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08-14-2008 at 1:06 PM
arobertson25
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the new stimulus check

What is this all about?  I will admit I was not a fan of the first one but, we did need the money and it went to good use.  I am afraid to ask where the second round of money is going to becoming from and how much are we suppose to get.
 
08-14-2008 at 1:08 PM
RachaelNicole
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I have not heard of a second stimulus check.
08-14-2008 at 1:11 PM
arobertson25
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It was very brief. They are still talking about it Nancy Pelosi was on the View last week talking about it.  I missed everything but the last 2 seconds of it.
 
08-14-2008 at 1:16 PM
MrsJA
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I dont' think anything is official yet, but seems to me that a 2nd check would be issued as a way to "buy votes" in November.

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08-14-2008 at 1:18 PM
spritz
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The Democrats in Congress are pushing a second round of stimulus checks.  They've been talking about it for a coule of months now.  However, it doesn't seem to be getting very much media attention.  Here's an article about it:

http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?parm1=5&docID=cqmidday-000002931358

 

It's a little old (July 31), but you get the idea.

 
08-14-2008 at 1:22 PM
Mikes_Wife06
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I don't believe that any of the details have been finalized as of yet.
08-14-2008 at 1:23 PM
JulieF
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It's really dumb.  This came out a few weeks ago.  Obama proposed taxing the oil companies and giving $1000 each to every "working family."  Or every family, I am not sure which.

“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn't so.” – Ronald Reagan

"Doesn't that take some hubris?" -"Professor" Charlie Gibson to Sarah Palin

"Thanks but no thanks." -JulieF on the Neil Kinnock-inspired senator from MBNA (Joe Biden)

Read the Stanley Kurtz piece about ACORN. (National Review)

The Left: clinging to its (fake charges about) book banning and rape kits

or

The Left; clinging to its Daily Kos, Media Matters, and HuffPo

JulieF: pissing off the libs: it's what I do. 
08-14-2008 at 1:32 PM
ms.c.seattle
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I love Obama, but am I a working family? Do non-working families not need the money? If DH and I file separately do we each get a grand? I am not a big fan of stimulus checks...but I wont turn down the cash.

 
08-14-2008 at 1:36 PM
JulieF
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I don't really care if I get the money or not.  I don't spend it in the way that the government hopes it's spent; I just put mine into savings.  I think they want it to be spent immediately.  Yeah, that's a really great idea.  There' s a huge problem with spending more than what you have, so let's advocate frivolous spending.

I also frown at government taking away from a private industry based on its subjective view of what "excessive profits" are.


“Well, the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they are ignorant, but that they know so much that isn't so.” – Ronald Reagan

"Doesn't that take some hubris?" -"Professor" Charlie Gibson to Sarah Palin

"Thanks but no thanks." -JulieF on the Neil Kinnock-inspired senator from MBNA (Joe Biden)

Read the Stanley Kurtz piece about ACORN. (National Review)

The Left: clinging to its (fake charges about) book banning and rape kits

or

The Left; clinging to its Daily Kos, Media Matters, and HuffPo

JulieF: pissing off the libs: it's what I do. 
08-14-2008 at 1:40 PM
lilbit07
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Dear Congress,

 Vote NO to bad ideas!!!

Sincerely,

 lilbit


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08-14-2008 at 2:49 PM
Mrs.Angeles
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JulieF:
It's really dumb.  This came out a few weeks ago.  Obama proposed taxing the oil companies and giving $1000 each to every "working family."  Or every family, I am not sure which.

 so single ppl are SOL?




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