So, the House just passed a massive, incredible economic "stimulus package" that amounts to handing out free money to people in return for them continuing to breathe. Sounds fair, right?
Oh, I forgot. Congress hasn't actually passed a real budget in three years, we're already running a deficit because most Iraq war funding comes in "Emergency" supplemental Appropriations bills debated under special rules, and to top it off borrowing most of the money to fund the from China.
Anyone remember the Family Guy where Peter is told by a loanshark:
The difference between us and other banks, Mr. Griffin, is that we're not a real bank!Now, imagine Yao Ming holding Henry Paulson upside down by his ankles and shaking the change out of his pockets. Seriously. The Chinese hold so much American debt they have to be happier than a bookmaker on Super Bowl Sunday, or something like that. Does anyone else wonder when we're gonna get our collective legs broke? We might be getting nice fresh $600 checks from our senile Uncle Sam this spring, which I assume is a seperate process from this, but remember where it really comes from. Maybe I should learn to speak Mandarin.
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