This year, taxpayers will receive an Economic Stimulus payment.That I will try to explain using the Q and A format: Q.What is an Economic Stimulus Payment?
A. It is money that the federal goverment will send to taxpayers
Q. Where will the goverment get this money?
A. from taxpayers.
Q.So the goverment is giving me back my money?
A. only a smidgen.
Q. What is the purpose of this payment?
A. The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a high-definition TV set, thus stimulating the economy.
Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of china?
A. O shut up.
If you spend it at Wal-Mart, all the money goes to china.
If you spend it on gasoline it will go to the Arabs.
If you purchase a computer it will go to India.
If you purchase fruit and vegetables it will go to Mexico,Honduras, and Guatemala ( unless you buy organic).
If you buy a car it will go to Japan.
If you buy useless crap it will go to Taiwan.
and none of it will help the American economy. It's like taking water from the deep end of the pool and dumping it into the shallow end to make it deeper.It just don't work.