Stimulate This!!

Robert Gibbs' Press Briefing

Questions & Answers About The Stimulus Bill

(Thanks Harry)

Q. Where will the government get this money?
A. From, uh, the taxpayers.
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Q. So the government is giving me back my own money?

A. No, uh, only a smidgen.
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Q. What is the purpose of this payment?

A. The plan is that you will use the, uh, money to purchase a, uh, high-definition, uh, TV Set, thus, uh, stimulating the economy.
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Q. But isn't that stimulating the economies of China and Japan?

A. The president has, uh, been quite clear on, uh, on this. Uh, next question.
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How your stimulus check will help the US economy:

  • If you spend that money at Wal-Mart, the money will go to China.
  • If you spend it on gasoline it will go to the Arabs.
  • If you purchase a computer it will go to India.
  • If you purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala (unless you buy organic).
  • If you buy a car it will go to Japan.
  • If you purchase useless crap it will go to Taiwan.

Instead, you can keep the money in America by spending it at yard sales, going to a baseball game, getting a tattoo, or spending it on prostitutes, domestic beer and wine. Those are about the only American businesses still operating in the US!! (Well, not Budweiser)

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