Walt calls for focused approach to stimulus

Walt Minnick - Right for Idaho

January 29, 2009

Washington, D.C. – Walt Minnick issued the following statement on the American Recovery and Reinvestment package, otherwise known as the stimulus bill. The first details of the package were released today.

“As a businessman, my companies got through tough financial times by seeking out every idea and listening to every voice,” Minnick said, “But that doesn’t mean we used every idea or spent money on every project. The stimulus proposal released today does provide us with a starting point for discussion, but I look forward to examining the details with a skeptical eye. If we must increase the deficit and spend to get our nation moving again, we should spend in a focused, strategic way on programs we know will create jobs and jump-start our economy. Otherwise Congress needs to go back to the drawing board.”