Stimulus package- “the best we can do”

Rosie — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:14:30 +0000

Senator Arlen Spector (Republican, Pa.) made that statement just yesterday after a lot of pork was trimmed off the bill. He told the Senate, “Personally I would prefer not to be on the edge of the pin, as so frequently is the case in this body. But I do believe we have to act, and under the circumstances, this is the best we can do.” After receiving calls from the public he felt the stimulus legislation was a very unpopular vote and had too many expenditures. Some callers said not enough money was being spent.

Approximately $145 billion in spending was cut from the bill. If it didn’t help create jobs, then it shouldn’t have been in the package to begin with. Spector also said there were some reasons to argue that it’s a bad bill, but he felt the economy would be worse off without it. Senator John McCain (Repulican, Az) said if the legislation passed it would be a very bad day for America. Now we wait and see what happens when this bill is passed. Will it create the jobs so badly needed to get people back to work? Only time will tell. For some Americans who have run out of unemployment time is a huge issue.

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Stimulus package- “the best we can do”