The bad news? The House passed the nearly $900 billion stimulus package.
The good news? Not one Republican voted for it. That ought to send a clear message.
Conservative talk show master Rush Limbaugh offers his version in the WSJ:
Fifty-three percent of American voters voted for Barack Obama; 46% voted for John McCain, and 1% voted for wackos. Give that 1% to President Obama. Let’s say the vote was 54% to 46%. As a way to bring the country together and at the same time determine the most effective way to deal with recessions, under the Obama-Limbaugh Stimulus Plan of 2009: 54% of the $900 billion — $486 billion — will be spent on infrastructure and pork as defined by Mr. Obama and the Democrats; 46% — $414 billion — will be directed toward tax cuts, as determined by me.
“Then,” he writes, “we compare.” Sounds fair to me! After all, it is my money which Obama wants to spend. Shouldn’t I have some say-so in how it’s used?
