Democrats Denounce Economic Stimulus

Senator Kent Conrad (D-ND): “If I'm a business person, it's unlikely if you give me a several-thousand-dollar credit that I'm going to hire people if I can't sell the products they're producing. That to me is just misdirected.”

Senator John Kerry (D-MA): “I'd rather spend the money on the infrastructure, on direct investment, on energy conversion, on other kinds of things that much more directly, much more rapidly and much more certainly create a real job.”

Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon): “In tough times people don't respond all that well to marginal changes, such as a small amount of money added per paycheck.”