tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126131564610858851.post6578548036555086682..comments2023-09-09T10:21:32.853-04:00Comments on The Hackensack: The Next Stimulus PackageDaveinHackensackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01313169814904229272noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126131564610858851.post-76320261614926150922008-11-09T23:51:00.000-05:002008-11-09T23:51:00.000-05:00"Why keep giving the money to China via Walmart?"A...<I>"Why keep giving the money to China via Walmart?"</I><BR/><BR/>Anon,<BR/><BR/>One of the advantages of infrastructure spending is that virtually all of the money stays in the U.S.DaveinHackensackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313169814904229272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126131564610858851.post-75450746464105576272008-11-09T21:23:00.000-05:002008-11-09T21:23:00.000-05:00I'm really tired of these stimulus ideas. Why not...I'm really tired of these stimulus ideas. Why not buy a bunch of solar panels and use the electricity to offset oil consumption? Why not use the money to hire a bunch of teachers or build a few new prisons? Why keep giving the money to China via Walmart?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126131564610858851.post-29655384984976351752008-11-09T18:43:00.000-05:002008-11-09T18:43:00.000-05:00"Giving more debt to cash-strapped states to help ...<I>"Giving more debt to cash-strapped states to help them out will only make them more deeply in debt.<BR/><BR/>Only spending cuts at the state level can return them to fiscal health.</I><BR/><BR/>Unless governments have saved money for it in a rainy day fund, fiscal stimulus generally requires deficit spending. After the economy recovers, spending restraint would be in order to restore fiscal health.DaveinHackensackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01313169814904229272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126131564610858851.post-86484035688846809732008-11-09T14:04:00.000-05:002008-11-09T14:04:00.000-05:00Giving more debt to cash-strapped states to help t...Giving more debt to cash-strapped states to help them out will only make them more deeply in debt.<BR/><BR/>Only spending cuts at the state level can return them to fiscal health. <BR/><BR/>Mayor Nutter in Philadlephia cut the city budget drastically in the past week and took a 10% pay cut himself while calling for other city executives to do likewise. He's one smart guy for a Democrat.<BR/><BR/>A Wharton grad that actually is doing what's needed for his citizens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com