against it. they also made a big public case that the stimulus bill was bad for the country. that it would do harm to the country. that it wasn't just a pointless or even worse than pointless to spend money in this way to try to help the economy, it wasn't just a bad idea, it was an immediate evil that was going to make the country worse off than it already was. >> the president in tandem with democrats in congress have pushed through a $787 billion bill full of pork barrel spending, government waste, and massive borrowing cleverly called stimulus. >> government waste, cleverly called stimulus. republican congressman eric cantor of virginia there. that was a typical example of the kind of things they were saying. and whether or not you agree with congressman cantor's argument, it is an intellectually cogent stance if you think about it, right? i'm voting no on this thing. i think it will be harmful. if this is done, it not only won't help anything, it will hurt the economy. so i'm voting no. it has an internal logic. it makes sense. it makes sense unless you are