Bush signs stimulus package

[Ridgerunner]

I got this in some e-mail from my sergeant:

"As you may have heard, the Bush Administration said each and every one of us would now get a nice rebate.

If we spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China.

If we spend it on gasoline it will all go to the Arabs.

If we spend it on fruit and vegetables it will all go to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatamala.

If we purchase a good car it will all go to Japan.

If we purchase useless trash it will all go to Taiwan.

None of this will help the American economy. If we want to keep that money here in America, the only way to do it is to buy prostitutes and beer, since those are the only businesses still left in the United States.

My name is Elliot Spitzer, and I approved this ad."

Now wait a minute! There is still Ozark moonshine and Kentucky burley! What was your sergeant thinking!

 

[rinnie]

I’d lke to know how ANY president has ANY influence on these items. What is he gonna do pick up the phone and call the dairy farm, “hey y’all charging too much for milk, cut it out.”

You know what maybe he should. Somebody needs to. No one else will!

 

[Wolseley]

I’d lke to know how ANY president has ANY influence on these items. What is he gonna do pick up the phone and call the dairy farm, “hey y’all charging too much for milk, cut it out.”

Good idea. The dairy farmer will tell him, “I have to charge that much to pay for the electricity I need to run this dairy operation.”

So the President can then call the electric company and say, “You’re charging too much for electricity, cut it out.” And the electric company can say, “Hey, we have to charge that much, to pay for the cost of the fuel we’re burning to produce electricty.”

So the President can call the fuel suppliers and say, “You’re charging too much for fuel, cut it out.” And the fuel suppliers will say, “We have to charge that much, because we transport using gasoline, and there’s the cost of imported fuel.”

So the President can call the Arabs and say, “You’re charging too much for imported oil, cut it out.” And the Arabs will say, “Tough toenails, Mr. Infidel Great Satan American President, we will charge you whatever we want.”

And then maybe, just maybe, it might sink in that what we need to do is develop an alternative fuel source that forever destroys the death grip which petroleum has on the world’s economy. Accomplish that, and within 25 years, it’s likely that we’ll be back to fuel that costs 3 cents a gallon, and other costs will decrease accordingly.

 

[rlg94086]

I didnt think this was about what party we were. I just thought we we voicing on opinion on the stimulus package. And that was my way of saying that how can it stimulate the economy when everything is so far out of control.

It’s not about which party you are. That is why I listed three different things to consider, ***dependant ***on your party affiliation. You didn’t just complain about the stimulus package, you blamed the current economic situation on the president. I was just trying to put it into perspective.

 

[rinnie]

It’s not about which party you are. That is why I listed three different things to consider, ***dependant ***on your party affiliation. You didn’t just complain about the stimulus package, you blamed the current economic situation on the president. I was just trying to put it into perspective.

I really didnt think it would have been taken that far. Like i said it was to prove my point. Believe it or not i really do realize that there are more than one party. .