Is Obama using the economic crisis to fund liberal special interest groups?

Is Obama more concerned with his Liberal agenda than the economy and rising unemployment?


Under the guise of a ';stimulus'; bill house Democrats passed an $819 billion dollar spending bill, the largest in history, that mostly funds liberal programs, welfare, and special interest groups.


The Wall Street Journal says only 12 cents of every dollar is for something that could plausibly be called stimulus.Is Obama using the economic crisis to fund liberal special interest groups?
Yes this Stimulus is nothing but payment to the people who helped him steal the election.!~!


bama Giving ACORN $5.2 Billion in Stimulus Funds


A rising chorus of GOP leaders are protesting that the blockbuster Democratic stimulus package would provide up to a whopping $5.2 billion for ACORN, the left-leaning nonprofit group under federal investigation for massive voter fraud.What if Barack Obama鈥檚 most important radical connection has been hiding in plain sight all along? Obama has had an intimate and long-term association with the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (Acorn), the largest radical group in America. If I told you Obama had close ties with MoveOn.org or Code Pink, you鈥檇 know what I was talking about. Acorn is at least as radical as these better-known groups, arguably more so. Yet because Acorn works locally, in carefully selected urban areas, its national profile is lower. Acorn likes it that way. And so, I鈥檇 wager, does Barack Obama.


According to the law, registered voters must sign, print their name and list their address on petitions calling for a ballot initiative. It doesn't take a handwriting expert to see that many of these were filled out by the same person. (Also, see pages 30-42 and take note of the signatures 鈥?a bit odd to sign your last name first, isn't it.)








ACORN Is A Bad Seed


Something鈥檚 rotten in the state of New Mexico, and Ohio, and Michigan, and Pennsylvania, and Florida, and鈥?br>




ACORN says it is a community group, but it is really a multi-million-dollar, multinational conglomerate. Its political agenda is driven by a relative handful of anti-corporate activists. ACORN spends millions of dollars to promote economic policies (like raising the minimum wage), but has admitted that it doesn't always want to abide by them. ACORN advocates for workers' rights and runs two unions, but has in the past fought its own employees' efforts to form a union.





ACORN's history makes for pretty interesting reading. The Clinton Administration found that ACORN was misspending government grants designed to help counsel the poor. Although it seeks minimum wage increases in cities and states across the country -- ACORN sued the state of California to get out of paying its own employees the state minimum wage.





ACORN's practices have corrupted our political process as well. It has engaged in questionable election activities for years鈥攕tretching back even to the organization's founding years in Arkansas. In recent years, as its political power has increased, so have instances of fraudIs Obama using the economic crisis to fund liberal special interest groups?
Wall Street has done such a great job that we should really trust their journal.





I guess repairing infrastructure is not stimulating. Steel and concrete manufacturers, and heavy contractors, would tend to disagree.





I guess because the emphasis is off ';Faith-based'; organizations to carry out special programs, the NGO who will do them must be godless liberals... or maybe godless commies.
BINGO!!!!! He's like a kid in a candy store and he's going to ride this thing for all it's worth. He looks at this crisis as a gift! He and his backers are just trying to manage it enough to assure their socialist agenda while avoiding a complete collapse. The tricky part is milking the producers in society right up to the point of breaking and then backing off just enough to keep them in the game. Much like the farmer feeds his cows so he can milk them day after day after day.
of course he is...the 'liberals' (AKA socialists) and 'progressives (AKA stalinists) see this as their opportunity to achieve the goals that their heroes in the now-deservedly defunct soviet union could never meet due to the inherent fatal flaws in socialist ideology
After eight years of watching Bush use 9/11 to fund conservative special interest groups, it's refreshing, isn't it? Now educated, humane, and concerned people will be running the government. The American people voted for a change, so face up to it.
indubitably. it been his major concern.
YES.
Yes. This is what the call a political payoff.
Yes
Yes - that's EXACTLY what he's doing! You're right on the $$





Peace
yes
Uh....duh!!!!





You really have to ask?
No, he's not. While he may be using the Bush Depression to further certain goals, he is looking toward long term responsibilities, something no Republican can began to comprehend. Bush and his fellow Republicans have brought such devastating damage to America that any thing would be an improvement.
The Wall Street Journal is run by supply-side economists. Of course, they wouldn't think that anything much in this plan is stimulus. It's based in Keynesian economic theory.





And to the post above me, there is NOWHERE in the stimulus plan that gives ACORN $5.2 billion. There is money dedicated to community development available to non-profit organizations, not just one organization, and ELIGIBILITY FOR THESE FUNDS INCLUDES FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS.





The ACORN myth is intended for one reason only - FEAR. If someone says that ACORN is getting 5.2 billion, all of the people who have negative opinions of it from the trumped up charges in the election will #%26amp;%$ themselves like little sheep in a panic, and the right wing base will continue to be riled up. It's a ploy to keep people scared, and a pretty despicable one at that. There is no evidence that ACORN will apply for these funds, that they would be granted these funds, or if they were granted funds, how much they would get. It won't be $5.2 billion, though. That's a certainty.





What is so hard for people to understand about this bill and it's affects on the economy? The attack comes against the random collection of efforts that it promotes. It's providing money to a bunch of different governmental departments to grant money to different worthy efforts and issues. When organizations in these efforts receive money, they spend within the US economy on goods, supplies %26amp; services that they need to complete their mission. They also employ people who then spend the money through the US economy on goods and services.





Jobs are not just created by corporations who get lower tax rates and thus have more money to use to employ people. The money that's paid to employees by the government and non-profit organization spends just as well, and many of these organizations are quite stable, having been around employing people longer than Wal-Mart, some of them for a century or longer.





There are many different ways to stimulate the economy, and this bill hits on a lot of them - including over $270 billion in tax cuts/credits (like a $144 billion middle class tax credit).





The bill also seeks to save jobs, hence the money given to state and local governments who are hurting and may be facing layoffs. There's are also tax credits for businesses who are hurting and may be facing layoffs or closure.





There are many sections in the bill that will save individuals money, giving them more savings and/or spending money leading to greater prosperity for US banks and businesses through consumer saving %26amp; spending. And many of these initiatives will also save businesses money indirectly allowing them extra money to create jobs and increase output.





Just a few:





1. Cheaper, cleaner energy save individuals and businesses money





2. Health care initiatives that will lower health care costs, lowering premiums paid by both individuals and businesses





3. Better roads that will be easier on the nation's fleet, saving individuals and businesses money through greater fuel efficiency as well as less wear on vehicles





4. Improvements to public transit making it cheaper, easier and/or more convenient for more people to get to work.





5. Money to school districts and universities will improve education and make better and higher levels of education available to more people, leading to a smarter and more productive workforce





6. Tax relief to individuals and businesses which will increase cash influx into the economy, leading to more prosperity, and indirectly leading to jobs saved %26amp; created through both consumer spending and tax savings





7. Wireless and broadband grants will deliver Internet to underserved areas, giving more people access to the wealth of information that we all take for granted. It will give more of the population access to information that leads to a more-informed workforce with quicker access to jobs, education, and programs that can help them get up out of the socio-economic rut by getting to school, getting better jobs, and getting ahead in life.