I’ve been worrying about the state of the economy, what with the bailout and all. Apparently all is well.
I got a notice in the mail yesterday from Social Security. It says, “Good news! The economic recovery bill that President Obama signed into law in February 2009 provides for a one-time payment of $250 to Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries.” It says my wife will get a one-time check in the same amount. That totals $500!
Let’s see now, I guess that is fair enough, billions to the billionaires and $500 to us. After all, they have so much more than we do, so no doubt they should get more. Why our one-time payment combined will provide almost one third of my next mortgage payment!
So, thank you Mr. President and Congress for thinking of We the People, and here we thought those trillions went solely to the billionaires.
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Gosh Steve. What are you going to do with all that new found wealth? What has your Financial Adviser suggested?
What’s even worse is that they’re making the dollar worth less and less every day, so a few hundred dollars thrown as a bone to people isn’t going to really make a difference.
On top of it, the government is broke.
Yes Michael. The whole scenario ( dole out a few bucks to a bunch of people who have seen their nest egg for retirement disappear is ludicrous ). Most likely their net worth has decreased substantially.
To some people that won’t matter much, unless suddenly you need it. Then what, think $500 might save a family?
There needs to be a way for the “little people” to recover from what the “big boys” wrought. Those big boys got their losses covered by – guess who?
That would be you Steve, and me, and Michael, you too.
Don’t they tax those “benefits” too? Seems absurd to me.
I guess the Obamanation is OK, if you really enjoy peanuts as a steady diet.
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