Why not $8000 and $16,000 for everyone?

[NNN0LHI]

Just borrow a little more from China and Japan and lets do this thing up right if were going to do it. $1600 bucks isn't going to do nothing. If we can piss away billions of dollars on mercenaries in Iraq we can certainly give some real money to ourselves. Can't we?

Don

[shaniqua6392]

1. I nominate you for President!!

I love the way you think. LOL.

[proud patriot]

22. second that

[Johonny]

2. I can't wait

to use my 800 $ to go shopping at the moonbase

[NightWatcher]

3. we are only borrowing it from our tax bill, from what I understand

I dont know where else it can come from. If I were China I wouldnt loan us another nickel, we are a bad risk.

[NNN0LHI]

16. They will loan it to us or Bush won't sell them any more of the Iraqi peoples oil

And I am sure they have been gobbling plenty of that up at a hundred bucks a barrel.

Don

[The Straight Story]

4. Kind of like when people say "Just raise the minimum wage to $100/hr"

;)

[SoCalDem]

5. Or...

Every family that earns LESS than 150K gets a one time $20K..UN TAXED..

Imagine the freedom that would come with that money..That would pay OFF many a credit card and would buy some cars & make some down payments on houses, or allow some people to MOVE to where they dcould find a better standard of living..

[NNN0LHI]

6. It would definitely spur my economy n/t

[slor]

7. Imagine if they gave that much towards homeowners...

the $8,000 to $16,000 that is, as an incentive to install solar panels or other alt-fuel sources, to their homes. Now, imagine if they had done that before going to war. It always boggles my mind how badly these guys have fucked up.

[Angela Shelley]

8. It would be almost as bad,

because the money spent on the attack, invasion and occupation of Iraq was borrowed money.

It doesn´t help much to invest with borrowed money anyway.

[slor]

20. Maybe so...

but I would feel better about the future. As they are now, I am just scared AND broke!

[DiverDave]

9. Man would I love solar

or a fuel cell to power my house...Oh, and a milk cow, I just spent 4.19 for a gallon of 1%.

[gilpo]

12. You can have solar....

Check this out: http://renu.citizenre.com/

[DiverDave]

18. cool, now about that cow...

lol

[catmandu57]

10. For around ten grand

I could put enough solar power on our house that I'd never pay another electric bill and run the air conditioners at full blast all summer, but that makes too much sense.

[NNN0LHI]

11. Just fixing up their homes with new windows and doors would have been huge

I did do that about five years ago and it has paid me back in spades. And that was when natural gas and electricity was relatively cheap. Sure glad I did it when I did.

Or if people could afford a new fuel efficient car, that would help a lot.

$600 isn't going to change nothing for me. I give my kids bigger Christmas presents than that.

Don

[sinkingfeeling]

24. I but in 26 new windows (high efficiency types) in 2006 and got a huge $500 tax credit against a

cost of over $16K.

[SammyWinstonJack]

13. No need too borrow, just have Exxon Mobile et al, cough up some of their obscene profits and spread

it around. :evilgrin:

[Initech]

21. Yeah, I agree with this idea 100%.

You want to get the economy stimulated? How about getting those fucking corporations like Exxon and Tyco and so on to cough up some of their obscene profits and give it back to their employees.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

34. More fun with math.

Exxon had a $36B profit posted in 2005.

Divide that $36B by the 150,000,000 people eligible for a rebate.

$240 measly bucks. However, it wouldn't cost the taxpayer a dime.

[high density]

38. Purchase some shares of ExxonMobil and you can join in on the fun with dividend checks!

;) I admit to owning some in various index funds.

[leftofthedial]

14. I am now officially willing to vote for the highest bidder

[NNN0LHI]

17. I sure like you leftofthedial

Always have.

Don

[leftofthedial]

19. backatcha!

[spanone]

15. why not 80,000 and 160,000 ????

this move will only get more 'tax cuts' for corporate america....

[NNN0LHI]

32. I am open to negotiation

The money is going to get pissed away in Iraq and elsewhere if we don't get it.

Don

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

40. Stripping the Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Rice families of every last dime

would do it for me.

And it would help the deficit. :D

[Initech]

23. How about a 75% tax on overseas bank accounts? That would do it.

[sinkingfeeling]

25. And think of what we could have done with the $600 or more billion we've 'spent' on Iraq occupation.

A year or so ago, I was thinking if the money had been divided between the the states, with each one getting $10 billion, what could have been done. In my small state, it would have completely covered the budget for 5 years. Now Arkansas gets most of its revenue from individuals with 49% coming from sales and use taxes, 40% from personal income taxes, 3% from tobacco, and a mere 5% from corporate income (and Wal-Mart is headquartered here!). Or they could have given $4000 to every man, woman, and child in the state.

[JTFrog]

26. Because then you would be tempted to save and invest it instead of "stimulating" Bush's economy. nt

[Ravy]

27. They should give us each enough to pay off our share of the national debt!!!!

:eyes:

[Vinca]

28. Most people will use the money to pay bills they already have. nt

[countryjake]

29. Best idea on here!

[Big Blue Marble]

30. I love it!

What a great idea-the money for our people instead of their mercenaries.:eyes:

[water]

31. I propose...

...$200,000.00 for every man, woman and child!

[ileus]

33. 16G's sure would help that's for sure.

[NNN0LHI]

35. Thats what I have been saying

Why do we let Bush decide how much we get? Because he is the decider? I have read the estimates that the Iraq fiasco has already cost every American $20,000, plus the huge spike in gas prices we got out of it that is killing us every day.

I say we shoot for the moon on this one. We may never get another chance like this ever again.

Dems should turn this into a huge campaign issue. Let the Retugs vote against a huge rebate for every American family and see where that gets them in November.

Don

[Prefer]

36. here here - 16Gs would help me.

you have my vote, Don

[high density]

37. That's not a bad idea

$800/$1600 is a waste of time. But $8k or $16k could really help people. I'd use it to pay off my remaining student loan, and then I even might spend a grand or so (on Chinese computer parts... hah) after that.

Now we just need to stop the war to pay for it.

[NNN0LHI]

39. Now we just need to stop the war to pay for it

I am all for that idea too. Completely.

Don