It Is My Duty to Buy Pizza
Jan. 26th, 2008 08:15 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebThere's a tax rebate proposed to help boost our economy. Although I think this is a stupid idea, of all the stupid things for people to do with money they don't have, handing it over to me has a certain appeal.
I find myself trying to imagine what, in the minds of those who thought up this idea, the most patriotic thing for me to do with this money would be. I know some of the answers.
Spend or save? Spend. Immediately.
Domestic or foreign? Domestic.
I don't know some of the others.
Spend it all in one place or spread it around?
Goods or services?
I guess it would help if it went to someone who would then spend patriotically themselves. I could double my impact this way! So maybe certain kinds of donations would be good. I bet a woman's shelter would use it right away to pay rent and buy things like toiletries. Oh, and clothing and energy (probably foreign).
According to Snow Crash, what Americans do best is deliver pizza. And pizza delivery guys don't make an awful lot of money, though they they tend to make above minimum wage. Still, relatively low salaries plus getting paid in cash makes it more likely that they will spend their money again fairly quickly.
But it could take a long time to buy $600 worth of pizza, even with really big tips. I could speed that up by having pizza parties. And treating everyone at work to pizza a few times. I could also buy some for those abused women and for homeless shelters.
Yes, that is my final answer.
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In real life, if this really happens, I will spend the money, but not any time soon. I'm thinking of either applying it all to retirement funds or adding some or all of it to my renovation fund.
I find myself trying to imagine what, in the minds of those who thought up this idea, the most patriotic thing for me to do with this money would be. I know some of the answers.
Spend or save? Spend. Immediately.
Domestic or foreign? Domestic.
I don't know some of the others.
Spend it all in one place or spread it around?
Goods or services?
I guess it would help if it went to someone who would then spend patriotically themselves. I could double my impact this way! So maybe certain kinds of donations would be good. I bet a woman's shelter would use it right away to pay rent and buy things like toiletries. Oh, and clothing and energy (probably foreign).
According to Snow Crash, what Americans do best is deliver pizza. And pizza delivery guys don't make an awful lot of money, though they they tend to make above minimum wage. Still, relatively low salaries plus getting paid in cash makes it more likely that they will spend their money again fairly quickly.
But it could take a long time to buy $600 worth of pizza, even with really big tips. I could speed that up by having pizza parties. And treating everyone at work to pizza a few times. I could also buy some for those abused women and for homeless shelters.
Yes, that is my final answer.
**
In real life, if this really happens, I will spend the money, but not any time soon. I'm thinking of either applying it all to retirement funds or adding some or all of it to my renovation fund.