Most Recent News about the Stimulus Plan

[Felix The Assassin]

Got this from my official e-mail.

Important info on the Stimulus Payment
>
> "This year, taxpayers will receive an Economic
> Stimulus Payment.
> This is a very exciting new program that I will
> explain using the Q and A format:
> "Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?
> "A. It is money that the federal government
> will send to taxpayers.
> "Q. Where will the government get this money?
> "A. From taxpayers.
> "Q. So the government is giving me back my own money?
> "A. Only a smidgen.
> "Q. What is the purpose of this payment?
> "A. The plan is that you will use the money
> to purchase a high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.
> "Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China ?
> "A. Shut up."
> Below is some helpful advice on how to best help
> the US economy
> by spending your stimulus check wisely:
>
> If you spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the
> money will go to China .
>
> If you spend it on gasoline it will go to the Arabs.
>
> If you purchase a computer it will go to India or China .
>
> If you purchase fruit and vegetables it will go
> to Mexico , Honduras ,
> and Guatemala (unless you buy organic).
>
> If you buy a car it will go to Japan .
>
> If you purchase useless crap it will go to Taiwan .
>
> And none of it will help the American economy.
>
> We need to keep that money here in America .
> You can keep the money in America by spending it
> at yard sales,
> going to a baseball game, or spend it on
> prostitutes, beer (domestic ONLY),
> or tattoos, since those are the only businesses
> still in the US .

[ElfBane]

I got that email, too. Yaknow,,,,it's getting harder and harder to FIND a domestic beer here in the ol'USA (intentional dig at that nasty rice-brewed crap Budweiser).

[DrowArchmage]

That is way true Felix, too many things are outsourced today and i dont beleive a stimulus check would help us out all that much. I actuall know people who wont spend that money and just save it for another hard time or something.

So arent they really just wasting time?

[MagiK]

??? What kind of official email was that? It looks more like a viral anti-administration email. Not sayign it isn't accurate, but it hardly appears to be "Official"...I'd like to think that Official emails would be slightly heavier on the facts and less so on rhetoric.

I am totally against the current presidents policies (and Pelosi and Reids too)

Guess you could say "I support the President but I do not condone his policies." Sounds vaguely familiar.....

[Bungleau]

Probably belongs on the Joke thread. I remember seeing this last summer, with the last round of stimulus checks.

[Felix The Assassin]

Originally Posted by MagiK ??? What kind of official email was that?

My official e-mail! The one I get at work, which is screened by people who wear white smocks, and wear pocket protectors in their buttoned up shirt pockets.

Felix at knox.TRADOC.army.mil

[Arvon]

Because of all the pork in it, it should be called the Porkulus Bill. (not original)

[ElfBane]

Originally Posted by Felix The Assassin My official e-mail! The one I get at work, which is screened by people who wear white smocks, and wear pocket protectors in their buttoned up shirt pockets. Felix at knox.TRADOC.army.mil

As long as you don't have the dreaded "flash drive",,,,,the kryptonite of Army computing!!

[MagiK]

Felix, I thought you meant "Official" as in the group or organization that wrote it has some particular standing My mistake.

[wellard]

Nice joke post felix!

But like many jokes there is an inerrant sadness and truth behind it. In times like these what little money there is should be spent on one off massive infrastructure programmes like railways, ports, roads and the like. Creating massive employment in USA construction jobs and a real boost to the economy not just wasted to the salesman selling HD TV's.