Economic Stimulus Package Plan

The Taxpayer's Dozenpressure of too many taxes at too high a rate.
There are 12 areas of the economic stimulusFor those who are jobless as a result of
package plan:economic layoff or job evaporation, the additional
Tax relief, child tax credit, jobless benefits, healthaid to jobless benefits may stave off the increase
care, energy, education, infrastructure, sciencein the number of people living below the poverty
and technology, law enforcement, jump start onlevel. Science &Technology, Law
jobs, business breaks and accountability. ToEnforcement, Jump Starting Jobs, Business breaks
Democrats, this plan represents stabilizing theand accountability fit well into this network as
economy where it will see the most progress -definitely doable and pragmatic.
helping people help themselves. To Republicans, itThe Big Four of the Economic Stimulus Plan
is perceived as a huge loss of revenue where itThere are 4 very big areas of this plan: Health
will do big business and the military, two areascare, energy, education and infrastructure. Health
upon which Republicans base their version ofcare, unless it is totally revamped will affect the
financial stability.outcome of all 11 related parts of this plan. Health
A Networked Plan of Economic Stimuluscare is unaffordable not only for average
Unlike prior economic stimulus plans, i.e., millions toAmericans but for business as well. Until that issue
big business in 2001, tax cuts for the richest 1%is resolved, none of the other areas of the plan
and $350 billion to the bailout financial institutions,can work. No job will be secure if health care
the Obama plan gets to the heart of why allcontinues to spiral out of control. No business will
other plans have failed...excising the middle classtake the chance of hiring more employees they
from benefiting in equal proportion. In the Obamaknow will jeopardize the health care benefits of
plan, every area is carefully networked so thattheir existing staff. And, until age discrimination is
the results stabilize working class Americans. Theresolved with regard to HMOs, older Americans
middle class during the took several simultaneouswho want to work past retirement will be
hits taxes that incurred further debt, taxes onconsidered undesirable and costly. The cost of
consumables and taxes that trickled down toeducation will increase as a result of increasing
create higher state income and property taxes.costs of benefits for education employees. Any
Allowing Americans to keep an additionalrevenues freed for other parts of the plan will be
$500-1,000 of their income reduces the burden oferoded by the cost of health care. Health care
eroding paychecks and increasing costs of living.costs must be reined in before issuing revenue to
With added help from the child tax credit, workingeducation, energy and infrastructure. To overlook
parents get to keep more of their hard-earnedthe ramifications of unaffordable health care is a
incomes if their salaries are under the $150,000serious loophole in the fabric of the economic
cap. So, the first two areas begin to immediatelystimulus plan.
relieve the economic balloon about to burst from