August 10, 2011
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US Stimulus Package
I saw this article today and wanted to pass it along…it is not my usual post but thought it was interesting…Sometime this year taxpayers will once again receive an ‘Economic Stimulus’ payment.
This is indeed a very exciting program let me explain it in terms you will appreciate…What exactly is an ‘Economic Stimulus’ payment? Of course it is simply money that the federal government will send to taxpayers. But where will the government get this money ? From you and me…the taxpayers.
The plan is for us to use the money to purchase a high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy. But isn’t that stimulating the economy of China or Japan?
Think before you spend. Here are a few tips on how to best help the U.S. economy by “not” spending your stimulus check in the following manner.
1) If you spend the stimulus money at Wal-Mart, the money may go to China or Sri Lanka.
2) If you spend it on gasoline, your money will go to the Arabs.
3) If you purchase a computer, it may go to India , Taiwan or China (LENOVA).
4) If you purchase fruit and vegetables, it will almost certainly go to Mexico, Honduras, Brazil and Guatemala .
5) If you buy an efficient car, it will go to Japan or Korea .
6) If you pay your credit cards off, or buy stock, it will go to management bonuses and they will hide it offshore.
Keep the money in America.
Spend it at yard sales. Go to ball games. Spend it on strippers, beer
and tattoos.Better yet go to a ball game with a tattooed stripper that you met at a yard sale and drink beer all day!
Comments (1)
It is interesting to me that so few people seem to understand that by always chasing the lowest prices and buying things at Wal Mart, Target, etc. they are also supporting the erosion of American manufacturing. That said, products like the iPhone and iPad are manufactured overseas but the vast majority of the price paid comes back to an American based company, in this case Apple. Complex web, isn’t it?