So what would you do with an "extra" $20,000 dollars?

[SammyWinstonJack]

That is what the Iraq "war' is costing every single American. This war, in addition too paying for itself,according to the "Decider in Chief", was suppose to bring us cheap oil. That was bu$hit. Hey FReeps, what say you?

[B Calm]

1. Start a college savings plan for my new granddaughter,,

[MrCoffee]

2. i'd blow it all on night-vision goggles and desert camo.

[eppur_se_muova]

3. How many Americans would answer "20,000 Lotto tickets!" ?

:eyes:

[blues90]

4. I'd buy a used cheap motor home and

Get the hell out of southern calif and find some place I could handle living in with some sort of a community with people that cared and were liberals . If such a place still exists in the good old US of A . Somewhere where my wife amd I and our cats could live out what's left of our days in peace and from the madness .

[martymar64]

5. Get my video editing rig up to date

That's a start

[Flabbergasted]

6. I'd pay off debt. Mainly last years tax bill.

[hobbit709]

7. That would pay off our mortgage with $2500 left over.

[Ikonoklast]

8. Buy Euros and Loonies

Dollar hasn't reached bottom yet.

[guitar man]

9. that's easy

damn bushies :mad:

[NYVet]

10. Watch it go to a bridge in Alaska or some other boondoggle...

Like all the money the government takes that belongs to the people.

[CrispyQ]

11. Every American or every American family?

OMG, either way it's a staggering amount!

[SammyWinstonJack]

12. Well I guess we all agree we could better spend this amount on something else than blowing up

innocent people who never meant us any harm. 3.5 trillion in the end would go far toward peace and prosperity here and abroad. Thanks so much you values voters And you one pay check away from the poor house repugs! You are truly American :patriot: :sarcasm: I want to :puke:

[Johonny]

13. I think it would be great

If the Dems put on this years Tax form a box to check if your willing to pay 20 K in Taxes to support the war. What fun to watch all the Republicans not pay the extra tax to support the war:)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

14. That's more money than I made last year

And I bet I paid more income tax than the richest 1%.

[SoCalDem]

15. Here's the rub.. it's NOT an "extra" $20K.

If we did not have to pay it, we would still have just the same amount we have right now.. It's like taking a cash advance that we will have to pay back ANYWAY (and cannot afford), and deciding what to DO with that $20K..Amart people would cancel the whole advance, pay a boo-boo cash advance fee, and say "whew. that was a close call"..

Everyone who would just blow the $20K of future indebtedness, on plastic crap & more consumer goods, is in just a big of a jam :)

[SammyWinstonJack]

25. ...

:thumbsup: For the record, I never thought any of us would spend it on plastic crap or consumer goods. I figured because of bu$hco, inc, we would be forced to spend it on food, housing and gas. The rich have it made.

[windbreeze]

16. would buy Euros....& some metals...n/t

[supernova]

17. Get on with that Kitchen/Living room remodel

I really need.

Or go for a Masters at a private university.

[yellowdogintexas]

20. I would do the exact same thing, myself nt

[proud patriot]

18. Savings and hosp. bills

[bigwillq]

19. That's what the mayor of New Haven is asking for

and then some. New Haven mayor asks for $25,000/yr raise and he's a DEM.

http://www.nhregister.com/WebApp/appmanager/JRC/Daily?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pg_article&r21.pgpath=%2FNHR%2FNews%2FNew+Haven&r21.content=%2FNHR%2FNews%2FNew+Haven%2FTopStoryList_Story_1099489

[DFW]

21. SoCal got it right

It's not an extra $20,000. It's $20,000 taken out of the pockets of us and our
children that we would like returned to us (and never will be).

[tech3149]

22. First it would pay medical bills for an unexpected trip to the ER

Then it would cover the cost of moving back home to take care of my 86 y/o parents. After that I'd spend the rest doing repairs on their 100 y/o house. It doesn't take a brain trust to figure out where my priorities lie.

[GRLMGC]

23. I'd pay off my debt and some of my mom's debt

That's crazy!

[TahitiNut]

24. Heresy! Dick and George know better how to spend me into debt than I do.

:silly: :dunce:

[The Inquisitive]

26. change it into 13,633.2 Euros

nt

[Catchawave]

27. A nice balcony/screen porch below, on the back of my house....

I'm sure 15k of that would go to giving some local construction folks a job, not to mention the local suppliers for the materials, my contractor would probably clear 5k, and move on to other jobs, that will again support the local economy...nice thoughts in my peaceful world :D

[Maine-ah]

28. 20k? Get caught up on all my bills

that I'm 20k behind on.