Nerdity
An interesting little SciFi story by Isaac Asimov, whom you may recognize as turning over in his grave when I, Robot was released. Check it out
http://filer.case.edu/dts8/thelastq.htm
Consumer Whores...
Before I begin today’s post, I’d just like to point out that I am blogging instead of studying the exciting and erotic world of contract law. I am doing this for you, my audience. If I didn’t feel the unrelenting urge from within my loins to blog right now, I wouldn’t be. Why? Lemme tell you something…the instant you pop open a book on tax and general business law, women knock on your door and ask to go down on you. After they finish up, people come to your house and want to have a party that will be remembered for the ages. Seriously.
So it looks like many of us will be receiving checks from the government to help stop a recession. Those of you who were sane enough to not major in business, or econ are probably wondering
“Hey, You Sexy Blog Poster. This doesn’t make any sense to me. Why are we getting checks from the government?”
The intent is to make sure that our economy keeps going at its current pace, so we avoid a decrease in the production of goods and services, also known as a recession. Recessions are a normal part any economy, but there is a theory that perhaps we can make them less severe through economic policy, resulting in fewer jobs lost, and a generally better economic condition. Jobs are always the #1 issue related to the economy. Everything comes back to you going to work tomorrow.
So how did we get to this point? This particular recession was caused by the collapse of the housing market. For various reasons, people have found themselves having to spend more money on their mortgage payments. This means that they have less money to spend on giant TV’s and cars, which means more layoffs
So Congress and the president decided that it would be a good idea to give everyone some amount of money in the hopes that they would spend it, thus revitalizing the economy. The interesting thing about this plan is that people who can afford to save the save the money probably will because they are afraid of losing their jobs and need more cushion. People who can’t afford to save it can be separated into people that effectively live hand to mouth (working poor), people who will foolishly spend it, or people who will use it to pay off debt.
Do your part, folks. Spend Spend Spend.
Courtesy of some unidentified person...
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