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View Poll Results: What will you primarily do with your government check?
Spend it on local services. (Restaraunts, bars, haircuts, hookers, etc.) 1 4.76%
Buying durable goods. (Fridge, oven) 3 14.29%
Buy Chinese electrincs. (TV, iPod, computer equipment, etc.) 1 4.76%
Pay existing bills. (Credit card debt, utilities, extra mortgage payment.) 10 47.62%
Save it. (Put it in a cd and make interest off it, baby.) 4 19.05%
Other (explain) 8 38.10%
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Old 01-30-2008, 11:07 AM   #1
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Instead of giving 100 million people $1500, it would be much more effective if they gave 150,000 people one million dollars.
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Old 01-30-2008, 11:09 AM   #2
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Instead of giving 100 million people $1500, it would be much more effective if they gave 150,000 people one million dollars.
Yeah, they do that already. It's called corporate welfare, or tax breaks for the rich, so they can keep their money to stimulate the economy with.
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