May 5, 2008
Economic Stimulus Checks
Are the economic stimulus checks going to really help the economy? Today, my lap top computer finally died. I have had this machine for 12 years and it has been slowly dying over the summer. I need this computer for my graduate classes and also use it at school to enter data into the state database because the school's computers are too slow. I should have replaced it last summer, but I felt that my family needed the money because the cost of living (gasoline, food, and utilities) has out paced salary increases. Today, after borrowing Mr. Zachman's even older laptop, I broke down and purchased a new one. My husband told me not to worry about the cost, because the economic stimulus check will cover it. Since I would have purchased this item anyway, is my economic stimulus check making a difference to the economy of this country or the economy of just the Atkinson household? Explain your answer. You may use a situation from your real life to illustrate your answer as long as it is not too personal. I feel it is alright for me to use this situation as an example because my 7th period class was privileged to watch the computer die and then had to put up with Mr. Zachman' s computer and its slow opperating system.
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I feel that the economic stimulus check will only help out for a little while. Because when all the money is gone you'll be back to square one. And left with noting, then you'll wish that you would have just invested your economic stimulus money instead of spending it all up. Unless it was on something important or on somthing that was needed right now.
i dont know what a econimic stimulus check is. so im guesssing that its just temporary money.
In some way I think it will help the economy, because a check is a check. It's still money that can be put to the economy. But as for Ms.Atkinson's household, thats a personal problem with her and her family, so I have no comment on that.
I think the check can help in some situations such as Mrs.Atkinson's.But I wouldn't know how much money everyones going to receive to say its going to help the economy.The price of living for some are different from others.In my opinion its just in the Atkinson household and some others,not the whole United States.
I believe that the economic stimulus check is used to build up the economy of this country. By you buying this laptop you have given the store owner a chance to restock their supplies. You are giving free money to spend at the store. Like when my family recieve their economic stimulus check, my aunt went out and bought me a PSP and some new clothes. So this is the reason I feel the economic stimulus check build up the economy of this country and helps our local store owners.
i think the economic stimulus checks will help the Atkinson household and the economy. The money is going into helping them out with their expenses since the money was spent on the computer. I am not sure how much money they will receive but if it is a lot i know that Ms. Atkinson will put some of it into the community.
I think it would help in most households. It would help on most households because everyone is having money problems due to gas priced rising and utilities bill. But on the other it may just be some extra money. For instance me I just received mines and I'm going to blow it on shoes and clothes.
No I do not believe that the stimulus checks will help the economy. My reason for saying this is people are losing their homes, cars, and need food in order to survive so those checks are goin straight to the bills for some citizens. Most could careless about the economy because they have debts and bills to pay off.
I feel that that the checks are going to help the people, but not necessarily the economy. For one, our money is going to be worth less now, because the government is basically giving away money. Another reason, all are not going to contribute to the economy, some may take the money and do some illegal actions with it. These are my feelings on the economic stimulus checks.
I'm commenting on KalaKenner's response that was the shortest answer ever, you could have looked it up and then answered.
I think that thestimulus check is the better thing to use if it is only temporary money. it would be better to spend a temporary check then to spend money anyday. if you spend yor money instead, you would have the risk of the check expireing. if the check expire then you would have nothing at all.
I feel the economic stimulus check will help out a little. First off every one isn't going to get the same amount of money when they receive there checks so i dont how much it will help the economy but it might help Ms.Atkinson is a whole of ways.
I think that this may effect the Atkinsons' household. The reason being is because it's coming from their household and the money belongs to them. They should have money saved up anyways for any emergency. That's what emergency money is for . This has nothing ot do with the economy. This money is all on them. She should have just followed her first mind and took care of it when she first found out that it was going out.
I think it would help out in most of our households in this econimic. because its a check and that check can be put into the economy. that money is going to help them out with their needs and problems...but i cant speak on what other people have in they household but mine!
In total agreeance with ced i feel that in a way the economic stimulus check will help the economy but only to a certain extent. In mrs. Atkinsons case the check has not made a difference because she still would have purchased a new laptop if the checks weren't being distributed.
I feel that economic stimulus check will only serve as temporary assistant. i say that because instead of replaing it with something we need we are going to buy somethinr like shoes or clothes.
I belive that jeston had a good point. no one check can help out the whole economy/world. life3 is ruff these day's and it's going to take alot more than a couple hundred dollars to help out families.
I say that money is money. I don't really think it is going to help the economic that much.Because people should invest in money.
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