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What tarp and stimulus mean to me.

Estimated cost 3 Trillion dollars.
That is approximately $10,000 for EVERY PERSON in the United States.

That means $30,000 from my household alone. I was just thinking what I could use that money for, just to give it perspective.

  • Over 5 years of Groceries.
  • 14 years of electricity
  • Over 6 years of tuition for my child.
  • Eyeglasses and contacts for 120 years.
  • 1000 co pays for doctor's visits
  • Pay my vehicle off & purchase a new one for my wife. Hers has over 200k miles
  • Replace our home computers every year for the next 10 years
  • or at the current rate of every 4 years replacement the next 40 years.
  • 600 New release video games.
  • 83 years of Dungeons and Dragons online, World of Warcraft or other online game.
  • 50 years of DSL.
  • 14,563 Venti coffees from Starbucks or 7229 if I get a cookie with it.
  • 714 5 gal homebrew beer kits
  • 1500 new dvds or 4500 if I buy them pre-viewed from Blockbuster.
  • 133 Good tickets to Nascar races including a bus ride there and back and spending money
  • 100 nice vacation trips for my family.

Think about it people, that is a lot of money.

Re: What tarp and stimulus mean to me.

Pagan's picture

What it means to me is simple, yet another Pork project for the Politicians.

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Boanerges's picture

Hey, They are going to kick us $13.00 a week back!

Re: What tarp and stimulus mean to me.

Pagan's picture

Wow, almost as good of a return for the $$$ as SSIC Eye-wink

Re: What tarp and stimulus mean to me.

Pagan's picture

Re: What tarp and stimulus mean to me.

Boanerges's picture

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Fremen's picture

Great evaluation, Boanerges, and here's the clincher:
ALL of the activities/items you listed = one thing, man...
ECONOMIC STIMULUS!!!
It's so fricking simple, it makes me sick, man!

Re: What tarp and stimulus mean to me.

Boanerges's picture

I was wondering if anyone would catch that!