LET'S GET CASH FOR 8TRACKS, OLD REFRIGERATORS, LAWNMOWERS, OLD SUITS AND SOCKS, EVEN OLD UNDERWEAR-ANY OLD CLUNKERS TO REVIVE THE ECONOMY!

Why not have the government provide billions and billions for all our old stuff? We trade in our old underwear, and buy new underwear. That keeps the sale of new underwear strong and continues to employ lots of workers in our factories.

We can get the government to buy all our old stuff: 8 track stereo players, record players, old lawnmowers, refrigerators, socks with holes in them, worn out shoes, beat up furniture and sofas that are sitting on our front porch, etc....

THE GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING A PROGRAM TO GET REBATE CHECKS TO CONSUMERS WHO BUY NEW REFRIGERATORS WITH THE ENERGY STAR LABEL WITHOUT EVEN TRADING IN THE OLD ONES!

What a great idea! This type of cash could really have a real impact on instant spending by consumers, instead of political cronies getting money to build roads and bridges that fall apart using stimulus money! That money never provides any stimulus.

The best thing is that instead of getting 25 cents for a garage sale item like an old pair of shoes, the government could pay say $50 to trade them in for a new pair of $100 sneakers, for instance.

The economy would be instantly boosted! people would be back to work and this would be a way to recycle all our money...what we pay into the government we get back in new shoes ans stereos, for instance.

Wow, real government at work. Government we get something back from...government we can feel and believe in.

That is a stimulus! I'm forwarding my idea to the White House directly!