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Post subject: Re: Economic Stimulus  Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:53 pm |
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Seahawk Sailor wrote: SonicHawk wrote: Seahawk Sailor wrote: If economic stimulus is supposed to, yanno, actually stimulate the American economy, why not give the money to U.S. small businesses? That way we know 100% of the money will go exactly where they say they want it to go. What the hell does that even mean? Give the money to small business? Does that mean I get a big check? It means exactly what it says. Instead of the government handing out stimulus checks to every American taxpayer to stimulate the economy, why wouldn't it be a good idea if they instead gave those checks out to every American-owned business? Wouldn't that be a better idea, seeing as they want the stimulus to go to American business? Wouldn't that go 100% to American business instead of mostly to Taiwan and Japan and China and India and such? If one buys into the whole "stimulus helps the economy" argument, wouldn't this be the best of all worlds? No matter how you distribute the money it ends up in the same place. I'm not one for handing out free checks.
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Post subject: Re: Economic Stimulus Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:54 pm |
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Seahawk Sailor wrote: SonicHawk wrote: Seahawk Sailor wrote: If economic stimulus is supposed to, yanno, actually stimulate the American economy, why not give the money to U.S. small businesses? That way we know 100% of the money will go exactly where they say they want it to go. What the hell does that even mean? Give the money to small business? Does that mean I get a big check? It means exactly what it says. Instead of the government handing out stimulus checks to every American taxpayer to stimulate the economy, why wouldn't it be a good idea if they instead gave those checks out to every American-owned business? Wouldn't that be a better idea, seeing as they want the stimulus to go to American business? Wouldn't that go 100% to American business instead of mostly to Taiwan and Japan and China and India and such? If one buys into the whole "stimulus helps the economy" argument, wouldn't this be the best of all worlds? I always thought vouchers for the specific types of business you're trying to stimulate would be most effective. But I'm pretty sure the plan was to get as much of this back into the banks as possible anyway so I can see why they opted for the checks. _________________   Tanzania¹²
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Post subject: Re: Economic Stimulus Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 1:43 am |
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I love how when you say some indisputable shit on this forum nobody responds. Let's just argue or have no conversation at all. Bravo, gentlemen.  _________________ Tanzania¹²
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Post subject: Re: Economic Stimulus Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 8:38 am |
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SonicHawk wrote: Seahawk Sailor wrote: SonicHawk wrote: What the hell does that even mean? Give the money to small business?
Does that mean I get a big check? It means exactly what it says. Instead of the government handing out stimulus checks to every American taxpayer to stimulate the economy, why wouldn't it be a good idea if they instead gave those checks out to every American-owned business? Wouldn't that be a better idea, seeing as they want the stimulus to go to American business? Wouldn't that go 100% to American business instead of mostly to Taiwan and Japan and China and India and such? If one buys into the whole "stimulus helps the economy" argument, wouldn't this be the best of all worlds? No matter how you distribute the money it ends up in the same place. I'm not one for handing out free checks. I'm not either, which is why I've been opposed to all the stimulus passed over the past decade or so. I don't think it works as advertised, although the argument might be made it works exactly how they intend it to, which says volumes about them if so. Zebulon Dak wrote: I always thought vouchers for the specific types of business you're trying to stimulate would be most effective. But I'm pretty sure the plan was to get as much of this back into the banks as possible anyway so I can see why they opted for the checks. Yep. And that's exactly what I was talking about when I said it speaks volumes about them. They're not really working with the best interests of the American people in mind anymore. _________________ I blog, I tweet. When I'm not writing or goofing around on Seahawks.NET.
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Post subject: Re: Economic Stimulus Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:47 pm |
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Seahawk Sailor wrote: Zebulon Dak wrote: I always thought vouchers for the specific types of business you're trying to stimulate would be most effective. But I'm pretty sure the plan was to get as much of this back into the banks as possible anyway so I can see why they opted for the checks. Yep. And that's exactly what I was talking about when I said it speaks volumes about them. They're not really working with the best interests of the American people in mind anymore. Banks are people.
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Post subject: Re: Economic Stimulus Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 2:50 pm |
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12evanf wrote: Seahawk Sailor wrote: Zebulon Dak wrote: I always thought vouchers for the specific types of business you're trying to stimulate would be most effective. But I'm pretty sure the plan was to get as much of this back into the banks as possible anyway so I can see why they opted for the checks. Yep. And that's exactly what I was talking about when I said it speaks volumes about them. They're not really working with the best interests of the American people in mind anymore. Banks are people. Banks are sociopaths
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Post subject: Re: Economic Stimulus Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2013 3:03 pm |
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SacHawk2.0 wrote: Banks are sociopaths Yes, all banks are horrible, there are NO exceptions 
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