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On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:21:49 -0400, John H.
salmonremovebait@gmaildotcom wrote:

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:12:10 -0400, wrote:

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:17:12 -0400, John H.
salmonremovebait@gmaildotcom wrote:

On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:58:46 -0400, TJ wrote:

John H. wrote:

Giving everyone $1000 is a good start towards fixing those problems. If,
after that, the problems still exist, Obama will probably give everyone
$2000. For sure, the problems will go away then.
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** Good Day! **
As I said, I'm just a simple country boy. You need to explain things
more fully, or I don't understand them. Assuming by "everyone" you mean
all 300 million or so Americans, That could come to as much as, uh let
me see... Wait a minute, my calculator doesn't go that high, I need a
pencil... Ah! I get $9 trillion. Sounds like a bargain to me, although I
don't see how it would work. The $600 Bush gave almost everyone only
helped during one quarter.

Exactly where do you expect them to get that money? Should they just
print it up? From what I heard, that would devalue our falling dollar
even more than it is now, and that $3000 would have less power than it
might have. They could borrow it from China or somebody, but wouldn't
that increase the deficit even more? Doesn't sound like a good way to
balance the budget. If I did something lie that, I'd hear nasty things
from my banker. But then, I'm not the government, am I?
Hmmm. I'm not so sure about that one, but we'll put it on the list.
Anybody got any other ideas?

TJ
Where does Obama get the money? From the same place Pelosi or Reid would
get the money. Taxes. Higher taxes. Income redistribution on a grand
scale.
Ya mean like the $1200 that Bush recently sent everybody? Bush simply
borrowed the money from China. He knows you are good for it, or maybe
your children and grandchildren will settle up...
Bush sent me nothing, and I'm part of everybody.

No, tax cheats who don't file a return, are part of a smaller
sub-group.

Herring is retired. If memory serves, you had to have earned income to
get the tax rebate. Your tax dollars are paying for Herring's
retirement, too.

There's something about Herring's sort of aimless hobby-filled
retirement -a type of retirement apparently shared by several posters
here- that would drive me batty. Not having anything to do but engage in
self-indulgent hobbies...seems mindless to me. I don't even like
"vacations" that last more than a week.

Whatever one thinks of Jimmy Carter, one has to admire many of his
"retirement" activities that are aimed at helping the less fortunate.
My father in law, retired, is a lifelong conservative Republican, but he
says Carter is his model for "doing good for others" in retirement.