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[...] First A Stimulus Check. Is A $1000 Emergency Energy Rebate Next? More government aid? After reading an article over on fivecentnickel.com about the possibility of the Obama administration pushing for a $1000 Emergency Energy Rebate, I had to check it out for myself. I found that while talk of an “energy rebate” isn’t recent news, the Obama campaign did talk on…… [...]

By: Kirk

Kirk — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:02:07 +0000

A Stim. check isn’t going to help stimulate the country out of the recession, but it will help out the hard working american man that work all day and at the end of the week gets a check that is laughable. People who insist that this is socialalism, I say it might be, but don’t we as a country give billion of dollars to wellfare every year! Give money to people that have never worked a day of their life, give money to druggies in rehab! Everyone complains about how dare you tax the wealthy, and I believe you shouldn’t be punished for working hard and be sucessful, but come one how often does a million or billionare look at his companies employees that is busting there butt to make him richer, say to themselves hey joe the plumber is barely making enough to feed his family! You know I could help that guy out and give some of the profit to that guy who makes me all that money.
It is time for the US goverment to take care of the people that keeps the wheels of american turning, that being the working man and not the lazy bums on welfair assistance who never worked a day in there life.

By: Miranda

Miranda — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:45:19 +0000

No, what I said was that even though I like many of Obama's proposals, I don't like ALL of them. Just because I like many of his proposals and ideas, doesn't mean that I have to like everything he has ever said, or will ever say. It's called critical thinking. Just because something he says resonates with me, doesn't mean that everything he says will resonate with me, and just because I like three or four things that he is proposing, it doesn't mean I have to blindly like everything he proposes. I like his idea of building infrastructure, focusing on building an alternative energy economy and some of his other plans. I like the idea of ending subsidies to Big Oil. But I don't agree with everything he says, and I think the windfall tax is a bad idea, along with another"stimulus" check to individuals. See, it is possible to agree with some things that someone says, and disagree with other things that the same person says. Mirandas last blog post..Friday Fun Video: Fortune Brings Us…Fish

By: irena

irena — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:47:18 +0000

i could really use another stimulus check being laid off is really hard. i propose a stimulus check for the money lost due to the gas prices in the past being high. the money helped but many people could hardly buy gas and feed a family. now if we could have money for energy and a food card then things would really pick up.

By: jathniel

jathniel — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:39:25 +0000

how stupid you just said you liked many of his plans but then you go and say you dont like them.

By: MafiaDon

MafiaDon — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:09:50 +0000

I have two reasons why there is so much resentment against big oil in the US. #1 Big oil has a relative monopoly on US consumers. Given the very high cost of entering the oil industry competition is scarce. Thus many believe that big oil is in the business of price fixing to gouge their profits. I few other industries come to mind such as the cable TV and computer software (operating systems) industry. #2 The US is basically married to big oil because of the dependency factor. Oil and gas affects almost every aspect of American life from plastic water bottles to heating oil. Thus big oil basically has a choke hold on the American economy. This is a tremendous amount of power given to one industry. The fact that the ruling parties allowed this domination feeds the resentment growing in the populous. The big difference between other, so called, monopolies and big oil is the dependency factor. We don't "need" cable, computers or even cell phones. MafiaDons last blog post..Bank Failures Continue...

By: Lea

Lea — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:47:22 +0000

to add… when the first stimulus package came through, i was pregnant with our first child, knowing that i couldnt afford to go back to the job i was at and pay for the expensive childcare… I am now a stay at home mom, living off my hubbys sole paycheck and trying to find work that pays well enough to afford good childcare, or find a real stay-at-home job that isnt a scam. So could I use a stimulus check right about now? YES… Id probably use it towards getting home prepared for a family childcare center tho, not to boost the economy by buying inanimate objects

By: Lea

Lea — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 01:40:43 +0000

In response to how Bush intended the first stimulus checks to be used for: My family barely saw any of that Stimulus check because for some reason FICA did not tax us enough during the year and we owed 1100 to them by April… so when stimulus checks came through, 1100 was taken away from us from the start… what are we gonna do with 100 extra dollars in our pockets? PAY A BILL… thats about all it was good for. Of course, I am not and never claim to be an expert in finance and politics and all that jazz, so I am missing the reason to why these checks are a bad thing? I am glad for one that at least we didnt OWE the 1100 dollars because we’d still be paying them 100 bucs a month if not for the stimulus package…

By: Barbara

Barbara — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:00:29 +0000

I think we all could use some extra cash right now.The goverment and all the greedy people in this world is the reason we as a people need help right now. If The president elect wants to give the people another stimulus check I’m sure you as well as I could you it. I have been struggling a very long time with every thing goig up except the paycheck.I want the check. Sign One tired lady

By: Justin "The Night Trader"

Justin "The Night Trader" — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:51:15 +0000

Socialism, pure and simple. Let's just put aside whether or not it's fair, or oil companies are taking advantage, or the hundreds of other surface issues. If this is OK, then where do we draw the line? What's considered "excessive ... profits"? The principle behind this is re-distribution of wealth, which is nothing short of socialism! But we should not be surprised. We (the American people) are the idiots who voted a "wealth spreading", smooth talking, politician into the White House. Now it's time to start facing the consequences... Justin "The Night Trader"s last blog post..Does anybody trade iron condors?