1. Plain and simple - we lost our manufacturing base in this Country. Either bring back and keep our manufacturing here or place tariffs on the goods that are imported into this Country. Those really in charge have purposely put the USA into this position and plan to bring down the middle class. Stimulus packages such as these do NOT work. People need to have good paying jobs with some sense of security. Jim (comment #2) is correct in every sense.

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2. Stimulus plan is a joke.The weakened dollar is due to twin deficits, trade and govt. budget. Consumer spending has been artificially pumped up by the former housing mania and the low interest rates & home equity loans. So, our solution is to pour gasoline on the fire? The ruinous policies of this administration have corrupted both parties.

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3. If the US really wanted to help the economy, they'd start shaking up the business and the education system. We need to compete with Asia. American need to stop whining when jobs are shipped overseas and realize it's happening because we've lost our competitive edge. America's kids can no longer compete in math & science. Having the gov't send out checks just reinforces the problem. Either keep up get left behind.

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4. Right we need some plan that will create QUALITY of life employment, not more work. These rebates will be spent on big screen TVs built in Asia. We've let big business erode workers’ safety-nets (commitment to stable, lifetime employment, retirement/health plans) through almost 30 years of middle-class squeezing agendas such as union busting, hostile take-overs, anti-protectionism, anti-New Dealing, off-shore investment incentives, and tax-evasiveness, and an economic evolution to an “information economy,” to name a few. People can’t spend rebates on U.S. goods and services if they’re not produced here.

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