Well one of President Obama's top economic advisers announced today that the 787 billion dollar stimulus package has already delivered its biggest boost to the economy and that next year will not see any significant growth due to the billions being spent.
Christina Romer also somehow managed to claim that 600,000 to 1.5 million jobs had been saved or created before reminding us that unemployment will stay above 9.5% until the end of 2010. At least.
You mean cluster f-ing 800 billion dollars to special interests instead of job creating measures doesn't result in a robust economy? Shocking.
What's more telling is that the administration, or one of its advisers, is calling this thing a massive failure when most of the money hasn't been spent yet. How can that be exactly? Only 194 of the 787 billion has been spent, so how do we know it's a failure? Because the rest of the money is no doubt going to be spent like the first 194 billion. That is to say it will be pissed away shoring up the budgets of failed state welfare programs, filling the pockets of all the lawyers hired to make sure the money was wasted legally and being used to buy votes in the 2010 elections.
After all 787 billion has been burned through and the results analyzed, congressional liberals will no doubt see the massive failure of their ideology, do some serious soul searching and come to the conclusion that they need to double down and really get serious for Stimulus 3.
Unfortunately, we will be completely out of cash, ink to print cash and credit to borrow cash so Stimulus 3 will simply consist of Barak annexing Cuba so the Flying Castro Brothers can show us how to do this thing on the cheap.
And Mrs. Romer may want to keep her negative opinion to herself before she gets Vernon Forested in some park in DC.
They don't call him Rahm-bo DeadFish for nothing.
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Thursday, October 22, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Mercy Flush Preview: Stimulus Package
Mercy Flush 2009 had its fantasy Draft this weekend so it's time to hash out the results. Many a beer was drank, the air was thick with the toxic fumes of premium cigar smoke and Marlboro reds. One guy thought it wise to attend a draft via cell phone teleconference. The conditions aligned perfectly for an irrational early run on QB's, K's & D's. On guy ran a perfectly effective draft without so much as a cheat sheet. One guy drafted Mike Vick. Heres the first team in the breakdown.
STIMULUS PACKAGE
QB: B Matt Schaub, Eli Manning, JaMarcus Russell. I like how this turned out, especially since there was an early run on QB's and I didn't pick one up until round 7. It could be scary though if Schaub gets hurt and Eli misses Plaxico more than I think.
RB: B+ LaDanian Tomlinson, Darren McFadden, Pierre Thomas, Cedric Benson. Due to the inexplicable early run on QB's, I was able to get four starting RB's in a 14 team league. After Tomlinson though they could all be average.
WR: B- Randy Moss, Roddy White, Percy Harvin, Derick Mason, Greg Camarillo. If White is a one year wonder I could be screwed.
TE: C+ Owen Daniels is tied to the injury prone Matt Schaub. Yikes.
D/ST: C Carolina Panthers.
K: B Ryan Longwell. Kickers don't matter in fantasy but if you can get one that kicks in a Dome you can avoid some pesky negative scores.
STIMULUS PACKAGE
QB: B Matt Schaub, Eli Manning, JaMarcus Russell. I like how this turned out, especially since there was an early run on QB's and I didn't pick one up until round 7. It could be scary though if Schaub gets hurt and Eli misses Plaxico more than I think.
RB: B+ LaDanian Tomlinson, Darren McFadden, Pierre Thomas, Cedric Benson. Due to the inexplicable early run on QB's, I was able to get four starting RB's in a 14 team league. After Tomlinson though they could all be average.
WR: B- Randy Moss, Roddy White, Percy Harvin, Derick Mason, Greg Camarillo. If White is a one year wonder I could be screwed.
TE: C+ Owen Daniels is tied to the injury prone Matt Schaub. Yikes.
D/ST: C Carolina Panthers.
K: B Ryan Longwell. Kickers don't matter in fantasy but if you can get one that kicks in a Dome you can avoid some pesky negative scores.
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