Comments on: Federal Stimulus Money Produces 3.5 Jobs in Binghamton Region http://rssbinghamton.com/federal-stimulus-money-produces-3-5-jobs-in-binghamton-region/ A conservative voice crying in the liberal wilderness of Greater Binghamton, NY Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:19:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jim Willis http://rssbinghamton.com/federal-stimulus-money-produces-3-5-jobs-in-binghamton-region/comment-page-1/#comment-2058 Jim Willis Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:54:17 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/?p=548#comment-2058 Thanks Sis, good thoughts. I agree with you. We would not have gone over the financial cliff if (pains me to say this) GW Bush had done nothing. He was pressured into going down the socialist road--although that does not absolve him at all. He was President--it was his decision. But the door he opened, Obama galloped through and has done 10 times worse in expanding government far beyond its proper role in our society. It will take years to undo the damage that has been caused. This article--stimulus money creating no jobs--is a glittering example of government's inability to do anything economically useful. Government's proper role is to protect the citizens--from outside harm and in certain cases from each other--and that's it. Government's role is not to ensure anyone's happiness--only the right for individuals to pursue happiness and either find it or not find it as their own individual actions will dictate. Thanks Sis, good thoughts. I agree with you. We would not have gone over the financial cliff if (pains me to say this) GW Bush had done nothing. He was pressured into going down the socialist road–although that does not absolve him at all. He was President–it was his decision. But the door he opened, Obama galloped through and has done 10 times worse in expanding government far beyond its proper role in our society. It will take years to undo the damage that has been caused.

This article–stimulus money creating no jobs–is a glittering example of government’s inability to do anything economically useful. Government’s proper role is to protect the citizens–from outside harm and in certain cases from each other–and that’s it. Government’s role is not to ensure anyone’s happiness–only the right for individuals to pursue happiness and either find it or not find it as their own individual actions will dictate.

]]> By: Jennifer Willis http://rssbinghamton.com/federal-stimulus-money-produces-3-5-jobs-in-binghamton-region/comment-page-1/#comment-2053 Jennifer Willis Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:54:18 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/?p=548#comment-2053 It is haunting to think that in all likeliness, the country would have recovered financially without a single bailout or a lick of stimulus money. The businesses in the area I know who have been recovering at a slow but steady pace did not receive any government monies, to my knowledge. And *then* I hear Planned Parenthood delve out advertisements on the radio all day long for free abortion (sorry, morning after) pills. I wonder who's paying for that? Sad, and sickening. I paint them on the same portrait as ACORN. Criminal. They should be shut down without warning. It is haunting to think that in all likeliness, the country would have recovered financially without a single bailout or a lick of stimulus money. The businesses in the area I know who have been recovering at a slow but steady pace did not receive any government monies, to my knowledge. And *then* I hear Planned Parenthood delve out advertisements on the radio all day long for free abortion (sorry, morning after) pills. I wonder who’s paying for that? Sad, and sickening. I paint them on the same portrait as ACORN. Criminal. They should be shut down without warning.

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