The $9.7 trillion in [bank bailout and stimulus] pledges would be enough to send a $1,430 check to every man, woman and child alive in the world. It’s 13 times what the U.S. has spent so far on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Congressional Budget Office data, and is almost enough to pay off every home mortgage loan in the U.S., calculated at $10.5 trillion by the Federal Reserve.
I guess you can't be reminded enough of the complete and total cluster fuck our economy/society/world finds itself in these days. Watched Barry's conference on the stimulus today, and apparently one could argue that - what the? - infrastructure and research into sustainable tech were deviously snuck into the plan?! Motherf- and what's this? "A great deal of uncertainty" between the numbers 3 million and 4 million? That slimy Chicago-style politician can't even give an exact number (try 3,213,006 on for size, Hussein) of how many jobs his "plan" will create and if he did he'd be lying.
Come on AP, even someone rather optimistic of the plan could come up with a better criticism than that half-assed, wanna-be investigative "FACT CHECK". Sean Hannity himself could do a more adequate assessment. Ouch.
Anyway, it's even more annoying that we're having to waste time on this plan in the first place and that most of the dults responsible won't be held, well, responsible. Most of the bankers around the world who approved millions in loans to those who shouldn't be trusted with the loose change behind the fridge will get off without penalty - as will those who thought they were entitled to all of that loaned money in the first place? Bah! At least in the meantime, the rest of us relatively responsible adults get cheap cars and flights ($325 round trip to Dublin?). Anybody with a decent credit score (aka Grown-up, Responsibility Rating) when this is all over with should get our cut of that $1,430 check as a pat on the back for having common sense and not dooming capitalism.
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