Proposed Stimulus Package
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Proposed Stimulus Package
| Tue, 01-06-2009 - 7:34pm |
Hey all, hope everyone is well!
There is much talk recently about the next Stimulus Package. President Elect Obama has said he would like to see something from Congress within two weeks of him being in office. Part of this stimulus package is a proposal, similar to the last stimulus in 2008, that each taxpayer receive a check. Of course the hope is to get the economy going.
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All my best,
Danni
I would use 75% of it to pay down debt and the other 25% towards savings. I wouldn't buy anything with it.
Melissa
It would likely go towards some home improvement we desperately need to do -- we need a front door, new screen door, to replace all the doorknobs in the house (I know. I know. Silly, but it's something we're going to need to do and soon!), replace all the heat vent cover things (metal things -- ours are the original ones and they are all breaking), replace a couple lights/globes and a few other smaller things. It doesn't seem like much, but when you add it all up it's probably about $600 total with everything we need to do. So, that extra money would help. I suppose we WOULD be helping the economy by purchasing all this stuff and we'll be helping some small business when we hire someone to come and install our front door since we live in a manufactured home and won't risk doing any of it ourselves.
I used my 2008 stimulus check to purchase a new Weber gas grill. I would've bought a grill sometime this last summer anyway and I made a purchase of an American manufactured product intentionally. I am not in a terribly tight spot and felt that I was going to do it anyway one way or the other. I just was sort of specific about that money.
This time I'm likely to try and spend it also. Probably for something in the house. I need light fixtures so maybe I can find an American manufacturer for those. Another choice would be a bookshelf and there is a locally owned company that I'm almost sure manufacturers the products in my state so that would be a possibility.
If things were tighter or I didn't have my consumer debt paid off, I probably would not stimulate the economy but it seems like a reasonable choice for me.
Peg
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Sarah
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Sarah
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I don't think that the stimulus package is coming to us. It is going to bridges and roads and the steel
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