Economic Stimulus Check — Got it!
April 29th, 2008 by T Hoch
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 — Vancouver, WA
According to my bank, my piece of the Economic Stimulus Program — a stupid program from an incompetent federal government that you and I are responsible for by continuing to vote for the bastards — arrived today via electronic banking, zip zip zip, right from “their” account directly into mine. Wow, a whole $1200 bucks so I can run out, buy something, and save the economy so developers, real estate agents, and car dealers can get back to making money and saddling even more poor schmucks with even more debt.
Well, here’s my take on it: This money isn’t from the Federal Government. It isn’t “free”. We’re “borrowing” it from our kids and grand-kids and great grand-kids. We’re borrowing it from them so maybe, just maybe, we can pump a few last breaths into this staggering economy in the hopes that it’ll stay alive until after the next election cycle. Just maybe!
One of these days it’ll become crystal clear to us. One of these days, probably after it’s too late, we’ll understand that this is no way to run a country.
Oh, and as to where most of this money’s going to be spent?… as a result of the big increase in fuel prices, a lot of it will go directly into the gas tanks of the happy motoring public, and indirectly into the bank accounts of many in the Middle East and elsewhere that would prefer to see us dead.
I’ll make it a point tomorrow to thank my two grand kids.
T
