Hmmm... How does that serve as a proper analogy for the part of the Stimulus Bill that gives any community that's had 20% of it's population living at or under the poverty level 10% of the money going to the state it's in? Or the welfare reforms that are now history- do you add more chlorine when you refill the terrible economy professor's pool?
Oh- it's money being taken out of our childrens piggy banks- that misleading argument again? Well the Stimulus Bill might just do that, and it would suck. Lesson for the mindless sheep who get on the internet and are so easily suckered by demagoges who screech "the stimulus bill is generational theft!" After all, if not for those people we Bush Jr. would never have been able to bring the economy to where it is over the last 8 years ( I am no Clinton fan, but he did leave a fuc*ing budgetary surplus!!! ), But anyway: Imagine what would happen to those piggy banks if we did nothing today? Our economy would totally melt away like water evaporated in the desert sun; How could we make any money or have any money- or water- to live on and grow healthy on so we could leave our kids something if we let it melt away today? What *constructive *idea do you have, Travis? On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > From: Travis > Subject: Stimulus Bill Explained > Date: Friday, February 20, 2009, > > > > ------------------------------ > > > --- > > Fw: Stimulus Bill Explained > > ** > > Shortly after class, an economics student approaches his economics > professor and says, "I don't understand this stimulus bill. Can you explain > it to me?" The professor replied, "I don't have any time to explain it at > my office, but if you come over to my house on Saturday and help me with my > weekend project, I'll be glad to explain it to you." The student agreed. > > At the agreed-upon time, the student showed up at the professor's house. > The professor stated that the weekend project involved his backyard pool. > They both went out back to the pool, and the professor handed the student a > bucket. Demonstrating with his own bucket, the professor said, "First, go > over to the deep end, and fill your bucket with as much water as you can." > The student did as he was instructed. The professor then continued, "Follow > me over to the shallow end, and then dump all the water from your bucket > into it." The student was naturally confused, but did as he was told. > > The professor then explained they were going to do this many more times, > and began walking back to the deep end of the pool. The confused student > asked, "Excuse me, but why are we doing this?" The professor > matter-of-factly stated that he was trying to make the shallow end much > deeper. The student didn't think the economics professor was serious, but > figured that he would find out the real story soon enough. However, after > the 6th trip between the shallow end and the deep end, the student began to > become worried that his economics professor had gone mad. > > The student finally replied, "All we're doing is wasting valuable time and > effort on unproductive pursuits. Even worse, when this process is all over, > everything will be at the same level it was before, so all you'll really > have accomplished is the destruction of what could have been a truly > productive action!" The professor put down his bucket and replied with a > smile, "Congratulations. You now understand the stimulus bill." > > > > > > -- > *~@):~{> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
