How money is spent should be far from the biggest concern about the stimulus package, its chief author, House Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey (D-Wisc.) said Friday.
“So what?” Obey asked in response to a question on NPR’s “Morning Edition” about the perceived lack of direction from Congress as to how money in the stimulus should be spent. “This is an emergency. We’ve got to simply find a way to get this done as fast as possible and as well as possible, and that’s what we’re doing.”
Obey said that Congress is not responsible if money is misspent, but rather, whoever spends the money poorly.
I would be very interested in seeing more Congressional Democrats claim that Congress is not responsible if it structures a stimulus package so that money is misspent. The amount of time in between such statements and the critical political ads that would justly follow may well need to be measured in nanoseconds.
In the meantime, read this account concerning Obey’s comments. It is genuinely frightening.
Steve Maley
KnightsofMalta
Dan Spencer
Moe Lane
Dan McLaughlin
I'm angry. I'm furious.
Rod_Patrick (Diary) Saturday, February 7th at 6:45AM EST (link)Obey blew his cover:
THIS GOVERNMENT HAS NO REAL PLAN ON HOW TO IMPLEMENT THIS GARGANTUAN SPENDING BILL.
IN SHORT, THE WHOLE THING IS JUST PANDERING OF THE PEOPLE TO ACCEPT SOCIALISM.
Obey’s oversight is just an outright IDIOCY. Instead of spreading HOPE, this Government (WH+Democrat-run Congress) is spreading a culture of fear and mentality of hopelessness.
Only an idiot will support/follow/obey Obey’s idea regarding the proposed Stimulus Package for the National Government Bankruptcy under Obama’s Presidency, with the overall (mis)direction of Nancy “Can I Drill Your Head Madam” Pelousy.
Obama’s Administration is still ZERO since Day 1.
Good Lord.
itrytobenice (Diary) Saturday, February 7th at 11:04AM EST (link)Words escape me. You are correct in your summary. The mind reels.
Proper grammar saves lives.
Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.
Just do something
red4ever (Diary) Saturday, February 7th at 12:41PM EST (link)is never a good idea. When someone tells me I have to decide NOW, I always say no. Maybe it is a bad decision to do that. But, it is definitely a bad decision to act just to act.
The Bank Bailout turned out to be poorly executed. Something the Dems are all over. Yet, they are content to repeat the mistake and furthermore, are lambasting the Republicans for not doing the same.
It would be much better to take the time to craft a bill that truly stimulates the economy than rush a bill through that does nothing to help the situation.
The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality.
Dante