I totally forgot about that stimulus package. Thanks for smoking me out, dubya.

I remember now why I have a wife and 2 kids, otherwise I would only have $600.00 extra dollars.  I knew some good would come out of it eventually.

Honestly, dude? Do you even give a shit, at all? No, I mean seriously. No, take your hand off that mouse. Take that pointer away from reply and clear whatever stupid fucknut retort you have in mind out of your head.

The American economy is in SHIT right now. I know you know this, because in the Presidential thread we had going, otherwise known as the "LEAD SALAD KNOWS MORE THAN YOU HAR HAR HAR" thread, I'm pretty sure that fact was specifically cited.

Now, let's run along with this assumption; what do you do when an entire economy is gone to shit, but they're also a world power? You turn to your economic advisors. They're Harvard trained, they know something. And what do they say? Provide a *very* short term, *very* risky "STIMULUS PACKAGE" to every man woman and child who made US money last year.

Do you know what Stimulus means? Before you browse through your porn dictionary, let me just tell you now. A stimulus is anything that incites a response or action.

What do have that needs response or action? THE AMERICAN FUCKING ECONOMY. So we're given this money to put into the consumer sector. TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY. In the hopes that this will HALT the STAGNATION and INFLATION (But you already knew that was called stagflation, didn't you smarty?)

SO WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING SPENDING IT ON WEED? Any dumbshit who wastes his "BE A CITIZEN AND HELP THE GODDAMN ECONOMY, LOOK, HERE'S A FREE HANDOUT WITH WHICH TO HELP YOU LAZY FUCKING BASTARD" money in such a cumbucket way has ABSOLUTELY NO RIGHT to EVER complain about the president, the government, the fucking rising prices IN EVERY SECTOR, *EVER* AGAIN.

Way to prove that you're a complete fucking retard, Lead. As if anyone needed more proof than that.

do you actually live in seattle? or just bremerton?

If you didn't pay in it's not a tax refund it's welfare.

Eh, I gots the $600 and it went to pay rent.  Currently unemployed, though not hurting at all.  Working on a resume as soon as I finish posting this.

i'm just glad that people like HolyJaw and Lead Salad don't run our country

 

That's it precisely. But there's more to it, the economic system is rigged for the super rich. We all get $600 to give the perception of the economy a little boost just in time for the election. Meanwhile, the big boys who got us into this mess get multi-billion dollar bailouts, their debt gets shifted to the taxpayers, and they get to go on living it up as rich pigs. Not to mention that the money supply is increasing massively (funny how the fed stopped reporting those numbers not so long ago) and inflation is taking off (funny how they calculate inflation is such a fucked up way that ignores most of it). We're getting shafted from both ends here. So yeah, get out of your debt as fast as you can, credit cards first, anything that isn't fixed second, because unless someone with some real balls in DC fixes this mess, unless you are already rich you are going to be fucked over the next several years while we reenact Argentina on a grander scale.