House Poised to Pass Obama's $825B Economic Stimulus Package

Unless a stimulus check is being mailed directly to me....it will not effect me. The last round of bail outs did not help the economy. I do not espect this round too either. We are throwing good money after bad away and creating mor national debt.

I don't think it will affect me directly but indirectly of course because this is not a solution to our problem. We are trying to fill up a bucket with water that has holes in it and you can't do that. You can't borrow money to get out of debt. That is insane.

I don't think it will help us. I don't see myself getting anything out of it directly or in directly. The last one did not help us. It helped big wigs but not anyone else. The groceries are so expensive, and I don't see that changing. I eat out less...and I will probably eat out even less. I make most everything from scratch. I have very little time as a result.

As a full-time student, the stimulus package probably won't have a huge impact on me financially. Hopefully it will help to reverse the economy. I am a big believer in the efficiency of markets, and I am afraid that the package won't work quick enough to make it worth while. I think the biggest effect the package will have on me is adding to the burden my generation will have when we become the working class. The national debt has been raised by trillians lately. It is reaching numbers that just aren't manageable (not that they were manageable before). I'm afraid the huge amount of debt will eventually lead to the downfall of the US. It seems ironic that Congress is fighting a credit crisis by taking on debt that it cannot pay back in the near future. I hope I am wrong, but the massive amounts of spending lately scare me. A liberal government doesn't give me much hope that we will reverse the trend. I can only hope I am wrong.

I can't see it doing a thing for me or anyone I know. Even if they were going to send out stimulus checks (and I know they aren't) the amount they usually send is not enough to do anything. Prices on goods is high, especially food. Better to see those prices come down so people can actually afford to buy food without having to sell their first born or take out a mortgage for a sack of groceries.

I heard that there will be no direct stimulus checks mailed out but rather tax credits for employees. Since I'm not longer working that won't help me. The extension of unemployment benefits won't help me because my unemployment benefits don't come from the state or the feds. I'll have to learn more about any benefits to small business...aside from loans which my husband doesn't want to get...but it doesn't look like it will have any direct effect on me at all.

That's hard to say. I havent really thought about what the stimulus check would do for me. I dont really know exactly what is going to be offered. I guess I will have to see what sorts of things that are going to be in the plan so I will wait and see what sorts of things are going to happen. I hope for the best.