I'm just starting to notice signs at local car places about "Cash for Clunkers" and stories about it online. Now I'm seeing a story that John McCain will be opposing more money for "Cash for Clunkers."
Why McCain is opposed to it, I don't really know. His campaign was sort of a clunker and he got all kinds of cash for that.
When it comes to Brainiacs who know what good legislation is (or bad) I don't think we should be looking to McCain. After all, his idea of a great president (vice president who might have to step in) was Sarah Palin. And we know what a clunker that idea was.
I don't think my own personal clunker would qualify for this program. Not that I've looked it up, since I'm not in the market for a car. But I think it has to be a gas guzzler and mine gets fairly good mileage.
But I'm not opposed to subsidies for other people's cars, since it's all meant to stimulate the economy. They used to just send us a check. Now they're channeling the money into a program like this, which seems more efficient. Go right to the point of sale where someone is actually spending it.
McCain and the Republicans (clunkers every one) will be opposed to this. They are, after all, afraid that something might work. They're invested in the idea that Obama must fail. So they can stand back and complain about how he failed, i.e., precisely what they wanted. (Hint: The Republicans are no good.)
Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label economy. Show all posts
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Monday, March 23, 2009
Obama Does It Again!
Did President Obama do that? Make the stock market go up another 6.8%?
I guess he did, because people were willing to blame him when it went down. So he must be working some of his own Obamagic to get things done.
I hope things keep improving, but who knows? It seems like if everything's as bad as they say that we'll have downs as well as ups. Even if we have lots of downs in addition to the ups, we can be extra thankful that we have Obama and not Bush in office. The fragrance of honesty as opposed to Bush's stench of corruption is a major up all by itself.
As for everyone picking at Obama, criticizing everything he does, there's not one of them could do it any better. The Republicans? Please. They had eight years and gave us pure misery every single day. Obama's got it going on. He's the only president we have. We want him to succeed! If Obama succeeds we all win.
In other news, it's reported, through Oprah, that Michelle Obama is not pregnant.
I guess he did, because people were willing to blame him when it went down. So he must be working some of his own Obamagic to get things done.
I hope things keep improving, but who knows? It seems like if everything's as bad as they say that we'll have downs as well as ups. Even if we have lots of downs in addition to the ups, we can be extra thankful that we have Obama and not Bush in office. The fragrance of honesty as opposed to Bush's stench of corruption is a major up all by itself.
As for everyone picking at Obama, criticizing everything he does, there's not one of them could do it any better. The Republicans? Please. They had eight years and gave us pure misery every single day. Obama's got it going on. He's the only president we have. We want him to succeed! If Obama succeeds we all win.
In other news, it's reported, through Oprah, that Michelle Obama is not pregnant.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
You Don't Need It
You don't need it.
I'm sitting amongst piles of stuff. There's two courses -- and I suppose each one is good for the economy in its own way. One is to spend, the other to save.
The fact is I've done both, but spending comes more naturally. Not because I really think I need stuff, but it's more natural (to me) to accumulate and surround myself with stuff than not. I see the Simple Living magazines at the store and figure it's just another fad to make money off of.
I've saved money a little bit. It's hard to do, not just because of imagined needs but because of actual needs, like paying the bills and extraordinary expenses that come along. Rainy day stuff. Some of this is also paying for other people's rainy day stuff. Altruism when you can't avoid it.
The big thing about having so much stuff -- and here I'm talking library types of stuff, videos, DVDs, CDs, books, etc. -- is that there's not really any time to enjoy it to the max. Time is what it is. There's all the time spent in sleep, then in work, then in family duties, then in eating, then in watching American Idol. And after you get all that done, you've got about two hours left. Music, as an example, involves real time. You don't listen to 10 minutes worth of stuff in three minutes. So whatever you happen to have, there's no time to enjoy it.
Leading to my main point: You don't need it. It's piled up. And that's where it shall stay.
Saving money is the way to go, which of course can also be detrimental to the economy. It's the way to go because rainy day disasters -- needing a place to live, for example -- is a lot more important than the junk you surround yourself with.
There's an old thing, a saying I either made up or heard somewhere; it's from years ago. Which is, If you can't have everything there's no point in having anything. I don't agree with that in absolute terms, but it definitely pops the balloon of collecting.
I'm sitting amongst piles of stuff. There's two courses -- and I suppose each one is good for the economy in its own way. One is to spend, the other to save.
The fact is I've done both, but spending comes more naturally. Not because I really think I need stuff, but it's more natural (to me) to accumulate and surround myself with stuff than not. I see the Simple Living magazines at the store and figure it's just another fad to make money off of.
I've saved money a little bit. It's hard to do, not just because of imagined needs but because of actual needs, like paying the bills and extraordinary expenses that come along. Rainy day stuff. Some of this is also paying for other people's rainy day stuff. Altruism when you can't avoid it.
The big thing about having so much stuff -- and here I'm talking library types of stuff, videos, DVDs, CDs, books, etc. -- is that there's not really any time to enjoy it to the max. Time is what it is. There's all the time spent in sleep, then in work, then in family duties, then in eating, then in watching American Idol. And after you get all that done, you've got about two hours left. Music, as an example, involves real time. You don't listen to 10 minutes worth of stuff in three minutes. So whatever you happen to have, there's no time to enjoy it.
Leading to my main point: You don't need it. It's piled up. And that's where it shall stay.
Saving money is the way to go, which of course can also be detrimental to the economy. It's the way to go because rainy day disasters -- needing a place to live, for example -- is a lot more important than the junk you surround yourself with.
There's an old thing, a saying I either made up or heard somewhere; it's from years ago. Which is, If you can't have everything there's no point in having anything. I don't agree with that in absolute terms, but it definitely pops the balloon of collecting.
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