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Uh .... wasn't Obama against this before he was for it

slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
edited June 2008 in A Moving Train
http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/09/news/economy/obama_economy_changetour/?postversion=2008060915

I could have sworn Obama voted against Bush's economic stimulus package. Now he's for sending out more checks?

I'm serious. Obamaniacs, somebody correct me if I'm wrong.
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  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    I can't say I ever remember him being against the stimulus package. However, he is an opponent of the Bush Tax Cuts, so maybe that's where your confusion is coming in.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    ledvedderman wrote:
    I can't say I ever remember him being against the stimulus package. However, he is an opponent of the Bush Tax Cuts, so maybe that's where your confusion is coming in.

    Maybe that's it.

    At any rate, I'm never going to turn down free money, but this strikes me as perhaps a very bad idea.
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  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    It's an election year ploy. Both parties are guilty of it. Will it really stimulate the economy? Probably not.
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  • Urban HikerUrban Hiker Posts: 1,312
    ledvedderman wrote:
    It's an election year ploy. Both parties are guilty of it. Will it really stimulate the economy? Probably not.

    I wonder how close to November people would receive said checks. :rolleyes: :p
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    ledvedderman wrote:
    It's an election year ploy. Both parties are guilty of it. Will it really stimulate the economy? Probably not.

    Oh, I know. I don't this against him, really. For a guy all about change though, this plan seems awfully status quo.
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  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    Urban Hiker wrote:
    I wonder how close to November people would receive said checks. :rolleyes: :p

    It's not about getting the checks close to November. It's about being out on the stump and saying, "we in Congress passed bi-partisan legislation to ease the burden off of you hard working folks with an economic stimulus package".

    Who cares if he status quo on this issue? He wasn't status quo on the gas tax holiday, which is yet another election year ploy.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    ledvedderman wrote:
    It's not about getting the checks close to November. It's about being out on the stump and saying, "we in Congress passed bi-partisan legislation to ease the burden off of you hard working folks with an economic stimulus package".

    Who cares if he status quo on this issue? He wasn't status quo on the gas tax holiday, which is yet another election year ploy.

    Yeah, that one was stupid, too. I guess I'm sick of all the pandering, which is coming from both sides. And it's only June ...
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  • GrasshopperGrasshopper Posts: 137
    It's funny how gas shot up right at the time everyone was getting those checks...If I where a conspiracy theorist..I would say It was a plot to raid the federal reserve...But I'm not so they didn't
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  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Yeah, that one was stupid, too. I guess I'm sick of all the pandering, which is coming from both sides. And it's only June ...

    Just wait man. I'm a campaign junky, and I'll be fucking sick of it all by the time the conventions roll around.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    ledvedderman wrote:
    Just wait man. I'm a campaign junky, and I'll be fucking sick of it all by the time the conventions roll around.

    Yeah, it's going to get bad.

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  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    I believe the House Dems objection was to include the elderly who do not pay taxes to get the stimulus checks, and now I can't remember which version (House or Senate) got passed.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    ledvedderman wrote:
    I believe the House Dems objection was to include the elderly who do not pay taxes to get the stimulus checks, and now I can't remember which version (House or Senate) got passed.

    Yeah, it all runs together.

    Here's one: If Barack was against the original Bush tax cuts, it stands to reason he'll eventually reverse them while in office ... so we'll be giving our stimulus checks back anyway.

    See, it all comes out in the wash!
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  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    One chamber wanted everyone included, and one wanted just the elderly. I'm not sure which one, but I believe the House wanted everyone included now that I think about it, and the Senate just wanted to cover the elderly.
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