"Sending checks to those that pay no taxes as well as those that do does no good if there are no jobs."
Not cynical, that's the truth. It all goes back to the give-a-fish, teach-fishing argument. Putting non-stimulus-related pork into the bill is exactly what deepens cynicism of the public. 1% or no, pass other spending bills on their own merits. All this will accomplish is people wanting to resurrect the line-item veto and thus transferring even more power to the executive branch.
