boondoggle

The ballooning $819 billion dollar pork-laden bill passed, you know the not-very-stimulating bill that we discussed earlier? It passed 244-188. Zero Republicans voted for this crap.

Meantime, the GOP proposal that would have really stimulated the economy, the plan that was made up almost entirely of tax cuts, was defeated, 266-170.

So, what we've got is $275 billion in tax cuts for individuals and businesses and $544 in new federal spending. (It really should be the other way.)

We've got the return of FDR's big government liberalism that deepened and prolonged the Great Depression. We've got job-creating programs, like highway and mass transit construction, we've got unemployment benefits, health care and food stamp increases. And we've got a tax cut, the centerpiece of the legislation, $500 for individuals, $1,000 for couples, including those who don't pay taxes.

Of course, in this psycho, 'Democratically-controlled' parallel universe, that makes total sense.

House Republican Minority Leader John Boehner said it best: "It won't create many jobs, but it will create plenty of programs and projects through slow-moving government spending."