Thread: Obama Public Stimulus Package Speech

No mention of the STD funding one way or the other in this article, but highway infrastructure gets a whopping 3% and BHO couldn't believe it was that small. Infrastructure rebuilding could go on for decades. Our infrastructure is decades old and falling apart. The COE alone has years of infrastructure backlog, that Congress won't fund. Just one district alone has a $50M backlog on Navigation maintenance alone.

http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/i.../30/177021.htm

CB

Originally Posted by CountryBoy

Budnipper,

I've been searching for confirmation of the funding removal, but have yet to find any mention or link. Of course this is just one of many welfare earmarks embedded stealthily in a hugh INFRASTRUCTURE stimuls package, but it looks, smells and walks like a huge welfare bailout for the unproductive, at our costs. CB

Originally Posted by CountryBoy

No mention of the STD funding one way or the other in this article, but highway infrastructure gets a whopping 3% and BHO couldn't believe it was that small. Infrastructure rebuilding could go on for decades. Our infrastructure is decades old and falling apart. The COE alone has years of infrastructure backlog, that Congress won't fund.
http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/i.../30/177021.htm CB

["Inhofe says he personally met with President Barack Obama Monday to point out that the $30 billion earmarked for infrastructure represents only 3 percent of the total amount of the spending bill. “When I told him that, he didn't believe it was that small a percentage,” Inhofe says. ”I said, ‘If we find that I'm right and you're wrong, would you go up to 10 percent?’ And he said, ‘I'd certainly look at that.’ Since then, he realizes that I am right. As far as roads and highways, it's $30 billion, and then a few [dollars] for water infrastructure.” Inhofe believes it is the infrastructure improvements that could provide real jobs, while spurring the economy."]

CB, Inhofe sounds like a man with common sense to me.
I'm not familiar with his record, except for a google-look just now.
So far, I read that he uses terms like "hoax" and "scam" while
discussing global warming. He supports Israel, as well. What's
not to like! Sadly, it's unlikely that BHO will listen to him.

I'm still huntin' for a clue about the STD funding issue. I don't
really think I'll find it though.

Originally Posted by budnipper1

["Inhofe says he personally met with President Barack Obama Monday to point out that the $30 billion earmarked for infrastructure represents only 3 percent of the total amount of the spending bill. “When I told him that, he didn't believe it was that small a percentage,” Inhofe says. ”I said, ‘If we find that I'm right and you're wrong, would you go up to 10 percent?’ And he said, ‘I'd certainly look at that.’ Since then, he realizes that I am right. As far as roads and highways, it's $30 billion, and then a few [dollars] for water infrastructure.” Inhofe believes it is the infrastructure improvements that could provide real jobs, while spurring the economy."]

CB, Inhofe sounds like a man with common sense to me.
I'm not familiar with his record, except for a google-look just now.
So far, I read that he uses terms like "hoax" and "scam" while
discussing global warming. He supports Israel, as well. What's
not to like! Sadly, it's unlikely that BHO will listen to him.

I'm still huntin' for a clue about the STD funding issue. I don't
really think I'll find it though.

Yeah Budnipper,

I get the same read from this guy, but our Ok feds may have a better read, but I would vote for him in a heartbeat. BHO was just blowing sunshine up Inhofe skirt, nothing but plain old political lip service, all show and no go.

While trying to run down total infrastructure for the Corps, cause I don't want to give out misleading data, I ran across thefollowing link, ASCE, is the American Society of Civil Engineers, who is involved in most major projects in the US, Katrina and the bridge collapse are 2 examples, anyhoo they have the following information on our Infrastructure needs.

2009 Report Card for America's Infrastructure
Produced by the American Society of Civil Engineers

The Report Card is an assessment by professional engineers of the nation's status in 15 categories of infrastructure. In 2009, all signs point to an infrastructure that is poorly maintained, unable to meet current and future demands, and in some cases, unsafe. Since the last Report Card in 2005, the grades have not improved. ASCE estimates the nation still stands at a D average. Deteriorating conditions and inflation have added hundreds of billions to the total cost of repairs and needed upgrades. ASCE's current estimate is $2.2 trillion, up from $1.6 trillion in 2005.

These folks are the experts when it comes to our needs, so $30 million is an insult to the intelligence of the American people, when that's all they are going to put towards what they are calling the Infrastructure Stimulus Package. Lets call the package what it is, Welfare and Earmarks, politics as usual. Real infrastruture will lift this country up for years to come.

http://www.asce.org/reportcard/2009/index.html

It's a great breakdown of what and where the money needs to go. Shoot I believe we built the Pentagon in just one year, so all we need is for the Pols get out of the way and we can get back on our feet. But these give away programs will just prolong the agony, but the unproductive and lazy love'em.

Well, we can always hope that common sense will rule the day, but with Senators like Al Frankin, I don't like the IQ level being exhibited in the Senate. This is just a perfect example of where the quality of so called leaders is headed.

CB

Mea culpa, I thought they said on CNN it was voted out. But I may have misheard, and I can't find a confirm. I guess all I heard was the protesting with promises to remove it....sigh.

Sigh, the President needs to be more bold, forget the tax cuts if he really thinks infrastructure = jobs and tax cuts = hoarding like last time. Oh, and he needs to kick some bankers in the TARP.

Originally Posted by Silverbird

Mea culpa, I thought they said on CNN it was voted out. But I may have misheard, and I can't find a confirm. I guess all I heard was the protesting with promises to remove it....sigh.

Sigh, the President needs to be more bold, forget the tax cuts if he really thinks infrastructure = jobs and tax cuts = hoarding like last time. Oh, and he needs to kick some bankers in the TARP.

Silverbird,

Amen on the TARP kicking, just leave a few for the rest of us.

CB

One thing that was very clear at Davos was that there were growing concerns about how the U.S. would continue to pay for its growing deficit spending. Also, the fact that the $819 billion stimulus package the House approved this week lacks significant stimulus and may not create many new jobs.

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