UPDATED: The Obama-Limbaugh Stimulus Plan
So I just heard Rush offer Obama a true bi-partisan compromise [UPDATE: you can read the transcript or listen to Rush proposing the plan himself here] on how to spend the $1 trillion “stimulus” plan funds: split the $1 trillion along the lines of the national popular vote of the presidential election!
- 53% 54% (see update below) of the funds for the “make work” government spending Democrats and Obama favor;
- and the approximately 46% or so of the money for supply-side style tax cuts, the sort that Republicans should favor.
Sounds good to me. Plenty of money to go around for both sides. More than fair; and truly bi-partisan.
At the same time, an ingenious way to remind Obama – and Republicans in Congress – that a sizable minority did NOT vote for Obama. That’s something the President should keep in mind. That is, unless he wants to end up with a Bush-like legacy.
UPDATE: I should add that Rush did account for the small percentage who voted for third-party candidates. He suggested – most graciously – that it should be added to the suggested government spending portion of the funds. So it would all add up to about 54% of the funds for government programs and the rest to supply-side supporting tax cuts.
So Democrats get an added bonus of cash to play with. They should like that.
