J.E.D
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They wouldn't have done what Obama did to directly harm the economy.
There would have been stimulus, and it would have been allowed to take hold. Obama killed the stimulus.
Republicans HATED the stimulus. Between the House and Senate, only 3 Republican Senators voted for it.
SO, are you admitting that Republicans only voted against it because Obama is a Democrat?
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On January 28, 2009, the House passed the bill by a 244–188 vote. All but 11 Democrats voted for the bill, and 177 Republicans voted against it (one Republican did not vote).
On February 10, the Senate voted 61–37 (with one not voting) All the Democrats voted in favor, but only three Republicans voted in favor
Republicans hated the stimulus because they saw it for what it was...a liberal pork fest that took advantage of the financial crisis to reward the Democratic base. Republicans didn't like it because they didn't think it would work as constituted...and guess what? They were right! The shovel ready jobs that Barry and Nancy promised never materialized and six months later the Obama Administration had invented a new economic statistic "jobs saved or created" to hide the fact that after spending close to a trillion dollars on stimulus the unemployment rate continued to go up...not down.
Somebody should tell that to Republicans. They sure had a lot of photo-ops thanks to those nonexistent jobs.
Phil Gingrey's Stimulus Hypocrisy: Votes Against Recovery Act In DC, But Hands Out Giant Stimulus Check In Georgia | ThinkProgress
The latest member of Congress to engage in this hypocrisy is Rep. Phil Gingrey (R-GA). Earlier this month, Gingrey appeared in the city of Cedartown, Georgia, to present a giant check of $625,000 in stimulus funds to the city commission to help fund the the city’s Streetscape project, which will install new sidewalks and infrastructure
Gingrey joins numerous other conservatives in opposing the stimulus while touting its benefits and exploiting its funds. For example, following their votes against the stimulus, Sens. Johnny Isakson and Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates to steer $50 million in stimulus funding into a bio-energy project they supported. Rep. Joseph Cao (R-LA) boasted about securing funds for streetcar expansions that came from ARRA funds. And perhaps the biggest hypocrite of all, Gov. Bobby Jindal (R-LA), toured his state handing out jumbo-sized checks that were funded by the stimulus, despite his pledge that if he was still a member of Congress, he would’ve voted against the Recovery Act.
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