It turns out, and I guess we shouldn't be surprised, that one fan of Bush and Co.'s "economic stimulus package" is Wal-Mart, which cashed in with its own predatory "consumer's stimulus package." Basically: Wal-Mart encourages customers to charge their gasoline and Family Size Doritos to their Wal-Mart cards with no money down, to pay 20% interest later when the magical stimulus package fails to improve their bank accounts. Further, it turns out that a big fan of all the fandom is Canada's Economic Times:
"We applaud the President and Congress for recognizing the economic struggles of everyday Americans and moving quickly to provide much needed tax relief," Wal-Mart said in a statement Wednesday.
So lemme get this straight: Bush spends billions financing an endless unfeasible war as our currency is increasingly bought out from under us by China and Saudi Arabia; education, infrastructure maintenance, social programs, and veteran benefits are gutted as pork-barrel boondoggles to Republican districts increase exponentially...
...Our nation's largest retailer refuses health care to its employees as it obtains 60% of its products from China; our economy stumbles ever further into recession and Bush's response is to cut taxes more; our nation's largest retailer symbolically applauds the act and applies its name to an initiative to cripple its customer base in credit card debt; and the international financial press stands up and cheers:
"As families wrestle with their mortgages and rising prices -- from a tank of gas to the winter utility bill coming due -- Wal-Mart sees first hand how shoppers are seeking ways to save money so they can live better."
What universe are we living in? The five heirs to the Wal-Mart fortune have reclaimed $300 million federal taxes dollars per year under the Bush Corporate Tax Cut Regime. That's the true Wal-Mart Stimulus Package.