[Grovenet] just curious

[Ed Davie]

And actually, neither are computers made in USA, 
for the most part!
Ed
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Katie Allnutt
  To: Forest Grove local interests list
  Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 2:26 PM
  Subject: Re: [Grovenet] just curious


  The idea has been proposed and they are 
'thinking' about it.  It may
  happen and then again it may not.  As to how 
much it will be that
  depends on who writes the legislation.  And we 
(as in grovenuts) may
  not get any.
  The stimulus is theoretically designed to be 
spent so it will
  stimulate the economy.  With the last one, a lot 
of people paid off
  debt, which didn't increase demand, or was saved 
for a rainy day,
  which also did not increase demand.
  The talk that I have heard is that, if there is 
a next one, they will
  target it to people who will absolutely spend it 
on stuff. Like the
  unemployed who are having troubles eating and 
paying for home
  heating.  They will go out and buy groceries and 
heating oil.
  Or they might target it to businesses that want 
to expand and buy
  equipment, thus making it easier to buy big 
pieces of equipment.

  In either case, don't hold your breath. But the 
idea of going out and
  buying a computer may be close to what will 
happen.  With digital TV
  coming down the road, they may send out a check 
either before
  Christmas or before the Feb conversion date, 
hoping that people will
  go out and buy new TVs so they don't scream when 
they realize they
  can't get TV any more and they didn't buy a 
converter box (or can't
  figure out how to connect it).

  My objection to the TV idea is that TV's are not 
made in the USA for
  the most part and the stimulus would just boost 
our trade deficit.

  Katie

  On Oct 21, 2008, at 11:37 AM, Alan Domenghini 
aka an OleHoss wrote:

  > does anyone have any idea why the government 
is going to give us
  > another
  > stimulus check, and how much it will be this 
time?
  >
  > ~alan~
  >
  > 
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