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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 09:59 PM Original message |
My idea for a second stimulus package |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. The 2nd part you propose is already essentially happening with lower fedwithholding rates from your |
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jclincali (76 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. I like the first part. Don't know about the $200 debit cards though. |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
8. Reduced taxes is not spurring spending |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
18. 9/11/2001: Bush tells everyone to go out and buy. Sorry, consumerism is bad for the environment & |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:18 AM Response to Reply #18 |
25. Wouldn't it be nice if everyone bought energystar appliances though? |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:39 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Only when the ones they have die (old refrigerators are probably the one exception). |
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abumbyanyothername (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:46 PM Original message |
Might be a temporary stopgap but really . . . |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Well, that was helpful...33 posts and all. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. 3rd part: create jobs with another stimulus funds that deal with crumbling infrastructure: sewers in |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:10 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. That's in the first stimulus package |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:31 PM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I specifically addressed infrastructure.&added jobs.Most states said they had more than enough road |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. people would use the cards to buy groceries... |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:08 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I've never understood that logic. How is it better to waste money than it is to pay off bills?Paying |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Buying children's clothing or dining out |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. People have to pay off credit card bills that have 29% interest on them. I think that's better for |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:25 AM Response to Reply #16 |
28. "I understand main stream economists don't agree, but I rarely agree with them." |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. the idea of the 'stimulus' money is for people to buy goods and services... |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:18 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Bingo |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. I understand the idea. I just don't agree that the logic is correct. n/t |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. 'paying off bills' is generally money that has already been spent. |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 11:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. I don't agree with that. It stimulates corporations, not the well-being of people, as I've explained |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
27. that's how our economy is structured. |
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sutz12 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:15 PM Response to Original message |
11. Send a list of 100 names of people that made less than 25k last year... |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 10:19 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. how fair is that to the people who made $25,001...? |
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madville (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
20. taxpayer lottery |
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marketcrazy1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 11:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
22. I like that madville |
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AdHocSolver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
23. Stimulus packages will do NO good so long as most of what we buy is imported. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-08-09 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
24. They need to give the people some REAL coin. 5K or 10K or more. |
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armyowalgreens (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 03:22 AM Response to Original message |
26. Sorry, but $200 isn't going to help anything. |
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Jakes Progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 08:28 AM Response to Original message |
29. Number One: Jobs |
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louis c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-09-09 07:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. There are jobs in the service economy, too |
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