McCain Working on Alternative Stimulus Plan

Wait while I wipe the tears of laughter off my cheeks LOLOLOLO O.K now McCain lost, he misread the economy during the election, the Dems have a majority and now McCain is going to give us a stimulus plan? Oh the irony! LOLOLOLOL as Obama said "I WON" and it will be his stimulus that goes through to lead this country out of the total MESS the Republicans have gotten us in during the last 8 years. They inherited a FREE & CLEAR economy with NO DEBT and now McCain wants to fix things? LOL LOLOLOLOL oh this is too good!
Go home John and do someting, clear brush or bar b que. Anything other than taking a path that leads to more jokes.

Let's see if I remember this correctly,
McCain postponed his campaign in September to address the financial crisis - didn't do squat then, and I doubt that he will do squat now!

This should be interesting, this is when the fillibuster will come to play. I smell a fight in DC, until both sides can hammer out a deal that is financially beneficial to all 538 legislators...oh, and the executive branch too.

Ii quess McCain missed Obama when he came to the hill this week and met with the rethugs.Did you see the vote John? We don't need your input or your vote. We made it clear in Nov which way this country is going and we're leaving you and your old old ideas behind!

Anything McCain and the Republican's come up with would be better than the pork laden bankruptcy bill put forth by the Democrats.

Anyone who thinks the House bill is good should go to a website with real news instead of trolling the blogs on ABC and CNN. Try the WSJ or any number of real news organizations who dare to report the truth about this abomination of a bill.

There will be elements that might be useful from a McCain alternative, but Obama should stick to his guns on the tax issue. Cutting taxes for high-income earners isn't going to work. Trickle-down has already been tried, and it's been disastrous. USA desperately needs infrastructure development: roads, bridges, schools, etc. Cutting some of the unnecessary pork-barrel portions of the spending would be preferable. McCain is a joke when it comes to the economy. He simply doesn't understand it.

Coming up with his own personal bill "that I would hope would have some elements to it that Americans would support" rather than sitting down to work on the one already passed by the House? If he wants to serve the country, he should take the elements Americans want and get those amendments on the floor. If he wants to showboat, go ahead and write a whole new plan, drawing on all that Republican market experience over the last 8 years that were on their watch I'm sure.

I certainly don't remember the Senate Democrats pulling this sort of stunt when Bush sent his signature tax cuts through in 2000. What happened to accepting the will of the people and allowing a new administration to put in place their policy mandate (as the Democrats did in 2000 - prior to the 9/11 groundswell of Bush support - by allowing into law the Bush Tax Cuts and No Child Left Behind Act).

Obama's plan is not finalized, yet McCain has an alternative already? Why doesn't he just go home!

Who is Obama going to blame now.

I am sure billions of dollars for abortions in other countries is just what we need to spur our economy. Billions for ACORN, Grass for the national mall, and condoms should really spur our economic growth and put people back to work. Wake up AMERICANS!

I'm sorry, did I miss something? Didn't this country just reject John McCain's so-called plans?

BTW, is he suspending his Senate job to work on this?

The SAME McCain that said the economy was in good shape back in August?? This man is a blithering idiot and should retire.

The Republicans have lost their minds. Thank God I changed from Republican to Independent.

randy: "Wake up AMERICANS! "

We have. We voted out the Republicans and can now relax and just laugh at your lies. Billions for ACORN? Riiigggghhhhtttt. And money to repair one of the most heavily used parks in America*? In a stimulus bill? Shocking!

*This work, which included paving, reflecting pond work, drainage, retaining walls and other infrastructure work was pulled in direct response to Republican tantrums. Not that such appeasement seems to do any good.

Anyone who thinks the House bill is good should go to a website with real news instead of trolling the blogs on ABC and CNN. Try the WSJ or any number of real news organizations who dare to report the truth about this abomination of a bill.

posted by Ben
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Perhaps you don't realize, this Administration has posted the Bill for all to see. No secrets here. You don't have to read the WSJ editorials to decide how you think about it, you can read it and think for yourself.

Those stimulus packages do nothing but prolong the inevitable. There is a lot of good money going down the drain. The economy needs time to pick up and any stimulus package simply makes matters worse.

wow! i think this bill might fail not because of repubs but because dems are already scared of it. this will be another big failure for BO. Gitmo trials being the first. I hope all repubs vote against this pork. Aid to illegals just doesn't help our economy. condoms and abortions don't either. jobs are the only way out.

As long as the bill was a real stimulus package I was all for it. But what are things like $335 millions for anti-smoking programs included there? Why is there a $2.7 Billion for National Parks improvements, a figure larger than the whole National Parks budget? How many jobs will be generated by food stamps? by abortion clinics? Many items are actually a total "live now pay later program" of the type you advise your kids against, except that the debt will be carried by the children and their children. Stimulus? Yes. Blind spending- No. And if McCain can come up with a better program he deserves congratulations even from the cynics.

McCain must be getting senile; we rejected his ideas and plans in favor of Obama's. The Republican's have had their chance for eight miserable years: the destruction of our economy in order to enrich 400 mega-rich families!

Mc Cain knows what he is talking about. Obama must not be given a free run without opposition. I do not mean opposition just for the sake of opposition....he needs to accept that any democratic government can only function properly when there is an opposition. Obama is not "God"