I’m talking about our lovely Driving-the-US-into-Socialism-at-100-MPH Stimulus bill that kicked off the fun on Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, also known as the Obama Presidency.

So in case you never read the fine print, or the bill for that matter, (MRS. Arlen Specter I’m talking to you!) here’s the real deal on all those “shovel-ready projects.” You know, the ones that we were told would turn this economy around because it would create 2, er, 3, errrr, “4 million jobs.” I put that in quotes because it’s what you would call a bunch of baloney, to put it nicely.

So anymybaloneyhasafirstnameit’sO-B-A-M-A, our President’s main point for defending the porkulus was that creating infrastructure projects would essentially lend itself to more job creation and with a flick of his FAAAAAAAAAAAAABULOUS wand, *POOF!* the economy is awwww better.

Um, hold up! Wait a minute! Don’t go there, cause I ain’t with it!

Now let’s travel back to a place I love to call “reality” where we actually look into what the definition of “shovel-ready” means. Turns out that with most of these projects, local funding is required PRIOR to even being able to apply to receive stimulus funds. That’s right folks – local funding is required! Hey, Barry Barney – How do we get local funding??? Why, kids through local taxes, of course! Yuck-Yuck-Yuck!!! Oooooh laughter all around.

Take for instance this document from the Texas Department of Transportation.

Effects on Texas Transportation

The portion of funding for Texas transportation includes:

• The estimated creation of more than 23,000 direct jobs and 69,000 total jobs.
• Approximately $2.6 billion dedicated to transportation projects around the state.
• Funding for highway, bridge, transit, aviation and rail projects.

This is a reimbursement program. Texas will not receive the dollars up front. (emphasis mine)

This is the sad fact that nobody in government or the media wants to talk about but is something that affects every single person in every area that is accepting stimulus funds. In order for most shovel-ready projects to get the stimulus money, they must have local taxes in place that will or are already bringing in funds for the “stimulus-funded” project.

This is happening all over in my home state. I’m not pulling this out of left field as a way to get the Democrats. People who are trying to apply for stimulus money know darn well and I’ve even seen correspondence with my own eyes where, in fact, it shows that Congress will determine if “the project worthy, will they deem it necessary, can we show just cause, etc. but the bottom line is that if we do not have local funding, we CANNOT apply for the funding that MAY BE available.”

Kind of ridiculous. So we’ll get double the tax, double the fun. I don’t know about you but I can’t WAIT to get my local taxes increased as well as my federal taxes (shudders!). PLUS, this ultimately goes against Obama’s pledge of no new taxes on 95% of Americans. Taxes at the local level aren’t categorized between income levels, so you’re more likely to see increases disguised as property and sale taxes – even for those under the $250k mark. That’s two times a broken promise now – goes to show you if it sounds too good to be true, a liberal must be saying it!

I guess this will make us all SUPA-DUPA Patriots in Joe Biden’s eyes….Sweet! My life is like FINALLY complete.

The other part is that one must consider is the liberal myth that shovel-ready projects accepting stimulus money will mean that the stimulus has created more jobs. If the project was shovel ready that means the majority of employment has already been decided and thus no new jobs are actually created. But that doesn’t surprise me, because it’s like most things with government – they’ll only present the myth of job creation without showing people that the jobs already existed without government’s intervention, oh I mean stealing of resources from the private sector. To those that have never experienced getting credit stolen from them, that’s what I like to call smoke and mirrors.

How to Fix the Economy – Patriotic Retirement

There’s about 50 million people, over the age of 50, in the work force. If the government Pays them a million dollars a piece severance pay, with the following stipulations:

1) They immediately leave their jobs. Fifty million job openings – Unemployment fixed.

2) They buy a NEW American car. Fifty million cars ordered – Auto Industry fixed.

3) They either buy a house or pay off their mortgage – Housing Crisis fixed.  

It’s called Patriotic retirement..

GIT’ ER DONE!!!

Most governments receive their money from taxation revenues, which in the US generally comes from income tax, direct withholdings (Social Security tax, Medicare tax), tax collections from corporations, retirement tax, property taxes, death taxes, inheritance taxes and capital gains tax (like you’re 401k or selling of YOUR assets).  

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All this talk about “stimulus packages” and “bailouts”…A billion dollars… A hundred billion dollars… Eight hundred billion dollars… One TRILLION dollars…

What does that look like? I mean, these various numbers are tossed around like so many doggie treats, so I thought I’d take Google Sketchup out for a test drive and try to get a sense of what exactly a trillion dollars looks like.

We’ll start with a $100 dollar bill. Currently the largest U.S. denomination in general circulation. Most everyone has seen them, slighty fewer have owned them. Guaranteed to make friends wherever they go.

A packet of one hundred $100 bills is less than 1/2″ thick and contains $10,000. Fits in your pocket easily and is more than enough for week or two of shamefully decadent fun.

Believe it or not, this next little pile is $1 million dollars (100 packets of $10,000). You could stuff that into a grocery bag and walk around with it. 

 While a measly $1 million looked a little unimpressive, $100 million is a little more respectable. It fits neatly on a standard pallet… 

And $1 BILLION dollars… now we’re really getting somewhere…

Finally, we’ll look at ONE TRILLION dollars. This is that number we’ve been hearing so much about. What is a trillion dollars? Well, it’s a million million. It’s a thousand billion. It’s a one followed by 12 zeros.  (Note: This is literally $1,000,000,000,000.00)

You ready for this?

It’s pretty surprising.

Go ahead…

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Ladies and gentlemen… I give you $1 trillion dollars…

(And notice those pallets are double stacked.)

So the next time you hear someone toss around the phrase “trillion dollars”… that’s what they’re talking about.

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To top this post off, keep in mind that if you take that trillion and triple it, then you’ll get Obama’s projected budget in ADDITION to the porkulus and the $500 million appropriations bill passed the other week. I mean does it get any clearer than this when the Congressional Budget Office states that President Obama’s budget plan will “increase the federal deficit by $2.3 trillion more over 10 years than the White House had claimed” ??? And the CBO is not some right-wing conspiracy think tank. They are an independent, objective, non-partisan budget advisory. I’m all for questioning things when they come via a partisan think tank, but this is clear cut evidence that this spending is out of control. And I don’t want to hear the “well, Obama, inherited a $1 trillion deficit.” Umm, that poor excuse doesn’t authorize tripling our debt. Only a buffoon would use that weak argument to back up their point. And I’m not even getting into to detail about the evidence out there that shows Obama has underestimated his spending proposals to the public by at least $1.6 trillion – so get ready folks, there’s probably more spending proposals to come.

But to the “inherited debt” defense, as Christopher Buckley stated, Obama asked for the job on the notion that he would clean up Washington and provide a “pay-as-we-go” style management to the budget. He acknowledged there was an economic crisis and growing national debt – and used these fear politics to make the smoke & mirrors case that he could fix the deficit and restore the economy. This was his rebuttal during the debates when McCain warned us about Obama’s predictable behavior of supporting massive spending and that this practice would only continue once the Unicorn Princess took the office. Obama said that wouldn’t be the case in his administration even though there was evidence he had proposed $1 billion in earmarks during his very short federal Senate tenure. If you don’t believe me look it up in the debate transcripts.

But now all of a sudden his supporters are acting like Obama was blind-sided by the “inherited” debt. Umm, riddle me this – where is the logic in the following….

Pre-election stance: “There is massive govt. debt and I’m not George Bush and will clean up the debt by a pay-as-we-go management of the budget” 

Post-inauguration stance: “The growing debt is not my fault because I ”inherited” a bunch even though the proposed spending not even with the first 100 days of my administration is triple that of the amount I “inherited,” AND in fact is more than what all other U.S. president have spent COMBINED.”  

Again, liberals – where is the logic? Gee, Obama suuuuuure was right in his arrogant claim that he has “done more in 30 days than any other president,” but not right in the way he and his supporters probably hope.

Somebody should send the White House a Budget-FAIL t-shirt. Wake up, people!

Get ready for round two of YET another spending bill. Another one after the President decided to sign off in secret (cough*more transparency, yeah, right!*cough) last night what he deemed an “imperfect” appropriations bill because it had too many earmarks. (Side rant: I love how now he acknowledges ‘earmarks’ after claiming the ‘no earmark’ defense on the last bill which was nearly 80% earmarks)

As Ed at HotAir notes, wasn’t the first stimulus supposed to create 2, err, 3, uuuuh, I mean 4 million jobs according to President Obama. So why can’t we wait at least ONE MONTH to see how it’s going before our government forces us to flush more money down the drain???  Oh, that’s because it turns out they don’t know what they’re doing or even saying when they are selling their “projections for the stimulus plan.” Remember with the first stimulus when President Wizard said we need to stop asking questions because they’ve got the best economists around – Gee, real glad he never got around to answering the tough questions for the American public who’s funding his pet projects.

“I think our focus is ensuring that that money gets out there as quickly as possible so that we can get our economy turned around again.”

Again, want a direct impact on how to get money in the economy without forcing taxpayers to give up their money before receiving any (and really IF any) benefit after it circulates through the government. Geee, what worked  in the 80s when we faced a very similar recession…Oh! That’s right – tax cuts, especially many for small businesses. And it’s estimated that 40 million jobs were created as a result of Reagan’s tax cutting policies. I’m sure if you state that to a liberal they’ll be real quick to tell you how supply-side economics are a failed policy. Ummm – let’s take a trip down memory lane on government spending vs. tax cuts, shall we?

Say it with me – Hooooope & Chaaaaaange!

Oh, and looks like most of Americans except the ones in the Beltway are not fans of the additional proposed spending (according to Rasmussen)

Just 27% of voters nationwide favor passage of a second economic stimulus package. The latest Rasmussen Reports nationwide telephone survey found that 55% are opposed and 19% are not sure.

During the election last year, it was a weekly occurrence that Obama would throw some “acquaintance” (i.e., close family-friend, personal advisor, mentor for 20+ years) under the bus in order to save his reputation with independents and basically score votes. Trust me, the far leftists could care less on who their nominee cohorts with as long as it’s not somebody who is smart enough to figure out that Saddam Hussein IS NOT the Abraham Lincoln of Iraq.

Anydelusion, a lot of conservative pundits were notorious for jumping ship and defending Obama as well as their upcoming vote for him. They believed he was the “change” that Washington needed or the “hope” of a new era of politics – we conservatives who criticized him were just party poopers of history being made (ooookay!). Where they saw unicorns and fairies, we saw a smooth-talking, used-car salesman type of campaign rhetoric that didn’t match up with Obama’s political votes/positions and policy legislation.  Where they saw themselves as being bi-partisan and not allowing race to get in the way of an historic vote; we real conservatives saw traitors to conservative principles and our own falling for race-baiting tactics that used fear to manipulate people into voting for the Democratic candidate (”Don’t be a racist – vote Obama!”,  ”Why would you be against making history – better vote Obama!”)

So now those chiiiiiiiiickens are coming home to roost! Can I get a Aaaaaaaamen, Rev. Wright? Oh, too busy building your multi-million dollar mansion paid for by the donations of the oppressed folks you claim to be helping get out of poverty while you live like you’re on an episode of Lifestyles of The Rich and Famous? Okay, another time then.

Anyways, I guess buyers’ remorse isn’t just brewing with actual voters. It took a while but looks like some of those conservative pundits, the ones my liberal friends liked to use as “proof ” that Obama was the one to save (SAVE ME! SAVE ME, OBAMA!) our nation, are now thinking twice about their too-quick-to-judge votes.

Can I get a round of kool-aid shots for my friends Christopher Buckley and David Brooks???  Drink up, boys.

Here’s Buckley -

Hold on—there’s a typo in that paragraph. “$3.6 trillion budget” can’t be right. The entire national debt is—what—about $11 trillion? He can’t actually be proposing to spend nearly one-third of that in one year, surely. Let me check. Hmm. He did. The Wall Street Journal notes that federal outlays in fiscal 2009 will rise to almost 30 percent of the gross national product. In language that even an innumerate English major such as myself can understand: The US government is now spending annually about one-third of what the entire US economy produces.

Here’s Brooks -

Those of us who consider ourselves moderates — moderate-conservative, in my case — are forced to confront the reality that Barack Obama is not who we thought he was. His words are responsible; his character is inspiring. But his actions betray a transformational liberalism that should put every centrist on notice. As Clive Crook, an Obama admirer, wrote in The Financial Times, the Obama budget “contains no trace of compromise. It makes no gesture, however small, however costless to its larger agenda, of a bipartisan approach to the great questions it addresses.

Oh, Chris “Thrill Up My Leg” Matthews wants to get in on the free kool-aid shots to celebrate buyers’ remorse TOO???  Uh, he’s such a mooch. Okay, Thrill Boy, let’s hear it!

Okay, so for those of you who were unable to attend the first tea party – good news, there’s a 2nd one brewing.   There are more details over on Facebook (signing up for FB is free).   I’m in Chicago, so here are the details I have for that event…

Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Time: 12:00pm – 2:00pm
Location: Daley Plaza Civic Center
Street: 50 W Washington St.
City/Town: Chicago, IL 

If you are in another area of the country, here’s a link to see where they have tea parties already being organized and how you can sign up your area if it isn’t on the list.

Double the fun – you can protest your government’s crazy spending ways and wish me a happy birrrrrrrrrrrfday to me as well! Yes, as luck would have it I was born on Tax Day/April 15th. I mean why settle for a holiday, to share your birthday with, like St. Patty’s or Christmas, when you can share on the same day you file a five-figure tax fee with Uncle Sam. Totally a win-win celebration for all parties (snickers).  Ummm, don’t front – I know you are jealous!

See you at the Tea Party.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about” – Joy Behar

Ah, Joy, Joy, Joy. My favorite village idiot.  Nothing gets me more psyched than Behar getting put in her place. Well, Ann Coulter was recently on CNN with Behar filling in for Larry King (although it wasn’t much of an improvment on the host front).

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Joy’s biggest defense in this “debate” with Coulter is “you’re exaggerating. you’re exaggerating.” Forget the fact that everything she says this to Coulter she doesn’t cite facts to back up her accusation of exaggeration. I LURRRRV how Coutler runs circles around Behar.  And then when Behar’s jaw is tired from not being able to contribute to the game of talking facts, she drops this gem about Rush’s audience base.

“Oh, 20 million listeners. That doesn’t mean anything to me.”

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Ummmm…slap me if I’m wrong, but something tells me that you (aka, liberal twats who are not open to listening to reason, facts and logic) are not his target audience. So it’s okay if it doesn’t mean anything to you since I don’t think Rush is losing any sleep over the fact that THE JOY BEHAR is not concerned with the success of his show. And she accuses him of fillibusting guests on his show. Ummmm – what the @$#@%# do you think you do on The View Crazy Hens Roosting show, Joy????

Anyego, I also love how 20 million people behind Rush isn’t anything but now that same figure behind Obama is now a movement, a force to be reckoned with. I mean, really, either it’s nothing or something – pick one you sad excuse for a talkshow host!

The attempt in requesting my kids start early on the family contribution is that according to Obama instead of us just sucking up the fact that we’ve got to face the harsh reality of letting the housing market reset, we’ve GOT TO put a taxpayer-funded band-aid on the folks who got confused on how to pay their mortgage bills. Taxpayer money that we don’t actually have. These will be taxes that we, our children and most likely our grandchildren will be paying for down the road.

Generational Theft is tooootally the new black.

Via Trying To Grok, Glenn Beck breaks it down. Usually Glenn can be a bit much in hypotheticals, but here he has a great point backed up with OH! actual facts and research.

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]]> http://www.unliberaledwoman.com/yo-can-you-spot-me-a-few/feed/ 1 http://www.unliberaledwoman.com/balls-of-steele/ http://www.unliberaledwoman.com/balls-of-steele/#comments Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:40:28 +0000 unliberaledwoman http://www.unliberaledwoman.com/?p=559 Kudos to finally getting an RNC Chairman who will go ON THE RECORD as having a backbone.  Michael Steele, RNC Chairman, said today on Cavuto to denying RNC funds for those turncoats that value White House SuperBowl party invites over exercising fiscally conservative morals *cough*Arlen Spector *cough*.  More at Black & Right…

“I’m always open to everything, baby,” he told host Neil Cavuto. “If state parties want to enact retribution against those Senators, then the RNC will follow their lead,” Steele explained.

And to think, people were waivering on questioning Steele’s appointment as Chairman.

NASA and climate researchers are weighing their options after yesterday’s crash of a new satellite designed to monitor atmospheric carbon dioxide with unprecedented accuracy. A malfunction during the rocket ride toward space sent the Orbiting Carbon Observatory plummeting into the Indian Ocean near Antarctica…What went wrong with the $278 million mission will be the subject of a lengthy investigation, but Weiler said it appeared that the protective nose cone, known as the fairing, failed to separate from the satellite.

Where’s my Real Man of Genius on this? Wha-Whaaaaaaaaaaat?  What happened to “nobody messes with Joe!” for watching what happens to our taxpayer dollars.  Don’t worry….the porkulus gives NASA another $400 million to hopefully screw up two more times – AT LEAST.  Oh and as to what that money could have done otherwise during “the most serious financial crisis our country has ever faced since the Great Depression,” well, here’s a breakdown. You know, just a few “petty” things like providing jobs, food, and EVEN paying delinquent home owners’ bills…

Don’t get me wrong, I think NASA can serve as a great asset in the development of our world & help to understand more about how human activity doesn’t really affect the environment all that much. But aren’t we in a CRISIS????  

So if you’re whining about CEO pay and lavish lifestyles of the “rich,” then how come you’re not tootin’ the horn about $278 MILLION buckaroos just chillin’ with the fishes. Especially if it would mean you could get your Social Security taxes back for one full year. My SS tax (on my end, not counting my employer’s) was $4,000.

Could you find a way to spend more with an extra $4k???  Exactly.