U.S. Senate Approves Tentative Stimulus Package
Unless you live under a rock that you are no longer making payments on, you’ve heard about government efforts to revitalize the American economy. As Sarah Palin said so eloquently, “we need to shore up the economy”. As reported by Forbes, the US Senate has approved a tentative $780 Billion stimulus package that must find common ground with the larger US House package. Both proposals use a combination of government funding and tax cuts to promote a new flow of money in the American economy.
To break it down into simple terms: A similar plan implemented in your personal finances would attempt to solve your money problems by reducing your income and increasing your debt. You could do this by working less and making up for that lack of income by paying for more of your daily needs with a credit card.
That plan wouldn’t make any sense to you unless you happened to be self-employed without insurance and needed to take time off in order to heal up from a work-related injury. In that situation, it makes sense to reduce your income and increase your debt so that you can guarantee that you’ll be able to eventually return to work.
It’s easy to hear the numbers being thrown around about the current stimulus package and make sweeping judgements about what will or will not work. It’s much harder to find multiple perspectives on a particular situation before forming an opinion. Taking the time to research current events, finance solutions, and ways to save money will not only enable you to make better decisions for yourself, but to influence others to make smart money choices.
photo credit: Phil Romans
Unless you live under a rock that you are no longer making payments on, you’ve heard about government efforts to revitalize the American economy. As Sarah Palin said so eloquently, “we need to shore up the economy”. As reported by Forbes, the US Senate has approved a tentative $780 Billion stimulus package that must find common ground with the larger US House package. Both proposals use a combination of government funding and tax cuts to promote a new flow of money in the American economy.
To break it down into simple terms: A similar plan implemented in your personal finances would attempt to solve your money problems by reducing your income and increasing your debt. You could do this by working less and making up for that lack of income by paying for more of your daily needs with a credit card.
That plan wouldn’t make any sense to you unless you happened to be self-employed without insurance and needed to take time off in order to heal up from a work-related injury. In that situation, it makes sense to reduce your income and increase your debt so that you can guarantee that you’ll be able to eventually return to work.
It’s easy to hear the numbers being thrown around about the current stimulus package and make sweeping judgements about what will or will not work. It’s much harder to find multiple perspectives on a particular situation before forming an opinion. Taking the time to research current events, finance solutions, and ways to save money will not only enable you to make better decisions for yourself, but to influence others to make smart money choices. photo credit: Phil Romans
