Bush Sees Signs the Stimulus May Be Working!

Annie,

I haven't recieved mine yet so I wouldn't know. Even though I believe you give the man too much credit for something that for the most part is out of his control I will agree with you on one thing; me and millions of others spending 600 dollars is not going to turn the economy around!
The largest factor that has put the economy into this mess is the home mortgage industry and their shady lending practices(something I might add GWB had nothing to do with)! Until that issue is addressed our economy will continue to falter.

Yeah, sure the gas prices are high but they have been headed that way ever since we let the oil companies lie to us in the 70s about the oil "shortage" so they could get the pipeline built in Alaska! They lied to us then and we believed them so why not lie now and see if they can go two for two?

We haven't gotten it yet, we got the letter saying it would be here on the 6th so maybe tomorrow. I am able to tell you what were are going to do with it though. We are going to pay off the health care bills we have, since we have Bush's great HSA plan. I doubt there will be much left after and I'm not even sure if it will pay them all off. I don't believe that will stimulate the economy in any way. We might have enough for a candy bar

I really do not see the checks turning around the ecomony. Yes the checked helped us. But with the way gas and food prices are going up we are going to need more than a few hundred dollars to turn things around.

He must have uttered those words before the gas jumped 10 dollars a barell in 24 hrs alone. Or before the jobless report came out today, that said companies have laid off or eliminated 50,000 more jobs, or before he heard the news that airlines are starting to cancel routes, and lower seating allotments on planes to save gas. He is literally out of his mind. What planet is he living on. Maybe because last month new houses being bought rose 1 hundredth of a percent, or because the economy grew by some ridiculously horrendously small number. Give me a break how dumb can he be. Oh thats right I forgot we pay for him to live in that big white house and say stupid crap.

HEy Annie

My stimulus check is long but gone, and I have to say that I spent the bulk of mine on a digital SLR camera and if you've seen any of my pictures that I have uploaded in the past 2 weeks, you can see the difference in what I have taken.

but I bought a camera and photoshop CS3

So I am definitely not complaining, it was teh only way I was going to get a top of the line DSLR, and not a point and shoot, its got so many bells and whistles on it its going to take me a while to learn them all.

I think the effects of the stimulus are going to be short term ....and it won't be pretty to watch it loose its effect and we will be back in the same spot we were a year ago.

Mooch

I didn't get mine yet. I wonder if I will even get one? I am on social security and I also made $1600 writing with AC last year that I counted as income. If it comes it was supposed to be mailed out today. My social ends with 32 so it was supposed to be mailed out today.

I haven't gotten my check yet, but my parents have. I like the way you portray Bush... a hopefule leader who wants to help America. The way that basically everyone portrays him.. to be an evil person who hates america-- it's just bull.
But back to the post. I can't wait to get my check! I'm going to save it.

It's amazing how the perspective on how wonderful the economy is when you're viewing it from behind his desk eh?! LOL

Ours is supposed to be here today, or shortly there after. But the mail hasn't ran yet...sooo??? We will be getting a whoppong 1500!!WooHoo, that'll help pay off a couple fines, get my daughter a bike for her birthday, and help with the mortgage. All in just time, my fiance got laid off a month ago. Unfortunetley, this wont help us out next month!!
So from my view point, not really "stimulating" the economy, just a little helping hand for those of us falling behind. Kind of like delaying the inevitable. I really hope we can keep our house!!!

Yeah, sure it's working. Crude oil is expected to rise to $150. a barrel by July 4. I have issues of whether I should buy toilet paper or a loaf of bread. (Suggestions welcome)

At the moment I type this the DOW is in the red 394.64 (end of trading for June 6).

Incidentally, I did not "qualify" for the "stimulus" package, but if I had, you can bet your boots I'd have put it away for a rainy day, and it looks like MAJOR storms in the forecast.

Oh sure his stimulus is "working" -- on what and where I haven't a clue.