I think Americans are finally waking up and starting to understand that this is just a big pile of pork and not enough tax cuts and infrastructure spending.
Notably, support for the proposal is now much lower than it was in January among those who have heard a lot about the economic stimulus. By 49% to 41%, those who have heard a lot about the proposal now see it as a good idea; in January, those who had heard a lot favored it by more than two-to-one.
It is just too much sod for the Capital Hill lawn and clawbacks for Wall Street and other assorted nonsense. If it was 40% tax cuts to 60% spending from the very get-go then I think a lot more Americans would have been behind it.
Obama should understand that Pelosi and Reid are not reliable when it comes to writing bills that Americans can stomach. I think Obama's original bill may have been an easy sell. But now the bill that is moving through Congress is a bloated mess and more and more Americans are catching on to it.
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