In Their Hands?

On Tuesday, President Barack Obama signed a stimulus bill in Washington DC to help fix the economy.

On Wednesday, Speaker of the House, Nanci Pelosi, and seven other democrats in congress went on vacation to Italy. Some people, including me, are a little annoyed at this. Nonetheless, they went on vacation to Europe.

The stimulus package will supposedly give Americans a whopping $13 in their paychecks. The point of this is for people to put money back into the economy. Putting the money in the bank won't help, the government is giving this money to people so they'll go out and buy things with it.

It's extremely ironic to me, that Pelosi and other members of congress would go on vacation outside of the country. These people are wealthy, there's no doubt about it. Wouldn't it help the American economy if they'd gone on vacation somewhere in the U.S?

Our congress should lead by example. If they want us to put money in the economy, then they should do the same.

I'm not saying that going on an American vacation instead of an Italian one is the answer to our economic woes. But these are the people making stimulus packages that spend American tax dollars. If all Americans pulled a Pelosi, our economy would be even worse. Maybe that's why it's getting worse.