Sunday, February 22, 2009

Assignment #4: A. Oliver

In the article "States and Cities in Scramble for Stimulus Cash" written by the author Monica Davey, the main topic discussed is the stimulus propositions; or, more specifically, the repercussions that arise from the ideas and procedures. It is causing problems between state and local government, in that there are not clear borders to define who has the right to enact what, and the sheer amount of money involved (787B) makes it imperative for the correct people to make the correct decisions. These propositions affect every single American.

Inflation is going to hurt; it is scary to think about what is going to happen when the last dime is pumped into the economy that was synthesized out of thin air. The future is not clear, with problems such as these, it is not a guaranteed solution. A pretty frightening thing that is brought up is the idea of education and health care programs failing, that would be a debilitating blow to America's people. Also, some states are starting to become almost jealous of the handouts that other states are getting, because they are complaining that they should not be punished because they did not have a deficit; this is true in many ways, but it is also selfish and perhaps a little childish.