I got this in an email forward. No idea where it came from or who wrote it, but it wasn’t me. I wish I could take credit, but I’m not really clever enough to figure out how best to spend my money to stimulate the American economy. Most of my money goes to pay taxes so that I can pay for other people’s retirements, education, and health care. I’m not really sure why that’s fair, but somehow believing that I’m entitled to keep my money makes me a racist. I guess some things are just mysteries…

Sometime this year,  we taxpayers will again receive another ‘Economic Stimulus’ payment.

This is indeed a very exciting program, and I’ll explain it by using a Q&A format:

Q.  What is an ‘Economic Stimulus’ payment?
A.  It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.

Q.  Where will the government get this money?
A.  From taxpayers.

Q.  So the government is giving me back my own money?
A.  Only a smidgen of it.

Q.  What is the purpose of this payment?
A.  The plan is for you to use the money to purchase a high-definition TV set,  thus stimulating the economy.

Q.  But isn’t that stimulating the economy of China?
A.  Shut up.

Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the U.S. Economy by spending your stimulus check wisely:

*  If you spend the stimulus money at Wal-Mart,  the money will
Go to China or Sri Lanka …

*  If you spend it on gasoline,  your money will go to the Arabs.

*  If you purchase a computer,  it will go to India, Taiwan or China.

*  If you purchase fruit and vegetables,  it will go to Mexico,
Honduras and Guatemala ..

*  If you buy an efficient car,  it will go to Japan or Korea.

*  If you purchase useless stuff,  it will go to Taiwan.

*  If you pay your credit cards off, or buy stock, it will go tomanagement bonuses and they will hide it offshore.

Instead, keep the money in America by:

1)  Spending it at yard sales,  or

2)  Going to ball games,  or

3)  Spending it on prostitutes,  or

4)  Beer, or

5) Tattoos.

(These are the only American businesses still operating in the U.S.)

Conclusion:
Go to a ball game with a tattooed prostitute that you met at a yard saleand drink beer all day!

No need to thank me,  I’m just glad I could be of  help.

From Yahoo Finance:

Vice President Joe Biden wants all Americans to know about the roughly $300 billion in tax breaks that were part of the Recovery Act passed last year.

There’s also the issue of whether these tax cuts, in conjunction with the health care reform bill signed last week, represent a redistribution of wealth in America, as many claim.

“It’s a simple proposition to us: Everyone is entitled to adequate medical health care,” Biden says. “If you call that a ‘redistribution of income’ – well, so be it. I don’t call it that. I call it just being fair – giving the middle class taxpayers an even break that the wealthy have been getting.”(Emphasis mine)

Hey Joe, I think everyone’s entitled to a representative government. You don’t mind if we drastically slash your pay, do you? While we’re at it, I think everyone is entitled to organic meats and produce to feed their families. I would love to buy only organic, but the price is so high that I simply can’t do it. I demand a government subsidy. And why am I still getting a water bill each month? Isn’t water a necessity? Of all the things you can’t live without, I’d put water second on the list, right after air. It’s so unfair that I have to pay for water, when it should be a basic human right.

Are you getting the picture, Joe, or should I go on? Or did I just provide you with a whole new list of government programs? That’s a scary thought.

The fact is that people have rights so long as they don’t infringe upon the rights of another person. To say that one person has the right to a service provided by someone else is not fair, it’s insane.