You can't always get what you want....

So, we have a new President. And, times are tough. Housing is lackluster at best, and collapsing at worst. Jobs are evaporating. Times, they are, tough. But, in the simple scheme of things, you STILL have to have economics that work, right? So, lets keep this basic. Can I give you money, I don't have? Uh, no. Can I give you something (knowledge, information, a product, a service, a better deal on a fixed expense, etc.) that will help you make money? And, once you have money, can you give me back some for my helping you out? I think so. Why not? (Unless, I am greedy, then enough is never enough!) So how about this... Instead of the Gov't giving me something it doesn't have ($816 billion in a "stimulus" package) ~and by the way~ most of that is going out 3-4 years and just plain "pork" ~ which isn't a stimulus at all ~ why not give me some incentives to create some jobs, keep some of my tax dollars, maybe off set the price of my mortgage payments with better tax writeoffs, so I will take the $ I saved on not making my mortgage payments, and eat out more, or see more movies, or buy some new clothes, or a car? Want to spur construction? Give me some tax breaks for remodeling my house! If you want to get growth, you create incentives, you don't hand money out. Its the old addage, if you are hungry and I give you fish, I feed you for a day. But, if I teach you to fish, or better, give you a tax free way to own a boat, that you must use for fishing, then I give you fish for life! And, when you sell those fish, pay some taxes, afterall, you got the boat for free! Long live capitalism! At least for a few more years! Sadly, I think we are headed for Armegeddon, and the "end of days" ~ not sure when, but we are edging closer and closer all the time. And before you think I am worried because Barack Obama got elected, I am not. Bush didn't do anyone any favors, and I survived Carter and Clinton too. In my books all politicians are rubber heads! "Just gimme some truth..."