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Gus Discusses the President's Failed Stimulus on 970 WFLA

February 18, 2011
Bilirakis Blog

On Thursday, Gus spoke with 970 WFLA about the two-year anniversary of the President's stimulus project:


The following clips have been airing throughout the day:

"It has been two years since President Obama signed a stimulus program into law, and a trillion bucks later, Congressman Gus Bilirakis of Palm Harbor says it's obvious it didn't work...

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Bilirakis says he's focusing heavily on cutting the current budget, and Republicans in the House have come up with a plan to make some meaningful cuts that number in the tens of billions."

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"Nothing like a trillion dollar stimulus plan to draw some attention. It has been two years since President Obama signed the plan into law, but Palm Harbor Congressman Gus Bilirakis says the outcome is pretty obvious...

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Bilirakis says the President promised unemployment numbers at eight percent or less, and that obviously hasn't happened. Instead, another trillion dollars in debt has been given to today's children to figure out how to pay back."

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"Palm Harbor Congressman Gus Bilirakis says he's very disappointed in the trillion dollar boondoggle, also known as President Obama's stimulus plan, signed into law two years ago...

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Bilirakis says he didn't figure it would work when he voted against it, and the only thing that has happened is another trillion dollars has been added to the national debt with high unemployment continuing."

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"A trillion dollars isn't what it used to be. Congressman Gus Bilirakis of Palm Harbor says President Obama's stimulus plan signed into law two years ago has failed miserably and unemployment remains too high even today...

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Bilirakis says Republican lawmakers have started to propose some meaningful cuts and he's hopeful some changes can be made on the massive deficit spending currently underway."

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