Remember, the odds of getting funding for HSR after this are pretty slim, especially with the GOP opposing any bill that doesn't immediately put money into the pockets of the rich.
Does that mean that the bill supposedly meant to "stimulate" the economy" should be the vehicle on which various wish-list programs should be piled on -- programs that have not been able to get political traction in less than desperate times? I would thnk that if the condition of the economy is as dire as the pols, CEOs, financial mouthpieces, and chirping media mavens of economic idiocy represent it to be, then the focus of a "stimulus" bill would be on stimulating economic growth now.
Yours,
Issodhos
