Oh yea..that's brilliant.

GaryPDX: Oh yea..that's brilliant.

It's only slightly more expensive than checks, and it's not easy to use it to pay debt. Instead, it'll get spent.

It's a good idea.

hillbillypharmacist: It's a good idea.

I think it's a ginormous fraud risk. But hey, what the hell, it's only taxpayer money.

Because looking at all plausible options is stupid? Sounds retardlican to me...

"Looking into the possibility" is a phrase you wingnut are going to have to get used to. I know it's not like making critical decision with your "gut" like "The Decider^tm" did.
It required thought, examination and critical thinking.


don't be skeered

The trust-fund babies at NRO are just insulted that the government is considering handing out money to the Little People, instead of mommy's rich friends.

Awesome. I need to buy ten more houses before then?

/what, that wont work?
//crap. like all these giveaways to banks, businesses, and people

So... are the neocon f*cktards upset that he considered the idea, upset that he rejected it, or upset that they desperately want to be upset but can't figure out how with this one ?

hillbillypharmacist: GaryPDX: Oh yea..that's brilliant.

It's only slightly more expensive than checks, and it's not easy to use it to pay debt. Instead, it'll get spent.

It's a good idea.

They tried sending out debit cards after Katrina. It didn't work out too well.

It was a bad idea then and it's still a bad idea.

FireBreathingLiberal: "Looking into the possibility" is a phrase you wingnut are going to have to get used to. I know it's not like making critical decision with your "gut" like "The Decidertm" did.
It required thought, examination and critical thinking.


don't be skeered



Nonsense. By all means, be skeered.

/Seems to be the preferred state of the 23%ers anyway.

hillbillypharmacist: GaryPDX: Oh yea..that's brilliant.

It's only slightly more expensive than checks, and it's not easy to use it to pay debt. Instead, it'll get spent.

It's a good idea.

THIS.

I'm not even sure what that means. Does it mean giving them cards? Account? Money in the accounts? That's what happens when you write a blurb - it tells you nothing.

Shostie: hillbillypharmacist: GaryPDX: Oh yea..that's brilliant.

It's only slightly more expensive than checks, and it's not easy to use it to pay debt. Instead, it'll get spent.

It's a good idea.

They tried sending out debit cards after Katrina. It didn't work out too well.

It was a bad idea then and it's still a bad idea.

someone should submit a link to this thread with the headline "farkers looked into the possibility of sending debit cards to all 150 million american households. no, really".

FireBreathingLiberal: "Looking into the possibility" is a phrase you wingnut are going to have to get used to. I know it's not like making critical decision with your "gut" like "The Decidertm" did.
It required thought, examination and critical thinking.

wow wait a minute, so.. this "considering", it doesn't mean they're actually going to DO it?

And that they were just "figuring out of it was feasible"?


Wow, you just blew my mind.

burndtdan: someone should submit a link to this thread with the headline "farkers looked into the possibility of sending debit cards to all 150 million american households. no, really".

I don't know, would you really classify "farkers" as

The part of that tolstoyish article that stood out to me is that it is not 'yet' feasible. Yet.

This economy is starting to sound more and more like some hair-brained scheme Klinger would have concocted on M*A*S*H

Two words: Sucktastic Failstorm

sloppy shoes: burndtdan: someone should submit a link to this thread with the headline "farkers looked into the possibility of sending debit cards to all 150 million american households. no, really".

I don't know, would you really classify "farkers" as

personally, i chalk my $50/year to Drew up as an entertainment expense

/ymmv

But it came from the New York Times, so we shouldn't believe it.

The US government looked into the possibility of nuking New Zealand, but decided not to do it as it was not needed.

The US government has looked into just about every possible idea that they could implement over the years. The big issue is whether they implement said ideas, or simply dismiss them (as in this case).

It's a bit sad how twisted the GOP is at this point - but of course, one must be careful. A wounded animal is very dangerous indeed.

Ok, how about plan B ... a giant swarm of helicopters and huge bags of cash.

Why should they "look into" alternative economic ideas? The Republicans know EXACTLY how to fix ALL of our economic problems!

TAX CUTS! The GOP has already done the homework for you! Just cut and paste their tried-and-true methods!

Duh! If a Republican were in power, we would NOT be in the fiscal financial mess that we are in, that much I can tell you!

Lando Lincoln: TAX CUTS! The GOP has already done the homework for you! Just cut and paste their tried-and-true methods!

Don't forget the klepto unions driving up wages and keeping employment down!

But mostly, it's the taxes! If the libtard union workers could keep more of what they earn, we wouldn't be in this mess! They don't deserve the money, IMHO, but they certainly deserve it more than the government, which is the scourge of civilized society!

and the antichrist danced for his mass of fans

This conservatard outrage over this is funny considering that just yesterday I was reading right-wingers commenting that the stimulus spending bill won't work and the government should just send debit cards to everyone to stimulate spending.

Lando Lincoln: Why should they "look into" alternative economic ideas?

The debit card idea isn't an economic idea. It's a delivery system. I'm glad they discarded this one.

Though then again, if they just issue checks instead of the cards, they can't act shocked and outraged when people use them to buy strippers and blow.

Shostie: The debit card idea isn't an economic idea. It's a delivery system. I'm glad they discarded this one.

Though then again, if they just issue checks instead of the cards, they can't act shocked and outraged when people use them to buy strippers and blow.

If they DID deliver them via a card that could be scanned in like a credit card, then the government could accurately track what things were bought with said card. This information may prove useful in a number of ways.

Lando Lincoln: If they DID deliver them via a card that could be scanned in like a credit card, then the government could accurately track what things were bought with said card. This information may prove useful in a number of ways.

Yup. It would certainly come in handy in other recession recovery efforts in the future. Of course, in a few years, our purchases will be tracked by the Mark of the Beast, so it's just a matter of time.

So am I getting another $1500 this year? Cause that would be awesome

\Needs a new stove

"not yet logistically feasible" = Pelosi's friends wouldn't profit enough.

Is this guy trying to screw up or is he just plain stupid?

NYZooMan: "not yet logistically feasible" = Pelosi's friends wouldn't profit enough.

Ladies and Gentlemen, May I present to you... NYZooMan! Now with new and improved butt hurt!

/you loser

hillbillypharmacist: GaryPDX: Oh yea..that's brilliant.

It's only slightly more expensive than checks, and it's not easy to use it to pay debt. Instead, it'll get spent.

It's a good idea.

The money you would have otherwise spent on every day items, groceries, gas, etc, will now be spent on paying debt. The debit card will be used to buy the every day things. The net result is no different than handing out cash.

What isn't used to pay debt will be saved.

GaryPDX: hillbillypharmacist: It's a good idea.

it's only taxpayer money.

Oh, we don't care about that anymore.

FTFA: Not a Joke, Apparently [Rich Lowry]

From NY Times yesterday, on options for stimulus the Obama team considered before discarding: "They looked into the possibility of sending debit cards to all 150 million American households, but decided it was not yet logistically feasible."

02/05 11:29 AM

Shortest. Article. EVAR?

The actual Times article, if anyone's interested. (pops like it's hot)

/off to watch Nazi TV
//no, really
///Television Under the Swastika

Maddogjew: NYZooMan: "not yet logistically feasible" = Pelosi's friends wouldn't profit enough.

Ladies and Gentlemen, May I present to you... NYZooMan! Now with new and improved butt hurt!

/you loser

Ladies and Gentlemen, May I present to you...Maddogjew. Still with same backwoods three month-old "butt-hurt" cliche'.

Same leftist cliche', same leftist stupidity.

So, let me get this straight...an idea was brought out, turned out to be a bad idea, so it was rejected.

What, exactly, is the problem with this?

This is just like Daschle getting rejected...he was proposed and didn't survived the approval process. We have a phrase for that: "The system works"

Sorry if that only worsens the butthurt.

Republicans looking into the possibility of not whargarbling. No, really.

Hmmmmm... let's see. Give away $750 BILLION to banks and Wall Street financial institutions with virtually no oversight, no requirement to actually loan money and unfreeze the credit market, who then use the money for top executive bonuses, buying other banks, or expensive executive junkets, etc., etc., ... OR

Giving money BACK to the taxpayers and working slobs so they can pay off credit debts (thus giving the financial instituitions much-needed working capital), make mortgage payments, and buy goods which would infuse money back into the economy and thus enhance recovery?

Yeah ... bad idea.


/rolling eyes

Shostie: They tried sending out debit cards after Katrina. It didn't work out too well.

Well, the money was still spent, wasn't it? Maybe not on the things it was intended for, but it was put back into the economy.

Long story short: I'm glad they at least considered it.

ramathorn83: Still with same backwoods three month-old "butt-hurt" cliche'.

My old grandpappy used to say "if the shoe fits..."

I hope my mockery of your douchebag politics doesn't inflame the butt-hurt you're already displaying. Because, Zoo, so long as you continue to be a douche I will continue to mock each and every alt you bring on.

I would feel much more confident in the opinions from opponents to President Obama if almost all of these strident voices weren't previously full-throated supporters of former President W. Bush.

Let's just say that they have a credibility problem.

I'd like mine in the form of a Jamba Juice card, please.

Rich Lowry, however, remains a joke.

I looked into getting a petrified passenger pigeon fashioned into a gilded dildo (GILDO) with a farking tap on its asshole that you could flick and it would dispense Crown Royal or RC Cola, depending on which wing you pressed. I looked into it. But they said I had to use Shasta instead of the R farkin C, so I told them to choke on an AIDS otter. They didn't even know what that was, so I just threw an old pair of nylons full of my feces at them. DEMOCRACY.

L Buff: Hmmmmm... let's see. Give away $750 BILLION to banks and Wall Street financial institutions with virtually no oversight, no requirement to actually loan money and unfreeze the credit market, who then use the money for top executive bonuses, buying other banks, or expensive executive junkets, etc., etc., ... OR

Giving money BACK to the taxpayers and working slobs so they can pay off credit debts (thus giving the financial instituitions much-needed working capital), make mortgage payments, and buy goods which would infuse money back into the economy and thus enhance recovery?

Yeah ... bad idea.


/rolling eyes

I bet you're really confused as to why the government doesn't just print up ten million dollars and make everyone in the country rich overnight

/Bet you also think it's the evil bankers' fault

ramathorn83: Same leftist cliche', same leftist stupidity.

Smart enough to beat the side that you seem to be cheering for. That's good enough for me.

/If the Repub's aren't whining, it means I'm not doing my job.

rjkline: Is this guy trying to screw up or is he just plain stupid?

How is this such a horrible idea? It's unusual, sure, but...instead of sending out a check, everyone gets a debit card that has a set amount on it, like a plastic gift-certificate card. The government can track what the money is spent on. If the majority of people use it for critical things, like groceries and medical treatments, then the government knows that the economic recovery has a ways to go. If the majority of people go out there and blow it on big screen tv's, then the government knows that people aren't as hurting as badly as we think they are (or they're really farking stupid).

Perhaps certain institutions wouldn't be allowed to cash the card, like banks. The government doesn't want that money sitting in a bank account, they want it out there active in the market. So they say that banks can't accept it, except to pay off credit card debt.

Just some ideas.

TheKnownUniverse: I looked into getting a petrified passenger pigeon fashioned into a gilded dildo (GILDO) with a farking tap on its asshole that you could flick and it would dispense Crown Royal or RC Cola, depending on which wing you pressed. I looked into it. But they said I had to use Shasta instead of the R farkin C, so I told them to choke on an AIDS otter. They didn't even know what that was, so I just threw an old pair of nylons full of my feces at them. DEMOCRACY.

Did you suffer a sharp blow to the head recently?