What does it take to stimulate you? According to the Obama administration, about ten bucks a week. That's more money in your paycheck, which you'll rush out and spend.
And you're going to be very happy. Until next April, anyway. When you get taxed on that approximately $500 of "extra income". That ten bucks a week, of course, is coming out of the federal witholding - which is tax money.
You didn't think they were just giving you ten bucks a week, did you? What government giveth, they taketh.
If you were thinking that they're going to let you keep more of your money, you need to pay attention. That's not how the plan works. You will pay for hope. And hope you can keep some change. The sales pitch is that this amounts to an $800 tax cut for the typical family in which both adults hold down jobs. Don't spend it all in one place. You'll need it when the next tax bill comes due.
