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Mon Jan-26-09 01:19 PM
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> The Stimulus Payment > > "Q. What is an Economic Stimulus Payment? > "A. It is money that the federal government will send to > taxpayers. > > "Q. Where will the government get this money? > "A. From taxpayers. > > "Q. So the government is giving me back my own money? > "A. Only a smidgen. > > "Q. What is the purpose of this payment? > "A. The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a high- > definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy. > > "Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China? > "A. Shut up." > > Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the US economy > by spending your stimulus check wisely: > > If you spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to > China. > > If you spend it on gasoline it will go to the Arabs. > > If you purchase a computer it will go to India. > > If you purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico, > Honduras, and Guatemala (unless you buy organic). > > If you buy a car it will go to Japan. > > If you purchase useless crap it will go to Taiwan. > > And none of it will help the American economy. > > We need to keep that money here in America. You can keep the money in America by spending it at yard sales, > going to a baseball game, or spend it on prostitutes, beer (domestic > ONLY), or tattoos, since > those are the only businesses still in the US.
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Mon Jan-26-09 01:33 PM
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1. time for a tattoo - how about 5 figures in red-ink for what the Bush administration has cost me? |
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Mon Jan-26-09 02:00 PM
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4. whoops-apparently doing well in Mendocino County |
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Mon Jan-26-09 10:17 PM
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6. Yeah, That show was a real eye-opener. |
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