Don't worry Chuck, your not alone. I've resigned myself to it's interesting conversation and no matter what I or most think, it doesn't matter anyways.
Chuck Bartosch wrote: > On Mar 10, 2009, at 11:23 PM, George Rogato wrote: > >> I heard from my far right wing buddy, that the plan is to get to $15 >> Trillion by the time they are all done. >> >> Seriously. >> >> For the record, I am not sure if anyone else has noticed, but I have >> yet >> to actually meet anyone, anyone from the far left to the far right, >> and >> we have plenty of both around here, that think any of this bail out is >> worth while. > > Yeah, I've heard similar comments from folks on both ends of the > spectrum. There's lots of skepticism. Me, I don't bother having an > opinion because, as much as I keep up on this stuff...well, I don't > know dinky-do. > > I have *no* idea why I'm responding to this thread. Normally I like to > pretend I'm smart enough to stay out of such discussions ;-). Must be > all that economic stress is addling my brain! > > Chuck > >> I hear, give Americans a free tax year and let us stimulate that >> way. I >> hear let them fail, it's natural for the weak to fail, and it;s there >> own fault. >> But I just have not heard one person say, I agree what a great idea. >> And >> I come across a lot of people. >> >> >> I like the idea money will be spent on broadband, but not citigroup, >> myself. >> >> George >> >> >> Chuck Bartosch wrote: >>> LOL, dude, some pretty trivial math would tell you that's clearly not >>> even in the ballpark! >>> >>> Maybe if the stimulus were $7.4 trillion, not $740 billion. But, hey, >>> what's a factor of 10 or so between friends, eh? >>> >>> ;-) >>> >>> Chuck >>> >>> On Mar 10, 2009, at 10:32 PM, Brad Belton wrote: >>> >>>> Is it true that the amount of money spent in "stimulus" plans would >>>> be equal >>>> to or less than the government writing every household in America a >>>> $70k or >>>> $80k check? >>>> >>>> Something tells me that would have been better use of taxpayer funds >>>> to >>>> "stimulate" the economy rather than what has and is been done so >>>> far... >>>> >>>> Brad >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] >>>> On >>>> Behalf Of Travis Johnson >>>> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 7:34 PM >>>> To: WISPA General List >>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] schools >>>> >>>> Too bad this isn't really helping much. I am heading to a Public >>>> Hearing >>>> right now for our school district. Even with the stimulus money, >>>> they >>>> are still talking about getting rid of 20-30 teachers and counselors >>>> next school year. And the year after that there may be that many >>>> more. >>>> That's a 10-15% reduction in our school district. >>>> >>>> So now it's looking like we did a $700 Billion dollar "loan", and we >>>> are >>>> STILL going to have a ton more layoffs and businesses going out of >>>> business. :( >>>> >>>> Travis >>>> Microserv >>>> >>>> RickG wrote: >>>>> Where is this headed? >>>>> http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/factsheet/overview.html >>>>> Is this an income stream possibility for a WISP? >>>>> -RickG >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> ---- >>>>> WISPA Wants You! 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