Bob Corker: “I was 1 of 16 Senators who voted against the last stimulus package, which I thought was absolutely a waste of money…”

“I was 1 of 16 Senators who voted against the last stimulus package, which I thought was absolutely a waste of money, causing people around America to think we were possibly doing something to help. I noticed all the discussion around this crisis, if you will, we are having in our country, or a correction, as some people may call it, have focused on credit issues. I found it most interesting that as you might expect here in Washington, with help on the way, we would do something totally unrelated to the problem and instead sprinkle money all around America and ask people to spend it as quickly as they could when we have a credit problem. I will say I had hoped we might focus on the stimulus, on the stimulus in an appropriate way, something that would create long-term jobs and investment, not spending by individuals, which causes them, in some cases, to even go further in debt. But I have to say this housing package that is getting ready to be before us, in my opinion, is an unmitigated disaster.”