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Just how incompetent are the Democrats in power?

The $1 trillion dollar stimulus package overlooked thousands and thousands of shovel-ready jobs that are provided by maintaining and expanding our highway system. As a result, the American highway funds will be completely broke by August this year. Why did the Democrats slate “stimulus” spending for 2012 without even considering what can be done to help our economy this year? Sustaining and creating highway projects should be the most obvious way to create jobs, especially at a time when the construction industry is hurting.

But don’t worry, the liberal airheads already have a solution - and it shouldn’t surprise anyone. An additional $450 billion transportation bill is up for discussion.

According to the latest Rasmussen poll, 58% of Americans think that the stimulus package has not helped the economy at all, and 27% of these even think that it has hurt the economy. The surprising part is that 31% of Americans are actually stupid enough to believe that the stimulus package has helped the economy. When are you people going to realize that the Democrats’ spending bill had nothing to do with economic stimulus? The legislation included everything from health care to tattoo removal without even setting aside money to sustain highway projects.

Meanwhile, the unemployment rate continues to skyrocket.

The answer is yes. If you are a taxpaying American, you’re seeing a little over $9 extra show up on your paycheck each week. This is your stimulus check. And your promised tax deduction!

Let’s be honest. Will a minor decrease in withholdings really stimulate the economy when most Americans don’t even notice it? Even if you did realize you were getting the stimulus, does the extra nine bucks really make you want to go out and spend? Wouldn’t it make more sense to give us a fat check all at once like Bush did last year?

Which leads to another question. The withholdings deduction does add up to the $500 tax cut that Obama promised. But under Bush, taxpaying Americans received a tax rebate of $600 to $1200. By neglecting to renew these rebates, didn’t Obama actually raise our taxes?

The math really isn’t that complicated. However, it does take some calculus to see the big picture: the limit of taxes as Obama’s government expansion approaches infinity is equal to your paycheck.

Stay tuned for other ways that Obama will be raising your taxes.