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Thursday, May 01, 2008

Stimulus Checks Begin Arriving. Will They Help The Economy?

  My take on this is that these checks which we are now getting will do nothing to help our economy go up again. Let's face it, they might have helped a little bit if it weren't for the fact that our gas, food, and other items have  been going up through the roof, but not now. These checks won't help us out at all, but they'll help out poor companies like ExxonMobile who only made 10 billion or so the last quarter.

  Here is what one couple did with their $1,200 check.

 Murray Ledger & Times

The long-awaited economic stimulus packages have started arriving and what the government had hoped would serve as an economic boost has become money for things like gas, milk and paying off credit cards.
For most, payments are spent as quickly as they come.
Sara, a shopper at Goodys who declined to give her last name, said she and her husband received their $1,200 check on Tuesday and by Wednesday it was gone. She said they used $600 to pay off a refrigerator at Lowes and the other $600 at an unexpected opthamology appointment.

“There went all our $1,200 in one day,” she said.

House Sends Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) to President

From   The Gavel

May 1st, 2008 by Jesse Lee

The House has just concurred in Senate amendments to H.R. 493, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act by a vote of 414-1. This landmark bill would prohibit health insurance companies and employers from discriminating against people on the basis of genetic test results. By prohibiting the improper use of genetic information, this bill encourages Americans to undergo testing necessary for early treatment and prevention of genetic-based diseases. House passage today sends this bill to the President’s desk for his signature. The House originally passed the bill by a vote of 420 to 3 on April 25, 2007. The Senate passed the bill with relatively minor amendments and clarifications on April 24, 2008 by a vote of 95 to 0. House passage today sends this landmark bill to the President’s desk for his signature.