What exactly are you going to get out of this stimulus that will cost upwards of $2,700 per member of your family? Why, if you’re the average American worker, you’ll get an extra $13 per week in your paycheck. A whopping $13.
You want to be stimulated? How does $13 a week sound to you?
While the federal government is passing an $800 billion stimulus bill — which works out to about $2,700 for every man woman and child in the country — the average worker can look forward to seeing about an extra $13 a week in his/her paycheck after taxes. This is on top of the $700 billion financial bailout package that was passed last fall and given to the Wall Street and banking weasels.
And Cafferty’s figure is accurate. In exchange for future generations being put on the hook for about $800 billion, and that’s without interest which could amount to over $3 trillion over 10 years, you can now afford a couple of smoothies at Tropical Smoothie Cafe. Whoopi!
Only the government could get us such a deal.
by Stephan Tawney on Thu, Feb 12, 2009