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Lifer
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Answer me this....
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10/10/2013 3:20:38 PM
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I read yesterday that PBS/CPB recieved their annual funding from the feds during the shutdown to the tune of $445 million. I will not even go into the whether that funding should even be in the budget. I just use this ONE example to illustrate a point.
The population of the U.S.A. is 325 million to use round numbers. So instead of funding PBS, or any number of other boondoggles, the U.S. Treasury could cut a check to every American for $1 million and still have $100 million left over. Now that would be an economic stimulus. Of course if I ruled the world at the same time I would do away with HUD, no more housing subsidies, EVER. I would even give anyone living in federal housing a deed to their property along with upkeep and utilities they would be responsible for. No more welfare, EVER. In fact the only payments would be to SS recipients because they paid in and were promised it, but a phase out of that would be worked out too. I'm sure you see where I am going with this.
Of course some folks would be broke again in no time. Too bad. You had better hope one of your friends or loved ones was smart enough to be frugal, and willing to take you in.
If Bush's $300 was supposedly a stimulus imagine what this plan would do for the economy. Just a pipe dream of course. It could never happen because the politicians would not be able to control most folks anymore with the paltry checks they get now.
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MrHodja
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10/10/2013 3:42:29 PM
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I think you may want to look a decimal point placement in your numbers. The PBS funding and ciizen numbers are 450 and 325, each followed by six zeroes. If the Gov't were to write a check to every citizen it would be for about a buck thirty eight each.
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blmeanie
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10/10/2013 4:40:48 PM
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With a buck thirty eight each we all could buy a large soda, except those people in NYC of course
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MAJ USA RET
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Charities - Penalties - NO TAXES!
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10/10/2013 5:43:31 PM
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I Might give $1.38 to CPB/PBS… but, NOT if
somebody was trying to force me to give… and going to take $1.00 of the top to
manage my donation… er… tax.
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GoneFishin
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Gee Whiz
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10/10/2013 6:42:33 PM (updated 10/10/2013 6:43:05 PM)
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I was a millionaire for 24 minutes and tore up my EBT card. Thanks to Hodja, I have go through the trash can and tape the card back together.
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MrHodja
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Gee Whiz
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10/10/2013 9:14:31 PM
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Poor baby....
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Lifer
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10/11/2013 2:12:11 PM
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Your right of course. I was thinking BILLION and didn't catch my typo since I was on my phone. But even worse than that is the headline was 445 Million. I misread it. That is what sent me into the mini rage I was having when I posted that. So I guess a never mind is in order....lol. But the point is still valid. I'm sure we could find 325 million laying around somewhere in Washington.
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