more spending

I was watching the news yesterday and apparently theres another huge 490 billion dollar spending bill thats been passed. Apparently, its loaded with tons of earmarks. Its pretty crazy all the spending that goes on in Washington. It seems like every couple of weeks there has been another huge multi billion dollar spending bill that has been passed. Its gonna be interesting to see what effect all of these spending bills have on the economy. Hopefully they will stimulate the economy and get the economy healthy again. I think people are pretty tired of all the broken promises in Washington and just want the economy to get a lot better. I think that the economy will get better because it seems like the economy goes in cycles. It just might take some time.

more about the stimulus bill

I decided that I would write more about the new stimulus plan in this blog. Something had to be done, but a lot of money seems like its being spent just on stuff to get politicians reelected. It seems like there is a ton of money that is going to spent on special projects and stuff. I think in the orginal bill, this stuff has since been taken out, but in the original bill there was hundreds of millions of dollars that was going to be going towards stuff like birth control. It didn't make much sense that that stuff was in this bill. I thought that they were going to quit doing that? Realisitcally, all that earmark stuff is probably never gonna stop. Earmarks can really help a politician out if they're struggling to get re-elected. Apparently, the bill was so huge that none of the politicians ever even had a chance to read it. I don't really know a lot about how that stuff works, but how do they create such an enormous bill in a short amount of time. It doesn't seem like they spent that much time creating this massive bill. It seems like it would take years to create a bill as huge as that, but this one was created in just a few weeks.

things to do on a rainy day/new stimulus bill

Days that are rainy and kinda cold like today usually aren't the most fun days. Its easy to just want to lay down and take it easy for the day. One option is to watch some tv or a good movie. Thats a good way to avoid having to deal with the rain. I'll usually watch a movie or two on a rainy day. Theres always at least something on tv to watch. I also try to get my laundry done on rainy days like these. Since its raining, might as well get laundry out of the way in order to enjoy days when the weather is better. Another thing I try to get done on rainy days are any chores I need to do.
The new stimulus package is pretty interesting. They definitely have to do something to stimulate the economy and create more jobs. Some of the items in the bill though are pretty silly and are just earmarks to get politicans reelected. It seems like they have a hard time getting anything done in Congress with all the bipartisan bickering. Its going to be interesting to see how many, if any republicans end up voting for the bill. Thats what happens though when a couple of elections dont go well for a party. The other party then gets to do pretty much what they want.

weekend

I really need to start getting more sleep. I always stay up too late. Then I end up taking a nap which makes me stay up even later. My sleep schedule is still pretty messed up. Ive been kind of sick the last couple of days. I feel better today, so over the weekend I may go visit a friend of mine who lives on the coast. I have the tv on right now watching a movie. Im pretty tired though, so I may not go to the coast until tomorrow. I had a test today. I think I did pretty well on it. Im kind of hungry and may have to go grab something to eat. I kind of feel like having a pizza today. I may have to go pick up a pizza from papa johns. Thats my favorite pizza place. I like it better than Pizza Hut. The weather is really nice today. Its about as good as its been for a long time. Its a lot easier to get these done when the weather is nice and not dreary outside. Hopefully it will stay like this for a while. Next week im going to be pretty busy with school. This week was kind of busy but next week will be even busier.