http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/0..._n_161654.html
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"Obama also persuaded House Democrats to remove provisions related to family-planning from the stimulus and -- over the objections of many Democrats -- inserted large tax cuts for businesses that Republicans wanted."
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So Obama got family-planning removed. What is wrong with family planning? Why is it a bad thing to help the mid and lower class from having children they can't afford and therefore keeping them off of welfare? Or from having to get more government support than they might already be on? I'm a big supporter of family-planning and I think that aiding it, no matter the economic situation, is always a benefit. I know Planned Parenthood was a big benefit to me, in fact my insurance was changed (b/c of the economy and co is saving money) and now is shitty and I'm probably goin to have to start using them again to get my birth control.
They got more tax cuts, which is a major thing they have been crying for.
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Asked by the Huffington Post what spending provisions Republicans would support, Cantor said, "I think that if you have infrastructure programs that are meaningful, impactful, and put jobs back into place immediately within the first twelve months, you have a legitimate case for that to be a stimulus.
The stimulus plan provides some $550 billion in direct investment for modernizing infrastructure, expanding broadband, and improving health care delivery systems. Funding is also aimed at shoring up state and local budgets that have gone deeply into the red, preventing layoffs of state workers.
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So they want infastructure that is meaningful, impactful, and to get more jobs back? What was their plan for that? All I hear is whining over the democrats plan, no plan of their own.
To top it off, the democrat's plan has $550billion of the $800+billion dedicated to just that.
The dems are working more off of the
Keynesian economic theory. The repubs want our natural entrepreneurship to save us.
I don't really understand, yes I know the other side wants/needs to be represented. Is it completely the dems fault that the elected repubs are not able to represent their voting base? If a person is frustrating, pigheaded and outright hostile to work with, are you going to work with them? No. I'm not saying that the republicans are all like this, but I can't help but think that dems are not the only ones with character flaws.
Maybe the republican voters should take another look at their republican representatives.