Stimulus Earrings

I thought President Bush's stimulus package was stupid back then. But, at least back then, I got $600.00 in my pocket. I bought a treadmill, and today I am happy to report that I am 19 pounds lighter than January 1st, 2009, when I started keeping track.



This current wave of "Ask not what your country can do for you -- demand it" finally reached me. So, what's in it for me?



It looks like most of us will get a $400 tax credit. While this is $200 less than Bush gave me last time, it made me think.



I remember last summer, when michelle obama was here in Michigan. She was speaking at an event in Pontiac, when she quipped, "You're getting $600 - what can you do with that? Not to be ungrateful or anything, but maybe it pays down a bill, but it doesn't pay down every bill every month," she said. "The short-term quick fix kinda stuff sounds good, and it may even feel good that first month when you get that check, and then you go out and you buy a pair of earrings."



This was the first time they let her out, following the now-famous "first time in my life I've been proud of my country" speech, and she put her foot in her mouth again. She promised that her husband's stimulus plan would have smarter, better, and wiser stimulus.



Bush's stimulus let michelle buy those earrings right away, while this $13 per week obama will give us will have her instead buy them on layaway. Er wait. Why stop there?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P36x8rTb3jI