I haven't said much about the economic stimulus package that will be voted on tomorrow because I'm not really sure I understand it. It seems to be changing as it goes. There is a short article at AskHeritage.org detailing the amount of the bill and some of its effects.
According to the article, passage of this bill would add $6,700 in debt to every household in America. Barack Obama is stating that spending $800 billion will create 3.7 million new jobs. This works out to a cost of over $200,000 per job. Where can I go to find a job like that?
Basically, the plan has a lot of pork--it transfers wealth from the private sector to the government, which is not the way to grow an economy. We have learned from history that growth comes when you shrink government--not when you grow it.

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