Economy already Stimualted - Sales rose in January

There are signs that the economy is already stabilizing before the Stimulus Package gets signed by the President. January Retail Sales Post biggest Increase in 14 months. Is this a glimmer of hope?

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BBandT Capital Markets Retail Analyst, Andy Wolf says that in addition to increase of retail sales, gasoline, cars and car parts sales have also rebounded in the month of January.
The Super Markets, Dollar Stores, Mass Merchandisers and Big Buck Discounters are doing the best so far.

The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009

Will a big-government, trillion dollar spending stimulus package raise the economy to a higher level of growth, or will it make it worse-off than it is today?

The "Read the Stimulus" website is an online tool designed to shine some light on the Congressional Prokfest.

Is spending money the solution to our problems?

Transition policy experts talk about President Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan -- why it's necessary and how it will work:

Dan Mitchell has a video from the Center for Freedom and Prosperity explaining the folly of Barack Obama’s stimulus plan:

In Summary:
Government cannot create jobs. It can only shift jobs from one part of the economy to the other.
Government can spend only what it has taxed or borrowed away from the public, it creates no new demand but merely redirects it. And getting money from Uncle Sam doesn't necessarily give anyone the incentive to work more, produce more or earn more income.

According to analysts, only 5 percent of the $819 billion measure will go towards highway, mass transit, and rail projects:

Stimulus, Illustrated Part I

Stimulus, Illustrated - Part II

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford on the new “savior-based economy”:

Timeline:
January 28th, 2009 - The House passed the $819 billion economic stimulus bill with no Republican support. The measure passed 244 to 188, with 11 Democrats and 177 Republicans voting against it. Only 12% of the bill has any actual stimulus value, and it comes too slowly to help. The rest is filled mostly with historical Democratic spending priorities for government like family planning, education spending, and poverty programs, which should have been handled through normal appropriations and not emergency economic stimulus spending, which it clearly is not.

February 9th, 2009 - The Stimulus cloture invoked a 61-36 vote, advancing toward passage in the Senate. Only three Republicans voted with Democratic majority: Senators Collins, Snowe and Spector joined the 58-member Democratic caucus to invoke cloture.

On February 13, 2009 at 2:24 p.m., the bill was passed by the House with 246 Yeas and 183 Nays. No Republicans in the House voted for the bill. At 10:48 p.m., the Senate passed the bill by a vote of 60-38, with all Democrats and Independents voting for the bill along with three Republicans.
The 1,071 page Conference Report with final handwritten provisions was made available to the public late Friday. Very few, if any, lawmakers read the final version before their vote was cast.

Hidden Provisions added that would not provide job creation or economic growth:

• $650 million for digital television converter box coupons
• $300 million for electric quasi-golf carts (NY Post)
• $1 billion for Amtrak, which hasn't been profitable in half a century (WSJ)
• $400 million for global warming research by NASA scientists (Real Clear Politics)
• $2.2 billion for carbon capture research
• $75 million for smoking cessation programs (MichelleMalkin)
• $335 million for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (WashingtonTimes)
• $20 billion to hasten depreciation and write-off for equipment
• $209 million for work on deferred maintenance at Agricultural Research Service facilities
• $245 million for maintaining and modernizing the IT system of the Farm Service Agency
• $1 billion for "Periodic Censuses and Programs"
• $140 million for "climate data modeling"
• $600 million to buy and lease government plug-in and alternative fuel vehicles
• $1.2 billion in grants to states for youth summer jobs programs and other activities
• $600 million for "preparations" for socialized medicine (Bloomberg, FoxNews video)
• $6 billion for energy efficiency projects on government buildings
• $4.4 billion allocation for "smart" technologies, which includes power monitors ("smart meters")
• $8 billion to construct high-speed rail lines (Associated Press)

Other Sources regarding the stmulus package proposal:

'Atlas Shrugged': From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years (Steve Moore - WSJ)

The Job-Destroying Stimulus Bill (The Club for Growth)

The Truth About the Federal Reserve

Past Presidents warned us about an all powerful central government and the dangers and corruption of a central banking system.

The dangers of central banking may lead to corporate fascism. If there is no accountability, then there would be more potential of corruption from within. Our monetary system becomes hijacked and the nation is controlled by a system of credit. If the central bank can create money out of thin air, then the purchasing power of the dollar decreases.
If the concept of "Savings" ceases to exist, then this can lead to an economic disaster, more government intervention, and eventually, loss of liberty.

What Caused Our Economic Crisis?

It is good to recall how this financial mess all started.

The Bush Admin and Senator McCain warned repeatedly about Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac and what thus became the 2008 financial crisis -- starting in 2002 (and actually even earlier -- in the Clinton and Carter White Houses. Democrats resisted and kept to their party line, extending loans to people who couldn't afford them.



Burning Down The House: What Caused Our Economic Crisis?




Shocking Video Unearthed Democrats in their own words Covering up the Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Scam that caused our Economic Crisis: