So it’s final, Congress going to give President Obama his $787 billion stimulus bill. Early reports tell me I should get an extra $7.70 a week. So now I have to figure out how to spend all this money.

I suppose I could rent a DVD and buy a candle bar. Or maybe get a pack of cigarettes before President Obama’s new tax increase goes into effect. Right now I’m sure I can buy two gallons of the super cheap generic gas before it goes up to $5 a gallon. Or maybe I should splurge on a luxury item like a can of shaving cream and a pack of disposable razors until the EPA bans plastic razors.

On Valentine’s Day I could take the wife out and we both could eat from the dollar menu until the new health care kicks in and all fatty foods are banned. I thought about putting it in the bank, but with them all failing after getting billions I’m not so sure that’s a good idea. In the end I wish President Obama hadn’t forced us to have to decide how to spend all this new-found wealth. Can you imagine being wealthy and having to spend the millions they’re getting instead? Thanks, President Obama.

Keith Becker

Lake Stevens