Well, all the discussion today is about the much anticipated stimulus package discussed by President Bush. One idea floating around is that the Government is going to send everyone a check. I don't know if it matters whether you are working or not, or if you pay taxes or not. The number floating around is "$800" per person.
How would you spend your $800? Some "starter" ideas...
Strippers! At $20 a lap dance, that's 40 dances. Certainly, that should stimulate the economy and improve the consumer sentiment readings.- At $12 a 12-pack for Tecate, that's a buck a beer or 800 Tecates. Enough for about 2 beers a day for a year to help keep your HDL cholesterol levels up. That's the good cholesterol!
- Costco has the Sony Playstation 3 (PS3) bundle for $514. It includes a blu-ray remote, a second wireless controller, and the game Spiderman. Plus, you'd get the Blu-Ray DVD with the PS3, so you could join Netflix's $9 a month package for over 30 months with the remaining cash.
- A subscription to Jim Cramer's Realmoney site is $229, so that'd last over 3 year. And if you called and begged them for a $99 rate, maybe you could stretch it for 8 years.
- E-Trade (ETFC) is currently at $2.84. One could buy 280 shares of ETFC. (Disclosure... Long ETFC "lotto tickets").
- 228 boxes of Girl Scout cookies. No doubt, someone in your office is passing around the sign-up sheet this time of year. Why not pen in "228 boxes of Thin Mints" on the order sheet? It'll make your co-worker's look like cheapskates! "One box, eh big spender?" I like putting the Thin Mints in the freezer, so I don't know if 228 boxes (456 sleeves) of cookies would fit in there or not.
How would YOU spend your $800?