More Audacity of Deceit: The So-Called Economic Stimulus Package is a Joke

America is Being Deceived by Obama, Pelosi, & Dems. Don’t believe me? I invite you to explain how the following line items in the $850 BILLION (that’s $8,500,000,000.00!!) so-called “economic stimulus” bill have anything to do with creating jobs or stimulating our economy in some other way:

- $600 million on new cars for the federal government
- $50 million for the National Endowment of the Arts
- $335 million on STD prevention
- $4 BILLION to ACORN – yes, the one under federal investigation for voter fraud
- $200 million for the National Mall, including $21 million for sod!
- $136 BILLION to establish at least 32 new government programs which means more than a third of this plan's spending provisions are dedicated to creating new government programs
- $18.5 BILLION on "energy efficiency" and "renewable energy programs"

Now for a reality check. How much money are they really spending? Can we comprehend nearly a trillion dollars? Consider the following facts relayed to me courtesy of “The Center for Defense of Free Enterprise”:

- Only 34 of 152 separate spending proposals have any chance whatsoever at keeping or growing jobs
- Democrats' plan will cost each and every household $6,700 in additional debt, paid for by our children and grandchildren.
- $825 BILLION in spending could give every man, woman, and child in America $2,700.
- $825 BILLION in spending could give every person in Ohio $72,000.
- $825 BILLION is could give every person living in poverty in the United States $22,000.

Of course they're rushing it through before Americans find out what they're really committing our hard-earned tax dollars to. We should trust the free markets and capitalism that have contributed to this nation being so prosperous. If we’re going to “throw money at our problems” then it should at least go to creating new jobs and easing tax burdens (both personal and business).

But instead, they’re spending it on new cars, dishonest organizations like ACORN, new sod for the National Mall, and the National Endowment of the Arts! And what’s just as worrisome is that the popular media doesn’t tell the American people the truth about the wasteful proposals!

It’s time for a Reality Check - here’s the truth. America will recover from the recession – it’s only a matter of time. America will recover because of the ingenuity, spirit, patriotism, and work ethic of its citizens.

I speculate that Obama and Pelosi know that too. They know that, regardless of how many taxpayer dollars they waste on pork liberal interests, growing a bigger government, and the rest of their socialist agenda, the economy will get better (eventually). So they are taking advantage of the panic over the economy to go on a shopping spree – even if our children and grandchildren are still paying for their spending bills decades from now. At some point, the popular media that has slowly become more and more like an Orwellian “Ministry of Truth” will probably declare that Obama and Pelosi have rescued the world despite the facts that clearly demonstrate that their actions only slowed the inevitable progression towards recovery.

Explain to me how this shows sincerity of concern for the economic situation or how it shows fiscal responsibility. They hammered the Republicans for years for increasing the deficit – which did indeed show a lack of fiscal responsibility – yet now they show far less responsibility but seek approval and even accolade? It’s equally frightening that the media hides the truth and that even if they stated the truth a lot of people would probably blindly look the other way in disbelief.

Again, if you disagree with my assessment, I implore you to explain to me how wasting tax payer dollars on the items listed above and deceitfully labeling it “economic stimulus” when it’s really a “liberal interest stimulus” -- and bringing on debt for years and perhaps decades to come -- is anything but an unwise use of taxpayer dollars.