Valerie Young

    The Stimulus Plan: Why You Should Care, What You Should Know

    Posted January 27th, 2009 by Valerie Young

    Excerpt from Your (Wo)man in Washington
    We face a dire economic crisis. Many of us are losing jobs, our health insurance, our homes, and watching whatever savings we had disappear. Businesses are closing, and households are under severe stress. The U.S. Congress is crafting a wholly unprecedented plan right now to minimize the devastating effect of our snowballing monetary volatility. Among other goals, drafters of the stimulus plan aspire to stabilize the economy and create jobs. The plan won’t stop the recession or reverse its effects. Sadly, it cannot return us, or our bank accounts and credit card balances, to their 2006 status. If the plan is a screaming success, it will merely make a terrible mess not quite as terrible as it otherwise would be. And that’s the best case scenario.

    If you are a mother, a woman, a parent, a caregiver, a citizen, (or any combination thereof!!), we offer the following to help you make sense of a crisis which threatens us, our families, and our children and grandchildren for decades to come. No matter who you are, you have a stake in the stimulus plan.

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    January 27, 2009 at 6:50 pm by Michaelyn Hodges

    Friends and Family,

    Please read through this proposal on rescuing the economy and if it makes sense to you, let’s do something about it!

    It is well known that the government is talking about giving a large chunk of our taxpayer’s money to the failing banks yet another time. When this is done, there is a good chance that we will never see the money again. If this happens, no one will gain confidence to go out and spend money, and our economy could continue on its downward spiral.

    What if the government, instead of giving the money directly to the banks, gave every taxpayer in America a credit of $2000.00 ($4000.00 per couple) to allocate to the below categories. This money would then give the banks the revenue that they need as well as give relief to the American taxpayer who worked to give the government the money in the first place. We would all gain confidence that we are working in the right direction to decrease our personal debt as well as stabilize our financial institutions.

    Each taxpayer would choose from the following categories through certified mail and drivers license/I.D. verification, to which account(s) they would want to allocate the money to. This one-time allocation would then be directly sent by the government to the specified
    account(s):

    1. Directly to a credit card account with a negative balance as of a specified date (this benefits the lending institutions)
    2. Pay down the principle of your mortgage (this benefits the lending institutions)
    3. Roth IRA for retirement (this benefits the lending institutions)
    4. A future College 529 Account (this benefits the lending institutions)
    5. Pay directly to Utility Companies (this benefits the working poor)
    6. Directly towards college tuition (keeping our young adults in school)

    As of 2007, there were 138 million taxpayers in the United States. If each taxpayer that makes a combined household income of $250,000 or less gets a credit of $2000.00, this would amount to approximately 275 billion. The taxpayers and the financial institutions would both benefit and help to create the stability that is needed at this time. Perhaps this would need to be combined with the Economic Stimulus Package currently being considered by Congress so that our National Debt is not increased even further.

    Thank you for your consideration.

    Now, if this sounds good to you, forward this to your friends and family, your local Senator, and to the President himself.

    To email your Senator, google their name with “email address” & you can cut the text above and paste it into their message area.
    To email President Obama, use the below email and the text below. This is a condensed version because only 500 characters are allowed.

    Together we are a voice that will be heard!

    President Barack Obama’s email address:
    http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

    Bank Bailout: In order to help Americans pay down their debt, gain confidence in the economy, and help the banks, please consider giving every taxpayer a $2000 credit to spend in the following way:
    1. Directly to a credit card account with a negative balance as of a specified date
    2. Pay down the principle of your mortgage
    3. Purchase a Roth IRA for retirement
    4. A future College Savings 529 Account
    5. Pay directly to Utility Companies
    6. Directly towards college tuition

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