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Re: Stimulus Package

#751
From: Benway
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:08
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tcol@toast.net wrote:
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> >The pending stimulus package explained........................   Sometime this year, taxpayers will receive an Economic Stimulus Payment.  This is a very exciting new program that I will explain using the Q and A format
> >
> >
> >"Q.  What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?  "A.  It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.
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> >
> >"Q.  Where will the government get this money?
> >"A.  From taxpayers.
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> >
> >"Q.  So the government is giving me back my own money?
> >"A.  No, they are borrowing it from  China .  Your children are expected to repay the Chinese.
> >
> >
> >"Q.  What is the purpose of this payment?
> >"A.  The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.
> >
> >
> >"Q.  But isn't that stimulating the economy of  China ?
> >"A.  Shut up."
> >
> >
> >Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the  US economy by spending your stimulus check wisely;
> >
> >
> >If you spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to  China .
> >
> >
> >If you spend it on gasoline it will go to Hugo Chavez, the Arabs and Al Queda
> >
> >
> >If you purchase a computer it will go to  Taiwan .
> >
> >
> >If you purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to  Mexico ,  Honduras , and  Guatemala (unless you buy organic).
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> >
> >If you buy a car it will go to  Japan and  Korea .
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> >
> >If you purchase prescription drugs it will go to  India
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> >
> >If you purchase heroin it will go to the Taliban in  Afghanistan
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> >If you give it to a charitable cause, it will go to  Nigeria .
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> >And none of it will help the American economy.
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> >
> >We need to keep that money here in  America .  You can keep the money in America by spending it at yard sales, going to a baseball game, or spend it on beer (domestic ONLY), or tattoos, since those are the only businesses still in the US
> >

Please send me some money so I don't have to live on the streets any more
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