With the US Debt Clock continuing to tick, and the incoming freshman class in Congress saying they’ll vote against raising thedebt ceiling, it looks like Uncle Sam is going to have to go digging under the sofa cushions for loose change.

It turns out that money doesn’t grow on trees.

Margaret Thatcher once said, “The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money.” We are officially out of money. Actually, we were out of money years ago, so we started borrowing it from China and future generations.

With all the wonderful government initiatives to pay for (wait — I thought health care was going to be free?), the money has to come from somewhere. It must be time for a tax increase. Maybe eliminating the mortgage interest deduction would help. What about a Value Added Tax? Of course, we could just let the Bush tax cuts expire in January.

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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.