Comments on: Will There Be A Second Stimulus Check? I Hope Not.

By: David

David — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:09:30 +0000

So you want the government to give you money, for no reason whatsoever, so that you can owe it back to them later? Or even better, your kids will owe it back later?

There is no free lunch, especially when it comes to these ridiculous stimulus checks…I think people forget that this money is not free; it is a loan.

By: averagecitizen

averagecitizen — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 19:03:16 +0000

We most certainly need a second stimulus check. My wife and I have two children and we are living check-to-check. No, we don’t eat out, we pack lunches, and we don’t drive new cars(can barely afford to fix the ones we have). We really do need a second stimulus check.

By: algeo

algeo — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:36:28 +0000

If you guys don’t want the Stimulus check, don’t accept it.

By: BigShoes

BigShoes — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:21:16 +0000

Why do we continue to close our eyes and fall for any lie that gets told to us. Why are car sales off by 40 & 20 percent for American and Japanese cars and luxury vehicle sales are off by only 14 percent. The rich are not hurting like we are. The local boat show here in California saw sales in boats costing 50k and less shrink, while the 100k and above boat sales grew. The rich are not hurting like we are. The true purchasing power in America is in it’s middle class and we have been neglected for so long that the chickens are coming home to roost. Alan Greenspan made the comment back in 05′ that he was concerned that the income gap between the middle and upper class was growing too wide. He followed up with the comment that education was the answer to fix the middle class. Lets see, my wife and I both work to pay for what my Dad used to pay for by himself with only one monthly check while he banked the rest. We don’t have the luxury of paying for a 100k education that would boost my earnings by a $1,000 a month and financial aid is out of the question because I’m not poor enough.

The real issue is that paying money directly to Americans would be socialist. Nobody wants it to look like communism, so they find a different way. The way they chose is so much more free market, they give directly to companies that will use it to make better companies that create more jobs and wealth for their employees. How’s that working for us so far; we are in deeper than we have ever been. But hey, we didn’t give the money directly to people like those damn commi pinkos. If history proved anything it is that communism doesn’t work because the govermant never gives back to the people. The very system that is to create equality only made the income gap wider. Sounds kind of similiar to our free market socialist programs that only apply to the companies that our government choses to provide welfare for. Keep the money at the top and complain about how stupid the peasants are that made them rich to begin with. If we had money we might have a voice and make some real logical change to our system, we couldn’t have that now could we. They really are afraid of what the middle class can accomplish and the results has been to drive us down to a point that they are now shotgunning for a fix because they drove us down too far. My gosh, providing credit availabilty for us in our time of need so we can stay more indebted to the rich, thanks, but I still can’t afford it, try again. I find it funny that they can dole out 700 bil in fixes but the U.S. automakers can’t have any because they don’t have a plan. How can they have a plan when the people that buy their cars are the middle class and they can’t rely on our purchasing power right now. The U.S. automakers have unions, and everyone knows that unions are bad for a free market. Unions are only bad for the rich because they force them to pay a fair wage, provide proper benefits, and education for its employees.

Please, what ever we can do to help the middle must be done to help our economy. We really are the lifebllod of the country, besides, we will pay are taxes. Are those big companies gonna pay you back, no, we are going to pay you for them.

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:28:05 +0000

If the governement can use “my” future money to bail our millionaire executives, the it can use it to help me! It was this poorly run banking system that caused me, like many other Americans to be un and underemployed. No one else used the credit cards I now owe ridiculous amounts of money but me. However, had the big boys done their jobs, I would have continued to pay my bills. if doesn’t seem right that they are now benefiting at my expense! Yes send me a check!! If the $350 billion already wasted on this bailout was in the hands of the Americian middle class, we would have paid off some debt and spent money to reignite the economy. If there are no checks for us….then there should be no checks to the financial institutions, car companies, cities, etc.

By: david

david — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 05:05:35 +0000

Actually Joyce, most people just paid down debt with the first check, not even understanding that the check itself was just more debt like a second one will be.

By: joyce

joyce — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 04:10:41 +0000

One difference. When the people were sent stimulis check, most did exactly what the Prtesident said to do. USE it, SPEND it, Put IT into the system. $168 billion dollars, bailout for financial marketsm, was to insure the banks could make loans…They Aren’t. Instead they are raising interest on credit cards. The public never gets a break.

By: david

david — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:57:54 +0000

Sherri, at least look up Obama’s tax plan before saying he will raise taxes. Agree with him or not, he will not be raising taxes on people making less than $250K…and people making more than that definitely don’t need a stimulus check. Since you are living paycheck to paycheck, you won’t be seeing a tax increase. Still think you should get free money for no reason?

“That way we can afford to pay them taxes he’s going to raise.” OK, but since he isn’t raising your taxes, I guess he doesn’t need to send you money, right?

PS- The war in Iraq had zero to do with 9/11, just an FYI.

By: Sherri

Sherri — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 15:22:27 +0000

I also is infavor of a second stimulus check. I don’t think the first one helped much for 2 reasons
1. The gas prices were astronomical and caused e-thing else to go sky rocketing
and
2. They weren’t big enough to do much.
If they can give AIG 150 billion dollars just for them to go on ilaberate retreats then they surely can give money to the rest of this country to help us out which in turn will help the economy.
I did not vote for Obama nor would I ever. He’s a good speaker that’s all he is.
David you in favor of the war to end now – aren’t we all but we also need to STOP and realize what will happen if that happens. Usama has already threatened to outdo 9/11 and it will no doubt happen because now we have a president that has NO experience and is known to hang out w/ a terriorist that has threatened this country we all love. Nothing is going to change with Obama in office but higher taxes. So, if he’s gonna raise the taxes then he might as well give us free money too, right?
That way we can afford to pay them taxes he’s going to raise.
The gov’t can make sure it is spent in the economy and not on debt if they want to. A credit type card something along them lines they are the gov’t they can do whatever they want.
While I don’t have a problem helping the people that have lost their jobs or the people on disabilty that can’t work I do have a problem helping the people who don’t want to work and sit on their butt and collect welfare checks – so why should they get money and not the people who do work and bust their butt yet to only live paycheck to paycheck.

By: Mardoo

Mardoo — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:57:52 +0000

If they do another stimulas check it needs to be a mandatory direct deposit…That would save millions of dollers