Obama wants to give every family a $500 check

[itsrobert]

I guess we can all go out and buy a Playstation 3. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

[Unsane]

Hillary's is $650

[itsrobert]

2. Sold!

Not; my vote isn't for sale.

[allinktup]

1. It worked for Bush

[havocmom]

3. I'd prefer getting the government back under the people's control

Tell him to keep the chump change.

[calmblueocean]

4. Maybe that's Playstation money for you, for others it keeps their kids fed

$500 can go a long way if you know how to spend it.

[ellisonz]

9. For my family...

That's gasoline for 2-3 months or food for one month and a week or two. We live in a very expensive state due to geography.

[lvx35]

5. Ooh! I love stimulus. Its so stimulating when people take my money and hand it back to me.

And tell me that its a gift. What IS the deal with this bipartisian handing out money business?

[water]

8. YES!

The idea that the government is going to bribe us with some of the money it already stole -- while increasing spending -- would be hilarious... if it wasn't seriously being discussed.

[FrenchieCat]

6. he plans on doing payroll tax cuts.....

The plan means billions in breaks by: nixing income taxes for the 7 million senior citizens making less than $50,000 a year, establishing a universal credit for the 10 million homeowners who make less than $50,000 annually and do not itemize their deductions, and providing 150 million Americans with tax cuts of up to $1,000.

"I'd reward work by providing an income tax cut of up to $500 per person -- or $1,000 for each working family -- to offset the payroll tax that they're already paying," he said.

"Because this credit would be greater than their income tax bill, my proposal would effectively eliminate all income taxes for 10 million working Americans."

Obama proposes funding the tax cuts by closing corporate loopholes, cracking down on international tax havens and increasing the dividend-and-capital-gains tax for the wealthy, he said.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/09/18/obama.taxplan/index.html

[Recursion]

7. Jeez... we've been pushing for FICA offsets for years

And now that he has a workable plan to keep the poor from paying taxes on their wages twice, you make fun of it.

[cobalt1999]

10. The old quote still rings true...

The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money. Alexis de Tocqueville

[Adelante]

11. What an idiot

you are.

[Girlieman]

12. Meanwhile the jobs keep going to China

It's just bread and circuses.

[Bluebear]

13. yay! Trickle-down economics just like President Reagan believed in!

[MethuenProgressive]

14. Will he get the money from his Slumlord patron Antoin "Tony" Rekzo?