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Obama will listen to GOP but likes Democratic plan
BY CHARLES BABINGTON The Associated Press

    WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama sought to dampen Republicans’ complaints about the Democrats’ massive economic revival package Friday with an offer to listen carefully to their ideas, too. But he gave no guarantees he’d accept any — and made a point of reminding them who won the November election.
    Obama promised to meet with congressional Republicans on their turf early next week after they and Democratic leaders thrashed out emergency tax-and-spending plans to revive the failing economy in a get-together at the White House on Friday. The House could vote on the $825 billion proposal the Democrats have worked out with Obama soon after the meeting at the Capitol.
    With Democrats controlling the House, Senate and White House — and some economists calling for even more spending to stimulate the economy — it was far from certain the Republicans would be able to achieve any of their goals, which center on less spending and more tax cuts. Obama said Congress appears on target to have a bill at his desk by mid-February, and no Republican leaders disagreed.
    At one point in Friday’s meeting in the White House’s Roosevelt Room, GOP Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona objected to a proposal to increase benefi ts for low-income workers who do not owe federal income taxes.
    Obama replied in a friendly but firm way that an election had been held in November, “and I won. I will trump you on that,” according to several people briefed by participants who took notes.
    Later, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs declared it too early to say whether Obama would be disappointed if the stimulus legislation passed with little or no Republican support. Already, key elements of the bill have been approved by a House committee with no Republican backing.
    Obama associated himself Friday with the House version of the bill. Under it, workers making $75,000 per year or less would receive a $500 tax credit. Couples with incomes up to $150,000 a year would receive a $1,000 credit.
    The bill also would boost the earned income tax credit for lowincome workers and devote billions of dollars to help pay for college, to build roads and other structures, and to invest in alternative fuels and other longer-range projects that may not immediately stimulate the economy.
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The Obama and the Dems had best be very careful b4 they spend that much of the taxpayers money and had the bailout fail. Maybe they should slow down and figure out what parts of the country need the money and what parts are just more pork. I personally feel 12 million being spent on birth control is not going to create any jobs or help the economy. As the saying goes haste makes waste.

There is no money per-se......it is just a system.....and we all get whipped when the bricks aren't made....and they continue to take away the straw.....

IT'S ALL THE SAME......can anyone see the end of this merry-go-round??? nah,,,,,it's circular and the chains on our ankles are obfuscated.....