Do Not Pass Go, Do Not Collect $200

Some folks have about already spent their economic stimulus package tax rebate checks. I hate to be such a downer, but do the (insert expletive) White House and the (same expletive) Congress think the American people are buying this horseshit? I hope not.

Don’t tell me that you think that borrowing $150 Billion from the Chinese to spread around to people to spend at WalMart buying junk from China is going to improve the US economy. This is nothing but an election year ploy for votes by the same people that put us in this hole in the first place.

Do you enjoy being played for a sucker?

We could enjoy the same (non) effect if we all went out and charged $800 worth of crap on our credit cards and paid it back to the bank plus whatever rapacious interest rate they’re getting. We’d come out ahead that way because we would eventually pay it off. The National Debt, on the other hand is unlikely to ever be retired. Our grandchildren will be paying the vig on these $800 rebates.

There is faint hope that the US Senate will sit on this measure until they can jawbone it to death, as they have much worthy legislation. That’s what they’re good at.

Meanwhile I suggest that we all e-mail our representatives and tell them to stop insulting our intelligence. E-mail is preferable because snail-mail all gets sent to Hades where it is sniffed for anthrax spores before congressional staffers read it months later.

Or maybe just go out in the street with all your neighbors and beat on pots and pans.