<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><br>----- Original Message -----<br>From: "David L. Willson" <DLWillson@TheGeek.NU><br>To: "CLUE talk" <clue-talk@cluedenver.org><br>Sent: Friday, February 6, 2009 12:23:51 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain<br>Subject: Re: [clue-talk] The stimulus bill<br><br>I heard some professor say that if the gov't is going to piss away a trillion f*ing dollars anyway, they ought to invest it in educational grants, helping folks that want to re-educate or further educate to do so. Gosh, that made a lot of sense to me. That way, we might almost get the money back someday. The professor's name I can't recall, and in his defense, I added the colloquial expression "piss away" and the epithet. And whatever happened to saving for a rainy day?<br>_______________________________________________<br><br>Sounds good on the surface, but will you get training in something that will actually give you work? Get an education in chemistry, and see if you can get a job afterwards. And that was before the economy tanked.<br><br>If the govt is actually contemplating giving people money, also consider lower the amount of taxes and fees paid.<br></div></body></html>