# Obama's New stimulus package. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 20, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-new-stimulus-package/681828 "2014-02-20T23:19:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-new-stimulus-package/681828/1 "2014-02-20T23:19:33Z")
Finally a [Obama stimulus package](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/hard-sell-pakistani-merchants-president-obama-face-sell-imitation-viagra-article-1.1620047) that will work. 🙂 Theres nothing like helping business improve their drooping sales. [SPOILER] Washington gridlock isn’t the only dysfunction President Obama has become the face of. Suppliers of black-market Viagra sold in Pakistan are using the President’s likeness to help sell imitations of the anti-impotence drug, allowing the man with the most difficult job in the world to, unwittingly, help others achieve a similar degree of hardness in their own lives.[/SPOILER] ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-new-stimulus-package/681828/2 "2014-02-20T23:32:30Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Finally a [Obama stimulus package](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/hard-sell-pakistani-merchants-president-obama-face-sell-imitation-viagra-article-1.1620047) that will work. 🙂 I want to, but I can’t. I just can’t. Please read _something_ about the economic crisis and the stimulus. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-new-stimulus-package/681828/3 "2014-02-20T23:37:06Z")
It’s a Viagra joke Marley. Nothing the US can do about the Obama packaging since its a black market item in Pakistan. At least he’s dressed tastefully in a suit. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-new-stimulus-package/681828/4 "2014-02-20T23:39:31Z")
I know what the joke is. It’s a pun and the joke is that the ARRA didn’t do anything. And not to be the guy who fact-checks a joke, but since you picked that punch line - the stimulus helped the economy a lot. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-new-stimulus-package/681828/5 "2014-02-20T23:42:33Z")
You’re right the stimulus did help our economy. I couldn’t resist going for the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-new-stimulus-package/681828/6 "2014-02-21T07:47:19Z")
BTW. Shouldn’t that be a package stimulus ? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-new-stimulus-package/681828/7 "2014-02-21T08:16:31Z")
😃 that business’ prospects are rising. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-new-stimulus-package/681828/8 "2014-02-21T08:18:22Z")
> [@Fugazi](#): > > BTW. Shouldn’t that be a package stimulus ? And I believe that’s thread. That didn’t take very long. Okay guys, pack it up, we’re going home. There’s nothing more to see here. Fugazi just won. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-new-stimulus-package/681828/9 "2014-02-21T21:11:02Z")
If your GDP rises for more than 4 quarters, consult an economist. ---
**Author:** ![Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de053/32.png) [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obamas-new-stimulus-package/681828/10 "2014-02-21T21:32:23Z")
Who said inflation was a bad thing?