If I Promise to Spend it, Will Obama Send Me Stimulus Money?

Neither Obama nor Congress have any desire to send Mr. ToughMoneyLove any part of the gazillion dollar stimulus packages that are being discussed.  No tax cut, no tax credit, no check in the mail, nada, none.  No, the government wants me on the outside, looking in on the stimulus plan for two reasons: (1)  I make too much money;  and (2) I’m not broke.  (I probably should qualify “I’m not broke” by adding “yet.”  I’m afraid that after the government gets finished stimulating everyone but me, I will go broke through a combination of higher taxes and inflation destroying the value of the dollars we have stashed away in savings.) Read more