Short Memory

by Rich Beckman on July 13, 2009

Can any­one, with a straight face, say that they under­stood the urgently needed stim­u­lus plan to be a “two year plan.” If you say yes you are a liar. If some­one would have asked Obama before pas­sage he would have denied it.

Where to begin?

Jan­u­ary 11, 2009

Obama takes office Jan. 20 and is press­ing Con­gress to act quickly on a two-​year eco­nomic stim­u­lus plan of about $775 bil­lion that includes new gov­ern­ment spend­ing and tax cuts.

Jan­u­ary 12, 2009

Obama takes office Jan. 20 and is press­ing Con­gress to act quickly on a two-​year eco­nomic stim­u­lus plan of about $US775 bil­lion that includes new gov­ern­ment spend­ing and tax cuts.

Jan­u­ary 13, 2009

That com­pares with President-​elect Barack Obama’s U.S. plans for a two-​year stim­u­lus pro­gram of about $775 bil­lion, or about 2.8 per­cent of GDP.

Jan­u­ary 15, 2009

In his weekly radio address on Jan. 10, 2009, Barack Obama said the No. 1 goal of his eco­nomic stim­u­lus plan is to cre­ate 3 mil­lion new jobs in the next two years

Jan­u­ary 29, 2009

…the two-​year stim­u­lus plan would pro­vide up to $1,000 per year in tax relief for most families…Obama said.…“This recov­ery plan will save or cre­ate more than 3 mil­lion new jobs over the next few years.”

Feb­ru­ary 2, 2009

This is a two-​year bill. The bill that we’re talk­ing about is a two-​year bill.

Feb­ru­ary 3, 2009

Obama’s plan will cre­ate 3 – 4 mil­lion jobs over the next two years.

Feb­ru­ary 06, 2009

The Kingsport Times quoted the gov­er­nor say­ing he would do any­thing he could to help pre­serve state jobs, but cau­tioned the $800 bil­lion stim­u­lus now before Con­gress is a two-​year program.

Feb­ru­ary 08, 2009

Chris Wal­lace: “The Con­gres­sional Bud­get Office says only 64 per­cent of the House plan actu­ally gets out into the econ­omy in the next two years. So how is that timely?”

Larry Sum­mers: “I think this econ­omy is still going to need some sup­port two years from now. And so I think the idea that not 100 per­cent of it spends out in the next two years is actu­ally a pru­dent one.”

Feb­ru­ary 9, 2009

The plan that we put for­ward will save or cre­ate 3 to 4 mil­lion jobs over the next two years.

Feb­ru­ary 17, 2009

Now, what makes this recov­ery plan so impor­tant is not just that it will cre­ate or save 3.5 mil­lion jobs over the next two years, includ­ing 60,000-plus here in Colorado.

Feb­ru­ary 18, 2009

Obama said the law would save or cre­ate 3.5 mil­lion jobs over the next two years.

Feb­ru­ary 24th, 2009

“Over the next two years, this plan will save or cre­ate 3.5 mil­lion jobs.”

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{ 3 comments… read them below or add one }

Lou July 18, 2009 at 11:34 am

Hi Rich,

I love your blogs. They are great reading!! I’ll do better with comments when I get a computer.

I don’t understand your point in this one. Obama always said the plan would take two years as your excerpts show. So why is one who remembers that a liar?

Rich Beckman July 18, 2009 at 1:47 pm

Lou! Good to see you here!

Thanks for the comment. I look forward to more.

The author of the first excerpt (which if you click on it will take you to his (her?) full post) is saying that Obama’s present claim that it is a two year plan is revisionism and that anyone who, today, says they remember that it was a two year plan is lying.

The subsequent excerpts/links are to show that anyone who does not remember it was always billed as a two year plan is simply not paying attention.

Lou July 20, 2009 at 1:24 pm

Thanks for the tip. I clicked on the site. It is scary! Total lies. This is great that you are going to be a blogger who keeps it honest.

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