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What is the difference between stimulus that won’t make a difference and stimulus that will save the economy? Apparently $76 bucks a year.

Via the Anchoress Michelle Obama July 11th 2008

“You’re getting $600. What can you do with that? Not to be ungrateful or anything. But maybe it pays down a bill, but it doesn’t pay down every bill every month..

Barack’s approach is that the short-term quick fix kinda stuff sounds good. And it may even feel good that first month when you get that check. And then you go out and you buy a pair of earrings.”

Apparently this is no longer the case:

Here is our 800 billion dollar stimulus mostly-spending bill we must see passed, and we must gratefully accept as the only possible solution to our “catastrophic” problems and our growing malaise. The ONLY solution.

This other one, over here, brought up by another Democrat? Ignored. Just ignored.

I just have one thing to ask:

What does Michelle Obama suggest we do – how we will stimulate the economy with our $13?

The $13 a week adds up to $676 a year. There are a lot of people who don’t think this will help, I don’t think it will hurt, but I think a lump sum would have a bigger economic effect.

It’s amazing what $76 dollars will do for an economy. Michelle Malkin notices this too and asks:

What sayeth Mrs. Obama now?

Apparently she was against this before she was for it.