Has anyone looked at the "economic stimulus" package in-depth yet???

[Bickendan]

What? Huh? When's the last time you were on the Gulf Coast? B/c last time I was home I sure didn't notice anything like you describe.



Now if you are just trying to say that FEMA fucked up royally, we are in agreement. But third world country?!!? Get tha fuck outahere!

I was in NOLA in July. I drove through the 9th Ward. It was bad.

 

[Bickendan]

Just watch the people who get the money to build all this great infrastructure will be the same fuckers who give them campaign contibutions.

They will build half a bridge and claim they are broke and want more money, Real bridges to nowhere.

I take it you're against that proposed bridge from Juneau to the mainland then...

 

[Ancalagon]

I was in NOLA in July. I drove through the 9th Ward. It was bad.

I was in there in November. Didn't look much different from before Katrina, just less people.

 

[YingSawSay]

So you don't consider preventing terrorist attacks a wise investment?

Who's next, Canada?

 

[Ancalagon]

Have you been dead the last 8 years?

What the hell does Bush have to do with my statement?!?! :wtf:

 

[evenflow]

It's kind of iffy at the moment (the amendment could be changed of deleted at any time before it's passed and signed) but it looks like if you buy a home you can claim a $15,000 tax credit.

That's straight cash, baby. No interest free loan shit. You keep it.

Of course, this is stupid because people selling homes aren't as likely to lower prices or negotiate as much now, so it may be a wash.

What if you build?

 

[Ancalagon]

What if you build?

Thinking about building a new house?

 

[bad dog]

I take it you're against that proposed bridge from Juneau to the mainland then...

Palins bridge was to an airport on an Island, what made that a suck wind deal is they fly lots of float planes that land on water.

My point is that float planes VS real airport is a toss up when you are talking Alaska.

I say fuck the bridge and have a few old salts pilot a craft as a ferry. myself I would do the float plane and get dropped off at the local sea side bar. you cant beat that deal.

When I was in Canada the planes where going anywhere they wanted.

 

[Sarek]

If I remember correctly, the whole purpose behind the 'bridge to nowhere' was to open the island up to land developers for building. Private corporations stood to make billions by developing the island and building multimillion dollar homes and private estates. But flying supplies to the island wasn't financially feasible and it was ice locked with unstable ice flows a good part of the year making floating materials over risky. So they lobbied to have a permanent bridge built by the government with the tax payers dime.

Good scam if they would have gotten away with it.

 

[Ramen]

Wouldn't those corporations be taxed and the resulting bridge paid indirectly for itself?