Avi's Stimulus Rant

" And perhaps serious for a great cynicism and that is these stimulus plan now and act because it has been voted through by congress. Rasmussen polling data are. As of Monday February 16 that's today. Telephone poll. 30%. Say the stimulus plan will help the economy. 29%. Believe the plan will hurt than 24%. Believe it will have little impact. So let's throw it open to discussion managed to what's going on now and Georgie you're thinking with the stimulus plan. I am offended. That it was rushed through. Rushed through and nobody. Had read it. None of the senators who voted for it the congressman who voted for. Knew what was in that bill could even take the time to read it. And keep in mind. -- the appropriators. Did not allow for a PDF file we didn't create PDF file which would have allowed scanning by word we'll -- fashioned way. Words -- page. Get a read through that's why this false rhetoric. But we didn't vote for the staff we didn't elect the staff I want my congressman to be doing is Joe I'll do one thing is supposed to do. He's -- knowledgeable about legislation. That he is voting on site. Suggestion maybe I -- on this earlier there's -- offices upon the closed now everybody -- to -- congressmen and senators and ask a simple question. -- you read the whole bill yes or no. Did you do your job. We just ask the question need you read the whole bill. And she what kind of an -- she did not -- staff read the bill not did you have discussions about the bill or that you know your thumb through it where you read some of that. 2073. Pages got chilly Friday and I had to be voted in. Before anybody could read -- why. What do you think -- voted in well we were told by our president. That we have a crisis and middle turning to a catastrophe if we don't act quickly selling out quickly show. Quickly that they didn't read the bill. And then what happened to. Barack Obama has still not signed that bill into law that's going to heaven tomorrow in Colorado. He took three days off. Who was such an emergency. When he takes time -- If they should going to be catastrophe. Why why can wait till he hasn't politically convenient venue where he can. -- In Colorado. After all. If we had that much time. To wait until it becomes law. Then maybe we could have taken a couple of the days and the -- it. They could've been voting on it today. And then they would have at least been able to -- the bill if they'd be lying emotional moment that they could at least seven. 1100 pages of 1073. Pages of 300 words -- Dutch two and a half million dollars a word of expenditure. Kotsay is something. This is look for our program today the -- quick calculation. If when this program started. We have started spending at fifty million dollars a second. Fifty million dollars a second. You would not by the end of this program has spent the money in that they'll. And of course not all that money is gonna go to economic stimulus. There's a bunch of stuff that isn't. They're smoking cessation programs that start pick arguing that others that are so mean to protect some motion in the -- to -- she's district. You're going to argue whether those programs are really are not. But tonight economic stimulus and they shouldn't be in an emergency bill rom Emanuel made a comment and sandy do we have the clip from Rahm Emanuel. Rama Manuel said -- a good crisis go to war go to waste. -- can you can she hits it he's. He's doing British otherwise gotta pressure she can get things through that you couldn't get through under ordinary circumstances. We got some interest in the -- that we're going to play them to see him."

" You never want a serious crisis to go to rates. I mean mad at its inopportune need to do things that you think you could not do before."

" That's Rahm Emanuel. He's being straightforward that's right when he -- a crisis to -- as I can get to ensure that I can't get through an ordinary debate people won't put up with it. Q what do you think this happened. Croatian it to people who were willing to vote just an enormous expenditure. Without having read it -- aversion -- of us and that is. It's not their money. I want you imagine if you were presented with something where you were being asked to spend. Inconsequential. Amount of money whatever that means to you. You were given a proposal. Would you for a moment considering. Consider. Committing to spend that money. Without having read it. Not a chance in the world. You would pour over it everybody does from venture capitalist. To a -- irony you know lemonade stand. You you look at it carefully moved WA does it make any sense why because insure money. But it's not their money it is indeed our money. Where she could argue it's really not their money into -- are you paying taxes some of those truly guys doing do that. Who were involved with the -- who preferably with the public effort in this country. But you can be cavalier. When it's somebody else's money. If you -- spending someone else's money and it's not coming out of your pocket well learned you really willing glanced that -- I. I gave it to my staff -- You know the kids' news show 23 in just got to college you looked Daihatsu homebody and he said Claudia a couple things go okay go along with. No wish the arrogant -- the height of impropriety. The disrespect shown by the attacks by the people who aren't spending the tax money for the tax -- for you and me. This is what the stimulus plan is all about. Him in the name of all we have to do something -- gets done. Do we have they Schumer clip. There are watching this this -- as it were. The thinking senator Charles Schumer prominent Democrat from New York commenting just before this this bill was passed."

" And let me say this to all of the chattering class. That's so much focuses. On those little tiny. Yes porky amendments to the American people really don't care. The chattering clash. New and -- aren't the chattering class."

" She really isn't. Shockey can't be bothered with that morning from new highly chattering if you when he. Rush to get on with it in these little -- things he calls about each one of those has dozens of millions hundreds of millions of dollars. As I said if you do and for our program makes several seconds of expenditure. Just remarkable that. But this is what Schumer. Thinks of the American people that we don't care which chattering classes ho -- unlike the people in Washington who only speak with great pronouncement people calculate. Never chatter in the group. There's one other thing do we shut up now another with toilet the juxtaposition between Roosevelt's approach. And Obama's approach would get -- let's go to the telephone line stuff. HL we have to do we'll break down okay. We will get to the telephone lines right after the break 8774694322. As the phone number -- Nelson and."