A THOUGHT ABOUT THE STIMULUS BILL

Dear Friend,

Today in Denver, Colorado President Obama will sign the trillion dollar Pelosi\Reid\Obama spending bill that you and I worked so hard to stop.

While losing this battle is disappointing, I am more optimistic than ever that we can succeed in protecting the American Dream.Here’s why.

1. You showed the politicians and media that literally hundreds-of-thousands of Americans from all walks of life are willing to fight to protect our economic freedoms.

---As of today 465,000 Americans have signed the NoStimulus.com petition.I’ll never forget our website crashing within seconds of our appearing on FOX.

---You shut down the telephone lines at the Capitol.I saw Senators in the days before the vote and they had that “hunted” look in their eyes.

2.You proved our side can compete and win on the “new media” front.For consecutive days, you made NoStimulus.com and Americans for Prosperity the leading search on Google and then Yahoo.

Thousands of Americans have gone to YouTube.com to view Americans for Prosperity’s videos detailing your grassroots energy.We can match and defeat our opponents on this front.

3.The other side has problems too.With every political wind at his back, President Obama came within 1 vote in the Senate of losing this first battle.Already, their next Bank Bailout is being panned (with good reason).3 of President Obama’s Cabinet nominees have had to withdraw.According to public polls, Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid have some of the lowest approval ratings in American history.

By the way, today when the President says this is a carefully drawn, fiscally responsible bill consider what is in the final legislation:

Billions in outright pork and wasteful spending:
$300 million for buying cars for federal bureaucrats;$3.7 billion for something called “green research” on military bases;$50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts; $2 billion for “neighborhood stabilization” to radical groups like ACORN;$1.3 billion for Amtrak; $10 million for"urban canals"(I'm not making this up); etc.

The Road to Government Run Health Care
$1.1 billion for “comparative effectiveness research” that will establish a federal government board to begin rationing health care by having bureaucrats deciding which medical treatments will be appropriate for which Americans.(Page 52 of final conference report)

Overturning the Historic Welfare Reform of 1996
$264 billion for direct welfare payments while overturning the historic welfare reform of 1996.The Pelos\Reid\Obama bill will reward states with federal welfare funds based on the number of people they put on their welfare rolls – a perverse incentive that will in effect give states “bonuses” for adding more people to welfare rolls AND work requirements are ignored in this legislation.

$53.6 billion for a "state stabilization fund" otherwise known as a slush fund
This massive infusion of our tax dollars is designed to alleviate the need for genuine budget reform and cutting at the state level.

So, when you hear folks saying this Pelosi\Reid\Obama "stimulus" bill was a "compromise" that cut waste to the bone while focusing only on "shovel ready" priorities, call them on it!

Thank you for joining our NoStimulus.com petition effort.You made the nation stand up and take notice at a crucial time.As a result of our effort, we can look to future public policy battles with a renewed sense of confidence.If we could come within 1 vote of winning in the Senate on this first and toughest battle,just think what we can do in the contests that lie ahead.

As Ronald Reagan liked to say, “You ain’t seen nothing yet!”

Sincerely,



Tim Phillips
President, Americans for Prosperity




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