Feds Going to ‘Save’ us with Stimulus Package

Please excuse the skeptic in me, I guess he hasn’t been properly fed lately.

By now you have all heard that Obama’s Gurus have put together a handy how-to guide to help our faltering economy. The price tag, as of this writing, is $787 billion of our tax dollars. Wow, that should stimulate even the most stubborn spend thrift amongst us. Do you hear that bankers, we don’t need your stinking money.

Let’s look at how this kick in the financial pants is going to help us.

$120 billion for infrastructure – repairing bridges, roads, and government buildings. I wonder what percentage is going to go for government buildings. Personally, I think the roads and bridges should get it first, after all it is our money.

$100 billion plus for education – keep it all from the administrators, we have seen far too often how they like to spend top dollar for coffee makers and cushy office digs for themselves first. How about letting the kids and teachers have the lions share this time, okay guys.

$30 billion on energy-related projects to create “green jobs”. Since this “green jobs” things is such a new concept, and apparently the latest hot button issue, expect this money to be frittered away before someone can get a real handle on how it should be spent. I wonder if this is the 1-3 million new jobs the Budget Office is claiming will be created. Since so many jobs have been lost this past year is this going to equal a net loss or gain?

Over $212 billion in tax breaks for individuals and businesses – this way the money only goes to those who actually file taxes. What a concept, giving back to the people who actually footed the bill for this monster plan. $400 per person doesn’t sound like very much and we all now it won’t go very far.

But, there’s plenty to go around, so for those of you who no longer have jobs because of the way those greed-meisters on Wall Street ripped this economy apart, here’s a little something for you: $267 billion in direct spending like food stamps and unemployment benefits. There’s even enough for all the illegals who live off of us.

Realistically speaking, this is more of a band-aid than any real help. It is rightfully labeled a ‘stimulus plan’ and not a big fix. It will take some very fancy footwork and hard introspections to get this economy to the stable and prosperous condition it was in before the Bush administration dipped their greedy fingers into the till.

Hmmm, according to my calculations this comes to $729 billion. I wonder where the remaining $58 billion is going? Oh well, I'm sure Obama's crew has the matter under control. No worries, right?

So, let’s not sit on the sidelines holding our breath for this financial wizardry to take effect, go out and spend your $400 bucks like the ‘gift’ it is meant to be. We’ll worry about how we’re going to pay for it tomorrow. After all, we’re carrying on and old American tradition.