Hey, did I get this right, what I heard a couple of hours ago?Did the House of Representatives of the United States of America just pass a TRILLION DOLLAR SPENDING BILL, 1100 PAGES LONG, without even READING IT FIRST?
No.... That's a joke, right? I mean, what congress in its right mind would take a deficit-laden public like ours, and dump another TRILLION DOLLARS of debt in our laps? That can't be right. Surely, I misheard.
Oh, ok, see? I was wrong. It's only $787 billion, not a trillion.
Holy crap, wait... that's still an assload of money.
But wait, I didn't see this either- it's a stimulus package! Ooooooh, that's ok then!
I mean, sure, it's gonna cost us three quarters of a trillion dollars, but that's LATER. Right NOW, we're going to get all kinds of good things out of this. Jobs, for example! Some of us get to keep our jobs, others get to get new jobs! (Which is a good thing, since our taxes are going to be giving our bank accounts a high colonic pretty soon to pay for this thing.)
And these are great jobs- the ones you've dreamed of since you graduated from college with your MBA! These are CONSTRUCTION jobs!
Hot damn, grab a shovel, neighbor, you and I are gonna build some roads and bridges!
Er, at least, I think we are.
I guess I'm not really sure.
Nobody read this thing before they voted on it, after all.
Not my congressman, not yours, not anybody's.
Not Speaker-of-the-House Nancy Pelosi, either, but she's on her way to Rome for 8 days now, so I'm sure she'll read it on the plane.
But come on, relax, people, this is the GOVERNMENT we're talking about, what have they ever screwed up?
These are the people that gave us longer lines, toothpaste and water confiscation, and granny-wanding at the airport check points.
They also gave us last summer's highly successful Wall Street bailout package- you know, the one that saved our economy- er, uh... I mean, the one that saved your house from foreclosure- er, uh, wait...
Well, the government gave us the DMV, and that's still functioning like a well-oiled machine.
So naturally, I trust them with every single dime I have made so far in my life, as well as every dime I will ever make, and most of what my kids will make, too. Not that I have any choice. Because if you think this stimulus package is the panacea to our economic woes, just wait till you see what they come up with 6 months from now when it fails!
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It's freakin' scary! What ever happened to the theory of tightening your belt and working hard, and pulling together as a community.
I don't ever remember the government dishing out money at random because some big business was afraid of going OUT of business. I mean, nothing like THIS. What is this teaching our teens and children? I've made it clear to them if they want something they've got to work for it and find a way to MAKE it happen, then they see THIS. Ugh!! Well, you take your future stimulus money and go buy that foreign made TV, or the foreign made car that uses way too much gas that is feeding the econamy of another foreign country, while our government makes it harder and harder for us to teach our kids to be debt free.
I love the pic you found to use!
They are rewarding the very people that got us into this mess with loads of cash! How could this bill be "pork free" when it is evident that billions of this money are going to wasteful projects that won't help anyone.
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i'm too busy eating sweet-tarts to care about the economy. it's valentines day, and they're only ten cents a box!! plus, they have positive affirmations like "ur cute" and "heart ya" and "love you". these make me feel better about myself during times of despair.
Money doesn't fix money problems. I am so frustrated!!
Once again, you've put it perfectly. The picture is great! Yeah, give these companies that can't handle their own money a ton of money. They won't waste it. Nope. Not like the many stories we've already heard of... Firing a bunch of people and then giving themselves $100k's of bonuses.
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