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Originally Posted by pan6467
....give loans to small businesses, increase education and require colleges that receive federal monies to lower their tuition, with revenue from the tariffs able to offset the losses offer loans to the manufacturing sectors to build more efficient cars and offer tax breaks if they find ways to hire people.
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All of these, in some form or to some extent, are in the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ERRA)
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REBUILD the infrastructure by cutting aid to foreign countries and putting that money into roads, our inner cities and urban renewal programs.
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The largest investment in rebuilding the infrastructure in 50+ years is in the ERRA (not the cutting foreign aid part)
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Make the banks responsible to helping the homeowner. Tell the banks they have to offer hardship deferments and cuts in payments. If we bailed the banks out then they should in return do their best to help the people who are responsible..
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See the Making Home Affordable Program...that is pretty much what the program does.
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What's in the stimulus package that is going to help the average citizen DC?
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Much of what you were asking for above as well is in other initiatives like the Making Home Affordable program
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I think people want to see immediate actions not just lip service anymore.
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Despite all of the above that you want to see, you are highly critical ...calling it lip service after only 60 days.
Sorry, but IMO, that is an emotional response.