The cost of lunch (one day) is about what the average person will get in their paycheck each week unders Obama's stimulus package. If you save it up for the entire month, you can even use the savings to take your significant other to the movies (with popcorn!).
From the AP article:
Q: What are some of the tax breaks in the bill?
A: It includes Obama's signature "Making Work Pay" tax credit for 95 percent of workers, though negotiators agreed to trim the credit to $400 a year instead of $500 — or $800 for married couples, cut from Obama's original proposal of $1,000. It would begin showing up in most workers' paychecks in June as an extra $13 a week in take-home pay, falling to about $8 a week next January.
Full Story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090211/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown101_stimulus_plan_2
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