John McCain, like the rest of his Senate Republican caucus (save for Specter, Snowe and Collins to some degree) decided that their constituents did not deserve an economic stimulus that would create jobs and help to close state budget deficits around the country. They helped to cut the stimulus and then they voted against it. Arizona alone has a deficit nearly worth a third of their overall budget and has had to cut essential programs in order to stay too far out of the red. Common sense would say that a politician would hide themselves in a cave if they had slashed opportunities of their constituents, but oh, not John McCain.
From The Phoenix Business Journal:
McCain has clearly lost touch with the people he is supposed to represent. Obviously that giant thumping he took from Barack Obama in November had no effect on his ego or his sense of reality. In truth, the stimulus in its original form would create or save 3.5 million jobs and a sizable amount of those would be in the Grand Canyon State. Saying that the stimulus would not create jobs is just a flat out lie. Maybe that's why he's losing to a potential Napolitano challenge in the polls thus far.U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Tuesday he is definitely running for reelection in 2010 and has begun using criticism of the $838 billion federal economic stimulus plan as a platform to raise money.
McCain, 72, had given indications of a run for fifth term, but publicly told supporters in a fundraising e-mail Tuesday he is definitely seeking reelection. He also used the opportunity to criticize Democrats over the spending package.
“The economic challenges currently confronting our nation are immense and unfortunately, the Democrats in Congress propose addressing these challenges through increased spending that wastes billions of taxpayers dollars and saddles our children and grandchildren with a staggering debt. Their proposals will not stimulate economic growth or create jobs,” McCain said in the e-mail.
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