2009, a year where the Republicans became the minority in the Gov't and lost most of their power to keep balance in the Gov't, the GOP in Congress have shown still have a backbone and will not back down and bow down to he who believe's because he won that somehow his will shall be done.
Bush was criticized by many for approving the $700 billion stimulus package that was said to go against what the majority of Americans wanted. To this day the bill has done very little of what was said it would do. Our economy continues to go down, jobs continue to be lost and businesses are closing faster than the roadrunner can run; as oppose to going into complete metdown, the degredation of our economy was simply brought to a slow and more painful crawl.
Now President Obama and his Democratic majority in Congress have passed their first "obsticle" (if it can be called an obsticle) as the second bill for the $819 billion stimulus package goes to the Senate for approval, a bill that, again, goes against what most Americans want, except this time the Republicans chose to stand their ground as Obama tried to reel them in to be "bipartisan" in these preceedings. But, it would seem that while Obama continue to grill the Republicans for not being "bipartisan" with his ideals, some Democrats also voted against the new stimulus package. It would seem that not only does Obama not have the support of the Republicans in Congress but has lost (if ever had) the support of some of his own people.
I am glad the Republicans in Congress chose to stand their grounds on this new stimulus package as it has been shown to be anything but a stimulation to the economy. This bill goes agaisnt everything Obama said he would do; at a time when we should not be wasting money, the stimulus package is stuffed with many Democratic policies and plans that seem unnecessary at a time when we can not afford them. But I will be told by many that these things are needed and I will simply say "what ever you say" as I will have no choice but to sit back and watch as those benefits work for a little while, all the while reality begins to set in and many will realize that this bill did not do what it was promised it would. Why do I say this before we even see it in action? Simple, we already saw what the first stimulus package did, very little if anything and we can't even verify what the banks did with the money they were given not to mention now they want more, and we also have countries like Japan as testament of this kind of action that did not work.
I hope the Republicans in the Senate stand up to this bill as well, if we gonna pass some kind of stimulus package in the hopes to save our economy, we need to eliminate a lot of the crap that was put in this first installment of the 2009 bill. I am sadden that Obama has decided to decieve his voters by going agaisnt that which he promised but I am even sadder his followers are too blind to see the realities of this bill and instead will follow him faithfully like some kind of God or Prophet.
They say things will get worse before it gets better. Obama seems determine to prove this saying. And we are his lab-rats for the testing. God help us all.