It's time for the government-controlled clock.

By the time you are reading this, the $1.9 trillion stimulus package may be in place. What a joke. The last round of stimulus checks saw the largest day of lottery ticket purchases and massive big screen TV sales in history. Don't get me wrong some people did use the money to catch up a bit, but most used it for what they wanted, not what they needed. The money that went to people that really didn't need it was no help to the economy when it was put into savings accounts.

I used mine to fight the wolf away from the door till prices got better. The...