Who are we stimulating?

  

Congress recently passed a $168 billion so called “Stimulus Package.” Who is really going to benefit or get stimulated? The only major part of the package which I can agree with is the part which is helping our veterans. But the question that comes forth from all those who claim to” Support the Troops” why does supporting the troops, after six years of war have to be considered now in an economic stimulus package?

 

Part of the reason is that the past control of both houses used patriotism and support of the troops as political slogans versus real actions. Wounded soldiers had their measly pay deducted for meals when they were hospitalized from their wounds until it became public. Shame Shame Shame.

 

Now, both Democratics and Republicans come out with this so called “Stimulus Package.” It should be more appropriately called, “Get me Reelected in November and Pile on more National Debt Package.”  We are bowering from ourselves with the hope that people will go to Walmart and buy more stuff from China or continue pay the high gas prices so the oil companies and their Arab Sheik friends can make more billions.

 

I suggest instead of sending a check that our government issue VISA Cards with a set limit that we have to pay back in three years. Maybe then Americans then will realize we our using our American Express Card to pay our VISA!

 

If we are going to create REAL stimulus we should use that $168 billion to truly invest in our future. Let’s create real jobs that produce clean energy, let’s produce jobs that retrofit every home with proper insulation, let’s give meaningful tax credits for every American that buys energy saving devices for their homes and businesses. Let’s give interest free loans for those who want to put solar panels on their homes and businesses if those products are produced in the US of A. And guess what? Those people and businesses will be earning real dollars that they will be paying taxes on!!

 

We have become a society that only lives in sound bites, instant gratification without planning for our futures. It took from the beginning of our nation till 1980 to have 1 trillion dollars of national debt. In the last 6 years we have added 5-6 trillion more. Yeah let’s elect someone again that strokes us with saying they are going to cut taxes! Try only paying half of your mortgage payment going forward or half your rent and see how long you will have your home. Well, our home (nation) is almost in default so why not continue to borrow against it? I want to elect someone that knows that it will take 10 years to put a man on the moon. Not someone who says it is impossible or they can do it next week.

 

Real wages are decreasing, the cost of traveling back and forth to work or the grocery store is increasing, the costs to heat your home are increasing and the disparity between the rich and average Americans have never been greater since before the Great Depression.

 

Beware of politicians who say all are problems can be blamed on illegal immigrants. The blame is on the politicians who have sold their souls to corporate lobbyists and their rich donors. When a politician comes along that doesn’t except corporate money then they have my interest. 

 

The future has to be planned, not just wished.  Unfortunately our future has been mortgaged away and the bill is past due.