We hear so much razzmatazz from the talking heads about this economic stimulus package that is surely going to surpass a Trillion dollars. This word is being tossed around like it were chump change or something. Folks, we are talking trillion with a capital "T". If you are like me, I needed some kind of visual so that I could wrap my puny mind about what these lawbreakers are talking about strapping us with.
1) - Imagine, if yo
u can, having a $1,000.00 bill. A stack 4" high will equal a million or so. Now a Trillion $$$'s would be a stack 63 miles long - or about the length of the drive to Grandma's house.
2) - Since most of us will not see a $1,000.00 bill in our lifetime, lets put it in a little more laymen's terms - say $20.00 bills. That same trillion changed out would stretch for over 3100 miles or about the one-and-a-half times the length of the US.
This stimulus package will spend about $275,000 to create a $42,000 job (average US household income).
So instead of giving the money to big business and to even bigger government who will find ways to fritter the money on more pork and other wasteful crap, why not divvy the money out equally to every household and let us spend the money on what we want. We can then use that money to stimulate this US economy. Only makes sense to me. What do you think?
Wishing all my fellow drips and tweeps a great day... 8-)
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OH Michael Michael Michael, when did "Only makes sense to me" count for what Washington is doing now? Not in recent history did that account for any decisions made on the hill. look at the pork in every bill that crosses the capitol steps, because its YOUR congressman who did it... everyone knows its never THEIR congressman.. Must be the Senators from (name a state) who are the bad guys, or wait,,, its the one man in the Big White House's fault. He did it all. :) and every 4 years we get to remove a few and as the song goes.. THE BEAT GOES ON..