As I read the Times article on President Obama's economic recovery plan, I couldn't help being startled by this Republican comment,
"Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Republican leader, proposed Sunday that any money distributed to the states be provided as loans rather than outright grants.
"Nobody thinks we ought to be spending this money on things like mob museums and waterslides," Mr. McConnell said on "This Week" on ABC. "And if the money were lent rather than just granted, states would I think spend it wisely, and the states that didn't need it at all wouldn't take any."
'if the money were lent'? Wait a second here… whose money is it? And the states (us) would have to pay interest to use our own money? It only gets curiouser and curiouser as Alice would say. And what is with the comment about 'mob museums and waterslides'? Is he intimating that only Republicans know how to spend money wisely? Amazing! It's a good thing I have a seatbelt on this chair.
In the news about all the money Congress threw at the finacncial industry I don't remember hearing the word loan. It's only the taxpayers that have to repay their own money.
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