You are all sheep

So, President Bush is trying to save us from a recession by sending everyone who made less than $85,000 last year somewhere between $600 & $1200. In theory this could be a decent jumping point to do just that. If, that is, everyone were to be smart with their money. Most people will I'm sure will be fucking stupid though. There are two smart options that would help the economy, but then there are the millions of people who will fuck it all up.

Option number one is if you plan on spending the money. This is a rule you should follow all of the time, but no one really does because they are stupid. Buy only American made products that are sold at small "Mom & Pop" store as opposed to a huge chain store. This will help twofold. One by purchasing American made products you are creating a demand for American workers and products. Instead of buying a Sony TV, DVD player, or whatever it is you desire buy Phillips or some other American product. The more American products you buy the more money (and jobs for that matter) stay in America. By shopping at the Mom & Pop joints you are helping the little guy stay in business. Is it really going to make that big of a difference if you spend $50 less dollars at Wal-Mart? probably not. The extra money you spend there will then in turn stay in your community instead of padding the already overloaded bank account of Wal-Mart.

Smart option #2 would be to pay off then cut up and throw away your credit cards. I know its hard to get along without a credit card these days, but I know from experience that it can be done. If you need to keep one for emergencies fine, But I get along just fine with Pre-Paid cards and a Debit card. The reason this would help would be because it would free up more money that you the consumer would be able to put back into products like I mentioned above. Again it would only work if the products purchased were American made and purchased in small community stores. Any time Americans can get out of debt is a very good thing.

As I said before most people will probably just blow this money on things they don't need and really shouldn't buy. Go ahead America fuck it up again.