I’m trying to follow diligently this talk of a tax rebate. I’m still not sure how much money we’re talking. Will we get $300? Will we get $800? I’m hoping for $800, only because I’d like to put it towards my medical debt, which will stimulate the economy by… um… okay, I’ll put some towards my medical debt and blow some at Amazon.
Or on yarn, for the TCP afghan*.
But, if it’s $300, I’ll buy groceries and gas and that will probably be the end of it.
Anyway, so, yeah, here are a couple of people saying smarter stuff about it than me:
Say Uncle–”So, here’s the question: If the government can stimulate the economy and that is allegedly good for the economy, why don’t they do it every day?”
Jackson Miller–”This country is like a bunch of crack addicts chasing a high that we will never attain until we let our supply build back up.”
And one saying much stupider stuff:
John Aravosis–”The Republicans want to help the big pharmaceuticals and the big business hospitals, while the Democrats want to help uninsured poor people and kids. [...] The Republicans ONLY want to help the rich, and the Democrats ONLY want to help the poor. Screw everybody else. I am so sick of these people.”
*Yes, I get it. No one is as excited about this as I am.
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yarn – I’m following the afghan progress carefully. After attempting to teach myself to knit I finally just used the needles to poke myself in the eye. :) Less pain that way.
I remember the first $300 rebate that W. proposed at the beginning of his term. When asked by reporters what he was going to do with it, he said he’d save it or donate it to charity.
While both noble ideas, that’s completely counter to how they proposed it was supposed to be used. Savings, charity and paying down debt are great uses of money, but they do next to nothing to stimulate the economy.
That’s why it’s a stupid idea.
But go buy yarn. That makes the most sense from an economics standpoint. Plus, my feet are cold.
The Butcher has informed me that I can’t buy any more yarn until I use up some of what I have. I don’t think that technically prevents me from stealing some of Ivy’s stash, but maybe so. And I have a ton of different shades of blue yarn, so I need to use that up. I think I have a cool idea for an afghan with a bunch of squares. We’ll see. I’ve got to finish the bright afghan up first.
Smiley, I’m going to practice talking dirty to the economy to see if that will stimulate it.
B – spending your money on healthcare will help keep me employed at least one more day.
I’m-a thankin’ ya.
Seriously, this is all about Katrina. And grocery scanners.
Can you inform him that he can’t acquire more crayons until he uses what he has, or better, until he sells/gets rid of bunches of crayon art? Might that be a good counter-offer that could stimulate him towards becoming an artist instead of just making art secretly at home?
Sometime he’ll have to use self-promotion to promote himself (and empty out your living room).
I am! Yay afghans! My crochet ability pretty much ends with anything involving curves, so your circley squares are just ridiculously cool to me.
I look really good in blue. Or under a blue afghan. I’m just saying.
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I had a great analogy, BTW, that I can’t use at my place, because, dammit, my pastor reads there.
But, let’s say my marriage was showing signs of a “sexual slowdown”. Do I really want to give my wife 5 seconds of foreplay and call it a “stimulus package”?
To do any good, that stimulus had better be pretty darn targeted.
From the NY Times it looks like it will be in the $300-600 range for single people and $1,200 per couple (plus a $300 bounty for each kid).
I’d say $2,400 worth of shopping ought to be good foreplay, Slarti. ;)
I assume that’s $1,200 per married couple, huh? Damn it. Where is my fake husband and fake children when I need them? If I had only 100 kids, I could buy and awesome house.
Depends on what Slarti’s shopping for. :)
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To do any good, that stimulus had better be pretty darn targeted.
Go for the little man in the boat!