Comments on: Stimulus 2009: An Exclusive Fantasy Interview

By: MasterPo

MasterPo — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 01:46:13 +0000

That was very clever!

By: Mr. ToughMoneyLove

Mr. ToughMoneyLove — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:31:57 +0000

Robert: Some in government try to work for us but at some point seem to cross over to the dark side of self-preservation and power accumulation.’

Alex: I am glad you found it funny and, as I did, sadly funny.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 13:29:12 +0000

That was great. By the end I was laughing, then I realized that under that thin veneer of sarcasm is a mountain of truth. Then I cried.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:22:36 +0000

Watching our government since this past summer has made me realise that none of the people in political office these days is there to work for the public. Their only goal is to spend the public’s money on programs designed to buy them their next re-election.

The Federal budget has not been balanced (despite the Enron-esque accounting technicques of the Clinton administration) since 1957, and today we have a national debt that works out to over $35,000 for every man, woman and child currently alive in our country. Unfortunately, at some point we are going to have to raise taxes (on everyone, not just a small group of wealthy or ultra-wealthy people) and/or reduce spending (aka cut Medicare, Medicaid and other programs). Obviously our politicians will put this off until they can no longer borrow enough money to keep overspending, since they realise that telling us the truth isn’t likely to win them their precious re-elections.

By: Mr. ToughMoneyLove

Mr. ToughMoneyLove — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:33:38 +0000

TMN: I’m not going to argue about the war except to agree that it needs to stop and soon.

I also agree that we need to jump start the economy but Congress is exploiting that need by jamming a bunch of other non-stimulative spending into this bill while most folks aren’t paying attention.

By: TMN

TMN — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:10:55 +0000

I’d love to see the national debt paid off as much as anybody, but I’d rather we do that when we’re spending 700 billion on a pointless and illegitimate war than when the economy is in need of a jump start.

By: Nate @ Money Young

Nate @ Money Young — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:28:43 +0000

Mr. TML – two interviews, especially imaginary is a bit much, but this one was funny. I enjoyed it regardless!

“Yes – just two more words – but dropping an F-bomb on your blog is probably not allowed, is it?”

I wonder how many politicians would love to end their interviews like that!

-Nate