Thread: About That Anti-Freedom Stimulus Bill: DeMint & Sanford

Opinion

About that anti-freedom stimulus bill

By Sen. Jim DeMint and Gov. Mark Sanford, OpEd Contributors
- 2/12/09

Earlier this week, President Barack Obama took to the primetime airwaves in what amounted to a hard sell on his singularly expansive ‘stimulus’ package. His problem? Americans aren’t buying.
In fact, the more the American people learn about this $1.3 trillion boondoggle masquerading as our economy’s last, best hope, the less they like it. And with good reason.

First, the underlying principle of the president’s package is flawed. Referring to the recent upswing in job losses that have led to a reduction in consumer spending, the president stated—and not for the first time—“it is only government that can break [this] vicious cycle.â€

I'm P.O.ed .... Nuff Said