Stimulus Jobs Cost Taxpayers More Than $500,000 Each

Hard to believe that anyone thinks a tax increase is not coming soon.

I'm pulling for the moderate route as usual. 75% rate for Federal income tax, not the 94% rate that could be justified this time around.

I'll take my porridge, not too hot, not too cold, but just right.

it's funny how the private sector could do this for about $50,000/job....the government is not supposed to be in the job business....

pretty obvious why, by those numbers.....
they always know how to "blow" tons of cash.....
unfortunately.....
they seem to not care how much of the tax money they spend.....
I guess it's probably because it's not theirs....

AC,
C'mon now. You ought not criticize these people because they 'care' so much.
I went to the site and left comments that they should:
1) report Dollars/job statistics throughout, and
2) Prominently display their definition for what a 'saved' job is.
I expect to see a dark-windowed SUV in my driveway long before either suggestion is implemented.

you're right Ken.....
we most definitely should fear those who worship Mao.....

A BIG FAT NO

Well Ronald Reagan doubled and almost tripled the national debt George W. Bush tripled the national debt, therefore it looks like doubling the national debt is the thing to do for a President.

Didn't THIS president say he believed in "PayGo" and that all new spending should be offset by cuts elsewhere or by new taxes so that we wouldn't add to the debt? It was also THIS president who said he would not sign a healthcare reform bill that added one dime to the deficit or the debt. Does that mean that all the current proposals are dead?

he changed his mind, which is a legal thing to do, even tho GWB never changed his mind on anything.

That's a hell of a change, isn't it. How does one change one's mind from thinking and proclaiming as a candidate that we as a nation could no longer afford business as usual. The days of deficit spending are over, he said. We can't afford it he pronounced. Did the economics change? Can we now afford it?

No, it's just one more in a string of broken promises. No more deficit spending, yet his budget proposal has deficits for the next ten years. No more earmarks, yet the first bill he signed had more than 9,000 of them. Okay, really this time, no more earmarks. Then the defense bill had nearly $3 billion worth of pet projects. No lobbyists in his administration, immediately followed by waivers for the lobbyists he wanted in his administration. An end to rendition, yet renditions continue. The most transparent government in history, yet his lawyers have gone to court multiple times since January to claim "state secrets." No more warrantless wiretapping, yet the practice continues. He won't sign a healthcare reform bill that adds one dime to the deficit or budget, yet all proposals on the table right now do both. Talks with Iran without preconditions, yet he left in place the Bush demand that Iran cease uranium enrichment before bilateral talks with the United States.

One thing that has become abundantly clear in the last 9 months is that this president's word cannot be taken seriously.

I'd like to have one of those high-paying jobs. Cap and Trade will only drive more jobs overseas, we'll have a less GDP and our country will be in a bigger mess than we're in now if that thing passes. Also, we listened to an economy professor last night at our Tea Party meeting who discussed our debt as a nation. We are only paying on the interest on all of those Treasury notes they sell to those who want to take on our debt. Our children will be paying on that debt for generations to come and that is dangerous. If we don't stop the spending in Washington now, our nation is doomed. I don't care who spent what, I don't want any more spending, period. It's time for them to stop and uphold the oath of office they took to defend the Constitution. They aren't doing that. And, they are ignoring us. I don't believe the majority of Americans are Communists, but it seems we are moving ever closer to that form of government.

Cap and Trade is a wonderful way for Wall Street folks to make more money

You're right about that Richard. An economist professor we listened to the other night told us that the people who will benefit from the cap and trade will be the traders on Wall Street since they are the ones who will get a commission on every trade made in the buying of the carbon credits. He also said that the only reason he can think of for this cap and trade is to bring about more government control and social change. He said the cost versus the benefit doesn't make sense. But, what does with this administration?

I say we give the unemployed $250,000 to "tide them over" until they can find their own job, and cut the funding for the "stimulus" in half.

Take some of that money and donate it to the senior/disabled facility were living at. It's old and needs improvements. People are dropping like flies from cancer around here, it's scary.