Plenty of Lawmakers Were Against the Stimulus Before They Were For It

You are correct, and after selling his 'stimulus' plan on ... yep, shovel ready projects that he now says they do not exist. No wonder they have not generated any jobs.

The awful thing is that the public believed BO when he said that there were shovel ready projects. The MSM went along with it and didn't educate the people. It takes years to plan, do studies, etc., to build a road or bridge. Unless all that's been done and funding is all that holding it up it ain't going to be shovel ready. As it is, the Porkulus money is gone -- there's nothing there for new infrastucture. The States grabbed it for their budget shortfalls, unions, pensions, and to grow their gov'ts. Next year when the money runs out these State gov'ts are going to want to be fed again.

It is a shame that we did not elect John McCain, he would sure know how to put more Americans to work. After we bombed Iran and soon after invaded, just think of all the extra troops we would need. We could have used all of the knowledge learned and money spent fighting that other necessary war and rebuild another country while ours falls apart. I'm sure there was no waste and fraud in the Iraq war because it was started under a Repubican Administration! Right! Are we still looking for those weapons of mass destruction, they have got to be there because we know Republicans do not make any errors in judgement.

The Banks paid their money bank with interest!!!!!! Not the case with Obama Motors!===Feb 20, 2010 ... General Motors CEO Ed Whitacre was granted annual compensation valued ... been set at $5.5 million, including a $1.3 million annual salary Obama/dems demonize the banks and want cap salaries of those who took TARP funds. But when it comes to those he is paying with taxpayer money WOW what a different tune!!!!! Then there is Citigroup another partially owned by the taxpayers=====The biggest raise disclosed in Citi's regulatory filing will go to John Havens, head of the bank's institutional clients group. He will get a cash salary of $500,000 this year, the maximum under the cap, and $9 million of salary paid in stock. That compares with a salary of $975,000 last year for Havens, also in a blend of cash and stock. Including other awards of stock and options last year, Havens' total compensation last year came to $11.2 million. Citibank did not disclose how much Havens might be awarded in other stock grants, but he could be eligible for a bonus this year of up to 50 percent of his salary, or $4.75 million. Manuel Medina-Mora, head of consumer banking for the Americas, will also get a cash salary of $500,000 and $7.45 million of salary in stock, making him eligible for a bonus of up to $4 million. Last year, Medina-Mora's base salary was $972,000, and his total compensation including other awards of stock and options was $9.8 million. Chief Financial Officer John Gerspach's salary will be $500,000 in cash and $4.17 million in stock, making him eligible for a bonus of up to $2.3 million. Last year, his cash and stock salary was $3.3 million, and his total compensation including other stock awards was $5 million. Then there are Fannie And Freddie Who are still a drain and are not subject to the Obama Bank regulations (you know those that got TARP money and paid it back with interest! Part of its Christmas Eve announcement contained a provision enabling Fannie Mae CEO Michael Williams and Freddie Mac CEO Ed Haldeman to receive as much as $6 million in annual compensation - all in cash. Granted that's a good deal less than the lavish pay bestowed upon CEOs before the meltdown, especially Fannie Mae's James Johnson and (ethically-challenged) Franklin Raines. But it's worth mentioning that pay levels are exempt from Temporary Asset Relief Program limits that apply to banks taken over by the government. No federal "pay czar" need poke around here. No 500k limits on these gopher holes!!!!!!!

The Aug report by the non-partisan CBO said the stimulus created between 1.4 million and 3.3 million jobs.