Our country is in deep do-do.

Consumer spending is down, unemployment is up, and businesses are failing. Instead of pumping $750B into various government initiatives that will be proned to politics and waste, I support the suggestion by at least one law maker to give out debit cards!

If we took the $750B and divided it among the approximately 150M working Americans, each of us would get $5,000 to spend in this economy. The governement would issue special debits cards for us to spend the money over the next 30 days (use it or lose it). This would address all three problems- increase consumer spending, help business and could reduce unemployment.

There of course may be limits on what you could spend it on. (No alcohol, medical bills, etc) You could not use it for regular bills you were behind on like utilities or the mortgage, but limit it to a downpayment on a car, or condo, or other consumer good. This would pump $750B directly into the economy now!

Better yet, for next 30 days, with the $5,000, Americans could “party like its 1999”. What would you spend your $5,000 on?

What would you do with your $5,000