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Originally posted by timetothink
reply to post by TsukiLunar
Because the government takes money from the taxpayers to give back to taxpayers to pay their bills, then the companies use that money to pay their bills or taxes...the same money keeps going around and around without new money being taken in, say from selling things to other countries and such. ;That's my example anyway.
Oct 12 2011 The $787 billion economic stimulus package was approved by Congress in February, 2009. The package was designed to quickly jumpstart economic growth, and save between 900,000-2.3 million jobs. The package allocated funds as follows:
* $288 billion in tax cuts.
* $224 billion in extended unemployment benefits, education and health care.
* $275 billion for job creation using federal contracts, grants and loans.
Because the "money" isn't real or really there. Fiat currency is an illusion that makes you feel empowered, makes you feel that you got "something", but it is really like cotton candy. You bite into it and find it is all fluff and no substance. Fiat currency is like a dime store cowboy, all hat no cattle.
Originally posted by TsukiLunar
Why is that how a stimulus works?
Please expand on that part.edit on 9-12-2011 by TsukiLunar because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by timetothink
reply to post by TsukiLunar
Everything you posted is money going to the public...your argument makes no sense.
Because the "money" isn't real or really there. Fiat currency is an illusion that makes you feel empowered, makes you feel that you got "something", but it is really like cotton candy. You bite into it and find it is all fluff and no substance. Fiat currency is like a dime store cowboy, all hat no cattle.
You know, if they would have just split that money up among taxpayers(people who actually PAY taxes not net tax consumers), each tax payer would have gotten over $300,000. Those people would have used the money to pay off their homes(no more housing crisis and banks get "bailed out" too), they would have bought new things or fixed old ones(thus securing jobs for many more people), and they would not be as debt ridden and fearful of the future as they now are. If we had to have a "bail out" bailing out the tax payers would have made a hell of a lot more sense than bailing out banks and corporations "too big to fail".
Originally posted by TsukiLunar
Originally posted by timetothink
reply to post by TsukiLunar
Everything you posted is money going to the public...your argument makes no sense.
Sorry, for some reason I thought that the other post was directed towards me.
No, it is not just "going to the public". It is doing specific things to jump start the economy. They are not just giving people money(mostly), they are stimulating various social programs that will use the money for the good of the people.
A stimulus is not just to pay people bills. It is used to create jobs and stimulate education funds along with other things.
Really? You call the stimulus a success? Hello Mr Obama, how are you today?(nobody else in their right mind believes that so it must be you)
Originally posted by TsukiLunar
reply to post by DarthMuerte
Because the "money" isn't real or really there. Fiat currency is an illusion that makes you feel empowered, makes you feel that you got "something", but it is really like cotton candy. You bite into it and find it is all fluff and no substance. Fiat currency is like a dime store cowboy, all hat no cattle.
You say that, but stimulus's do work a lot of the time(second post in the thread). And your oversimplification is misleading to what is actually going on and what effects result from it.
Really? You call the stimulus a success? Hello Mr Obama, how are you today?(nobody else in their right mind believes that so it must be you)
You know, if they would have just split that money up among taxpayers(people who actually PAY taxes not net tax consumers), each tax payer would have gotten over $300,000.
Those people would have used the money to pay off their homes(no more housing crisis and banks get "bailed out" too), they would have bought new things or fixed old ones(thus securing jobs for many more people), and they would not be as debt ridden and fearful of the future as they now are. If we had to have a "bail out" bailing out the tax payers would have made a hell of a lot more sense than bailing out banks and corporations "too big to fail".
Originally posted by rogerstigers
Just as a clarification, since the OP failed to indicate a source or even quote the text... This is not an original piece of work from the OP.. This is a very old (in internet years) joke that I remember first seeing back when we all got stimulus checks in the mail during the Bush era.
It is not at all an accurate representation, though. In the real world, the hotel owner takes the money and then laughs at and chastises the tourist for leaving the money implying that the tourist was irresponsible and should get a job instead of loafing around on "vacation"