propel the country into a double dip
recession.As it is, the very first tendrils of real recovery have
just now made an appearance on the American economic scene. Stocks
have been doing well up until now, propelled mainly by corporations
grinding every erg of earning capacity out of their severely
reduced staffs and downsized operations. There are signs of
confidence in the retail field with strong preChristmas sales being
reported.Yes, there are signs of life in the economy, most likely
bolstered by the Republican tidal wave in November. People are just
more optimistic now that they can see that Barack Obamas march to
totalitarianism will be severely curtailed, if not destroyed
altogether.Business can now count on a stable tax rate for the next
two years. It means that we have these battles to fight again in
two years. Better to fight them with a Republican Congress and a
newly elected Conservative Republican President.This latest, and
hopefully last, spending extravaganza by the Obama Congress is just
more salt on an open sore, but we cannot lose sight of the goals we
have set.Semper Vigilans, Semper Fidelis Skip MacLure 2010
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