I tried to hunt down the details of the package or the actual document itself. What I found is second hand, so it might not be 100% accurate.
This is a stimulus thread! I am trying to stimulate this newsgroup.
********************** $43 billion to provide extended unemployment benefits through Dec. 31, increase them by $25 a week and provide job training*** Im ok with that. You work your covered.
**********************$20 billion to increase food stamp benefits by 13 percent
*** Not happy about that one. I was on food stamps as a kid, I was humiliated. I would of rather starved.***********************
$4 billion to provide a one-time additional Supplemental Security Income payment
****That's it? Lol. It's ridiculous, they are only going to be borrowing from it at the end of the year anyway.*************************
$2.5 billion in temporary welfare payments
*** IT BEGINS.**************************
$1 billion for home heating subsidies
***???wtf?**************************
$1 billion for community action agencies.
***WTF is that gonna stimulate..joy..love? wtf?*******************