Gothamist: Obama Outlines Economic Recovery Plan

optimist

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:48:19 -0500

#1 Because as the messiah, he needs to be as close to the home of his heavenly father as possible to whisper the sweet, sweet lies of hope and change into our wet, presented ears. That, and he is clearly better than all of us.

optimist

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 11:45:29 -0500

#14 Staring in internet porn to get the bread or watching it while waiting for the bread?

NannyState

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:14:59 -0500

Free internet porn would brighten those faces in the bread lines...

JacqueMehoff

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:00:51 -0500

free market smarket. the devil by any other name is still the devil. you ain't fooling no one. I would love the gov to run all the pizza places because pizza means so much to us Americans.

Bottomless Chips

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:48:27 -0500

but we can't nationalize pizza hut because you elitist would favor that old guy in brooklyn. This actually makes the free-market point. What if the gov't ran every pizzeria, and made a standard pizza...many people would miss their old pizza joints. You have to let people choose. And then what about those who don't like pizza and have to subsidize it? The free-market really is benevolent and fair.

Bottomless Chips

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:45:36 -0500

cause the free market system has been hunky dory so far. I think you're confused; America is not very free-market.

JacqueMehoff

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:37:42 -0500

sure, while we are at it, nationalize everything. cause the free market system has been hunky dory so far. internet access really should be free. but we can't nationalize pizza hut because you elitist would favor that old guy in brooklyn.

blablanyc

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:13:34 -0500

Enough has been done already that the economy can bounce back. Seriously. The money is there ready to be lent by the banks. The banks want to begin lending money because it's the only way they can make money. Then companies will start to re-hire again. The only thing Obama needs to do is fire Christopher Cox the SEC chair and re-instate the anti-bear raiding (uptick) rule. And we're done.

Bottomless Chips

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 19:58:55 -0500

Internet access should be free or less costly. simplify healthcare, get it back to government administration of Medicare and medicaid. no more third party plans for those programs. I'm tired of seeing that stupid eldercare commercial. Get medicare back to being single payer, single administrator. Can we nationalize Pizza Hut, too? Because people need to eat. Free Internet? Give me a fucking break. You think, off the heels of GWB and a corrupt admin, liberals would realize that smaller government is always better government. Sadly, it's just more of the same. Change! Hope! Change!

tingo

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:27:54 -0500

I think we should have national teeth whitening and an easier grocery-delivery system. That, and less massive corporate bribery and rampant special interest corruption in washington.

JacqueMehoff

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:15:03 -0500

fakenewyorker

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:53:22 -0500

high speed interstate rail from d.c./atlanta to boston would be nice.

Wza

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:51:12 -0500

Much success, we're gonna need it.

Toby von Meistersinger

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 17:01:12 -0500

The New Deal built stuff, but didn't fix the economy. I don't see how this is really any different other than there isn't a massive world war to end the problem.

bclm

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 16:12:34 -0500

Because he's speaking from his transition office, which is in a Chicago high rise.

EricGewiz

Sat, 06 Dec 2008 15:53:07 -0500

Why does it seem like his office is on the top of the Hancock Building or Sears Tower?