H.R.852 - Re-Build America Bond Act of 2009

To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Re-Build America Bonds to finance essential infrastructure projects. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to issue Re-Build America Bonds to finance essential infrastructure projects. as introduced.
  • Short: Re-Build America Bond Act of 2009 as introduced.

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  • _Anonymous_ 03/05/2009 12:24pm
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    Bill needs work.

  • drujensen 03/18/2009 1:15pm

    The last thing we need is more debt. Dave Ramsey for president!

  • oldlucky602 03/22/2009 4:55am

    Let’s see, they passed TARP 1 for $700 something billion, TARP 2 for $800 billion, Obama is doing a budget just to run the government that will put us a trillion in debt just from that, but no we are not done putting us deeper in debt!!! Let’s issue MORE bonds for infrastructure!! The chinese already own half the country, let’s give ‘em some more!!!!! I’ll keep my guns and religion, you can keep your CHANGE!!!!!

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    dondoc2comcastnet 04/02/2009 8:00pm

    And who is going to keep track of that money? The Goverment loves spending our money. For whatever pets they have. I wish we could fire all of them.

  • ProjectCMD 03/28/2009 2:49am

    You are not going to give Tim Geitner any more power to do anything, these comments will not be nice and they will get downright mean. These people are destroying our country and we are letting them. As far as my states representatives,I fire all of them with the exception of Roscoe Bartlett. Both senators included. I have written numerous times and they both responded that they were upset about the bailouts, but we have no choice…YES you do, it is the one thing you do have is a choice, YEA or NEA…That is a choice if I ever saw one. From here on out choose NEA on all the crap that is unconstitutional.

  • INOV8TN 03/30/2009 7:07pm

    Lemme get this right… Our legacy to our children and grandchildren is more taxes to pay for TARP, the Iraq war, the Afghan war, and now we want to issue more debt at what interest rate? If you were the Chinese would you pay for these bonds at the old T-bill rate? I think not. I think these will prove to be very expensive debt as doubt about our ability to pay increases. Our Congress and Executive branches may be able to live in lala land and with the media’s help carry some of the electorate along on their panic and enthusiasm for change but the financial markets are made up of hard heads especially on the international scene.

    Grab your wallets America at least then you’ll be able to feel your cash but all you’ll be able to feel is it inflating.

  • Rowland 04/25/2009 12:32pm

    IMF is now selling bonds too.

  • mattbman 04/29/2009 9:23am

    No more debt! Stop it, Congress! Reduce spending, work toward a balanced budget so that our grandchildren will not have to be repaying this debt!

  • HellfirePreacherman 04/30/2009 11:15am

    This is all fine and dandy except for a few things the government keeps forgetting:
    1. We have no money. Those geniuses in Washington can’t seem to wrap their minds around the fact that we are in debt big time and that spending more tends to put us further in the hole.
    2.We don’t need rebuilding. for some reason, the Democrats are very dissatisfied with this country of ours. Change! Re-build! I ask, why? the only thing that needed changing is the little matter of the three-trillion plus dollars we owe to the rest of the world, and they certainly have changed that.

  • henhousefox 04/30/2009 1:47pm

    Congress: Just stop spending money we do not have!!!

  • roadlesstraveled 05/01/2009 7:22am

    How about making all welfare, unemployment recipiants report to their local DES office for 24 hours in a week “community” service.
    We together could:
    Prepare for Hurricane season
    Trim the forest for fire season
    Prepare sandbags for floods
    fix fallen walls and fences
    Clean up sidewalks, parks, parking lots, Etc. etc……
    RESTORE AMERICA
    Work for what you take!
    No longer will it be something for nothing…this would be so good for every ones community!

    The only problem would be $ for supplies, but if we could allocate some money for supplies that MUST be spent only at localbusinesses. NO contracts, no bids, etc. Small light work that (wink) “nobody wants to do”

  • mrlargo 05/13/2009 7:15am

    I would rather buy stock or treasuries investing in China. Right now, that’s the same as investing in the US. Please. Really? Why would we buy bonds in a system that is going to be so far in debt that it won’t be able to even pay on these bonds?

    At the very least, the manner in which the interest rate is determined should be based n something in the free markets and not determined by anyone as they would see fit. That’s total crap.

  • LilSuter 05/18/2009 3:18pm

    My fellow Americans:

    It is with great sadness that I speak before you. The debt has risen to the point that it can not recover. There was once “Pride in America!” Where you could go to work and know that you have a secure job and a job well done! Come home from work knowing that you still had a roof over your head! Life was good! As time went marching by so did the presidents of the United States who basically sent your job overseas and you lost your job, could not afford to pay for anything and lose everything…What happened to the “Pride of America” I’ll tell ya we were sold out by those who wanted cheaper products made over seas and then send back to America to charge and arm and a leg to the Americans…Wake up people you have been taken!


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