Comments on: Stimulus Checks Making Economic Waves

Payments Give Huge Jolt To After-Tax Incomes And Consumer Spending But Boost May Not Last

[miamimama3]

What a stupid headline for a stupid article. My rebate check was literally sucked up by my gas tank and the grocery store long before it ever arrived. It''s just another glaring reminder that our president is an economic idiot and quite possibly retarded. I don''t know anyone who went out and bought useless *** with their check. Rich people cannot fully understand a recession, because it doesn''t affect them. Manipulate the numbers all you want, the economy still sucks.

[davidlar2]

Also, it is the Democrats who want a second stimulus check despite the budget deficit.

I will not defend Bush, who has run the economy into the ground by spending money the government doesn''t have. However, I don''t count on the Democrats to produce a balanced budget or a tax code that is motivated by rational spending and anything beyond "tax the rich". No, I''m not rich. I just believe that the death of our democracy comes when people vote to tax others and redistribute the money to them.

[davidlar2]

"I don''''''''t understand why Republicans think tax cuts to the rich is not the same as inflation caused by deficit spending."

Huh? This statement doesn''t make any sense. What does one have to do with the other? How flat/progressive the tax code is, what the balance between taxes and spending is, and if the budget is balanced are three different issues. It is definitely possible to design a flat tax and still balance the budget. In fact this can be done with a number of different tax rates depending upon how much the government spends in return. The above statement makes no sense.

[brainteaser2]

I''ve noticed how stimulated the economy is in this past weeks stock market. So how can anyone make such a ridiculous statement??

[mcv57]

I don''''t understand why Republicans think tax cuts to the rich is not the same as inflation caused by deficit spending.
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Posted by whitemale08

Its not about logic, economics, or financial solving problems. Its about a out-of-control GOP whose greed has taken this country''s resources and flushed-it down the toilet for their wealth.

Actually, Reaganomics was a old trick that Hoover attempted to sell - he lost the second term of presidency. Why American allow this politics to go unchecked is mainly due to public ignorance.

[whitemale08]

The hyper-inflation cancels out the check.

I don''t understand why Republicans think tax cuts to the rich is not the same as inflation caused by deficit spending.

[trillion1]

"Wave"? More like a short lived ripple.

[mcv57]

I received my StimCheck. I bought new brakes for a car that may be obsolete in a decade.

[rohink-2009]

As usual with CBS headlines. There''s always a but in there. If they don''t know for sure that it will not last, hence the "may", why bother to insert? Could it be that they enjoy spreading doom?

[naucoming4u]

Your STIM-U-LESS checks are in the mail...

...granted, by the time you get them, they may not be worth the paper they were written on!

[brundage3]

In response to post indicating Obama has offered no specifics for his programs.

I have visited his website and Senator McCains''. On Obama''s you will find VERY specific details of many of his positions. He is offering detailed plans for any of use to peruse. I do not find that level of detail on other sites.

In fact, we in the media know that people frequently complain that there is not enough detail in public statements. But when detail is offered, it is very lightly read, viewed, or listened too. THAT is a tragic thing.

Lets demand the detail AND pay attention to it when offered while we ignore the platitudes. If "We the people"actually DO that, the political parties will very quickly come into line. They reflect our behavior.

[parrot123-2009]

How can anyone take that list seriously? There is no mention of William Jefferson for his 91K in the freeze or Harry Reid for his land deal where he made 800K overnight. There are more dems that should also be on that list such as Ted Kennedy for murder. That is just off the top of my head. I%u2019m not saying the Republicans that are corrupt don%u2019t deserve to be called out, but that list is a very partisan list.
Posted by zabarc at 04:21 PM : Jun 27, 2008

Off the top of your head ??? This coming from a Repug - from the party that gave us Allen, Ney, Cunningham, Delay, Ravenel, Doolittle, Miller, Lewis, Renzi, Kott, Kohring, Vitter, Stevens, Foley, Libby, Norton, Foggo, Ted Haggard, Craig, Rosenthal, Richard Curtis, Bernard Kerik, Fred Thompson, Phillip Martin, Billy O''Reilly, Rush L, Newt G, Mark Sijander, Murkowski, Jim Clark, Goeglein, Sixto, A Jackson, Zirkle, C J Ward, Ullman, Vito Fossella and now Charles R. Black. You really should be ashamed of yourself. Cheers!

[bobnjersey]

[Democrats can only Hate and spit anger. ]
[Posted by demslie2u at 03:43 PM : Jun 27, 2008]

isn''t this exactly what you do with every one of your posts?

does this make you a democrat ... or a liar?

[zabarc]

Posted by mrbrill
Poor Repugs... Doing everything they can to avoid seeing reality. There''''s no more crooked group of people than the Republican Party. Yes, many politicians regardless of party are crooked, but per Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, 18 of the top 22 corrupt politicans are Republicans. This is more than a statistical anomaly.

Mrbill,

How can anyone take that list seriously? There is no mention of William Jefferson for his 91K in the freeze or Harry Reid for his land deal where he made 800K overnight. There are more dems that should also be on that list such as Ted Kennedy for murder. That is just off the top of my head. I%u2019m not saying the Republicans that are corrupt don%u2019t deserve to be called out, but that list is a very partisan list.

[fstop100]

i blinked the money was gone....

[mrbrill]

Trying to stick at the subject on hand, though, I am surprised this article is actually not more critical. I mean, are we going to get stimulus checks every month? I doubt that this will have any real effect in helping the economy. This is only my opinion (well, others as well), but to use a phrase from Bush, history will be the judge... (which is an idiotic phrase, but it''s typical of Bush'' rhetoric...)

[jerpil74]

Excuse my spelling in my earlier post. I meant conundrum instead of codundrom. So we over 50 year olds can''t spell..oh well. :)

[xyno-2009]

Like I said, Nelson5715, is a dumb Scotchman troll trying to stir the pot....He doesn''''t know what he is talking about.....Best to ignore him

Posted by willo1301 at 01:54 PM : Jun 27, 2008

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Thanks ... I always wondered what his problem was.

[mrbrill]

Poor Repugs... Doing everything they can to avoid seeing reality. There''s no more crooked group of people than the Republican Party. Yes, many politicians regardless of party are crooked, but per Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, 18 of the top 22 corrupt politicans are Republicans. This is more than a statistical anomaly.

[jerpil74]

Barbara99: This under 30 year old is typing to tell you to get off the blogosphere until ''''ye learnest to typest''''!!!

Rusty9j, didn''t you read BarbaraM99''s post..she said she is legally blind since birth and didn''t have any proper schooling..don''t be dissing us over 50 year olds unless you have been there. Now in order for us to have independent energy we have to use existing technology and comme up with some serious solutions. I for one think that using hydrogen feul cell technology and new forms of electrical energy technology can make a difference in our energy condundrom.