Senators Reed and Whithouse  I thought this letter was pretty
astute. I have grave concerns that a great deal of the stimulus
money will be sqandered, as the government generally is not very
good at controling things.  I also question why, if the economy
is in fact beginning to show signs of bottoming out, and perhaps
some distant signs of improvement, this administration is trying
to rush through the stimulus money as opposed to stopping it.
John White     1. Alice makes a great point about the speed with
which our "representatives" are willing to spend the incomes of
our grandchildren. The fact is that less than 10% of the first
stimulus package has even been spent and yet is becoming more
and more apparent that it is not and will not work. For some
reason, our people in government to not realize that before they
can put anything into the economy they first have to take it out
of the economy (plus "a little something" for themselves and
those who must administer the programs).      Now, of course,
they must