Hopefully this makes a dent in things - The stimulus bill was just passed

[RgrF]

Lux just wants it paid in negotiable Euros sent directly to him. Question? If the US Gov.org sends Lux a EuroCheck for $1000, do the frogs add a VAT to that before it can be cashed?

[RgrF]

Ahem! Is the term frogs as applied to our Franco friends considered unfriendly or just something else to be ignored?

[Black]

I haven't been watching the news.
Has the stimulus bill passed some more?

[Mac-A-Matic]

Grumpyguy wrote:
Here's some more, including almost $200 million for Philippine veterans from WWII. Good to see we are stimulating former colonial possessions as well.

Perhaps you didn't realize, but these Philippine veterans from WWII are people who stood up and fought for this nation. The fought and died because they believed in the ideals of the United States of America. The Philippines was a territory and commonwealth of the United States until 1946.

The situation is that Philippine soldiers who joined the United States Army and fought for America have been denied the support and funding that their white counterparts have enjoyed since leaving military service. Many of these former soldiers now live in poverty and without support in the same land that they were willing to sacrifice their lives for.

If you can sit around today touting the line "support our troops" then isn't it about time that we actually support those who defended our nation?

[Mac-A-Matic]

There's a lot of programs out there. Most of which won't benefit very many people.

Instead of these programs to buy more cars for the government, why not just give each and every taxpayer ten thousand dollars as a stimulus? A stimulus design to fuel American spending. Give the people money to spend in their community, which will support the community and drive consumer confidence.

It might be cheaper!

[Mac1337]

If it is this easy to rev up the economy with no consequences then why not do it all the time? It is nirvana. No businesses fail. No one loses jobs. Everybody wins. Why didn't I think of that?