Wednesday, October 28, 2009

What do do with a windfall

King's post about what people have done with stimulus checks (2008 and prior) brings up the question of responsibility in finances. When citizens get a windfall (say the 2001 or 2008 "stimulus" checks), they overwhelmingly saved it--or at least used it to pay down debt. When government gets a windfall, on the other hand.....

....why is it that we so consistently send our most fiscally irresponsible neighbors to the legislatures of our nation?

3 comments:

K-Rod said...

We spent our Bush stimulus check on a family vacation... ...in Canada! DOH!

Bike Bubba said...

You've got my vote!

Oops....

K-Rod said...

We had a great vacation back in '01.

I was not aware of this 2008 stimulus check you speak of.