Originally Posted by wookie1562

Not a good idea. Economic 'stimulus' plans such as this do nothing but create an artificial dependence on the government. Lessons in history that are forgotten, are lessons soon repeated.

When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.
-Benjamin Franklin

A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.

The average age of the world's greatest civilizations has been about 200 years. These nations have progressed through this sequence:
From bondage to spiritual faith
From spiritual faith to great courage
From courage to liberty
From liberty to abundance
From abundance to selfishness
From selfishness to apathy
From apathy to dependence
From dependence back into bondage.
-Alexander Fraser Tytler

Originally Posted by Pickup Man

That sounds pretty familiar, wookie1562...
Fear is the path to the dark side.
Fear leads to anger.
Anger leads to hate.
Hate leads to suffering....
-Master Yoda

Originally Posted by Pickup Man

Who knows, maybe my clients used their stimulus to buy their policies from me, so it's about the same!