In poker, there is a common term for making a bad situation worse. It’s called “chasing bad money with good money”. It’s a gentleman’s term for doing something stupid rather than letting a hand go. I personally feel that the Economic Stimulus Package is just that. Yes, “free money” is always a good thing, but I’d much rather see a price fix on gas and food. That would help me out a lot more. And for most people, this one time check is only going to be a short term fix. What happens next month when the prices for food and gas are still outrageous and I still can’t afford them?

Don’t get me wrong. I plan on blowing my money. I know I should do something responsible with it, but screw that. George Bush wants us to spend it, and who am I to tell the president “no”? I’m sure that there were plenty of people that didn’t agree with the way Julius Caesar did things, but I would venture to say that few people ever told him “no”. And look what happened with that. We ended up with a really tasty salad dressing. So until I’m covering a bed of romaine lettuce with Bush dressing, I’m going to rip through my economic stimulation like a 7 yr old opening Christmas packages.

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No matter what stage of payment you're in, you're going to get contacted by a dozen or more student loan consolidation companies. That sucks when you've already passed the stage of qualifying for any student loan help. The rest of you are looking to further your professional careers and start families and buy houses and cars and such, and those student loans are getting in your way. It's time to make a change. It's time to fix it!

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