Tax Cuts and Stimulus stuffs

Hubby has MSNBC on the T and V and I heard one of the reporters ask the president's press secretary a question about whether the working class people, you know, those who don't have a lot of money, should get that because all they will do is put it in the bank and save it instead of spending it to put it back into the system where it needs to go to build it up... or whatever it is supposed to do.

What kind of statement is that? Where is she coming from? I'd say that people who don't have money and get a tax cut and/or stimulus moneies, aren't going to be putting into a savings account, they are going to spend it, rather quickly, paying bills they haven't been able to pay because they don't have enough money. That's the way it works for us, anyway. Last stimulus pay we got, $600something, paid bills and bought groceries. Not into a savings account.

I will not say I know abouth the economy of a country or anything like that... I'm really pretty dumb about it... but I know if I have bills and a need for groceries, that tax cut and/or stimulus will be going to pay bills and buy groceries. I think that is common sense.

Toilet Paper.... what a topic!!!

Just an observation I've made. You have noticed how a pound of bacon isn't a pound any more, but the price is just as high, or higher, than it was when it WAS a pound. And two quart container of ice cream that we used to buy just doesn't hold two quarts of ice cream any longer. Did the price go down to reflect that shrinkage? nope.

Now, toilet paper. We have in the main bathroom a paper holder that has no rod in the middle, it has a, we'll call it a metal knob for lack of another term at the moment, on the insides of each bracket that sticks out where one would put the roll of toilet paper. The one knob is stationary and the other is spring loaded so it can be pushed in to fit the roll in and springs back out to hold it there.

I bought a BIG package of toilet paper and found that the cardboard core was shorter than it normally is and wouldn't stay on that holder, but fall to the floor. I thought, ok... I got that big package on sale at a good price, maybe that is why it was such a good price, there was a flaw in the length of the core and paper. Next time I bought the necessity I bought a different brand and not such a good price as the first, and low and behold... that was shorter, too. Every brand of toilet paper we have gotten since, the tube has been shortened JUST enough that it no longer fits the toilet paper holder. And ya know what? The price of toilet paper hasn't dropped to reflect the smaller size, either.

I think there's a conspiracy out there! Mel was right!

Birthday Alert!

Denny's birthday is Wednesday! YAYAAYAYYA I need to get busy and make him a card. He got his present today, Command and Conquer III >?< and it works on Vista. That's what he is doing now, playing the new game.

Good grief, Denny's going to be 64. And it was just yesterday that I married him! ohh... ok... that was 40 years ago... ok.. That 40 years went by fast!! Ok... heading to PhotoImpact and making a card.

Gasoline... Now there's a topic

Last week the price of gas jumped up 30 cents. Then on Monday it went down 10 cents. Today we drove into Beebe and I noticed that the price was up 20 cents from what it went down to on Monday. I mentioned it to Denny and he said, "yeah, and the price of oil per barrel is still what it was when it was 40 cents less than it is now."

What's up with that?

It SNOWED outside

My first ramble and it's about snow. LOL It didn't snow much, certainly not enough to make even a slight dusting on the ground, but it was snow. I called Mom to let her know. She said we could keep it. She lives in Florida and it was cold enough down there when I called they had the furnace running and were dressed in warm fleece. I think, when I called, it was 51 degrees down there.

There was something else I was going to write about, I thought of it during the night. I guess I should start keeping paper and pencil by my bedside again and write them down as they come, cause when I don't they tend to disappear. LOL