My idea for part of the stimulus package....

They would not have to be just parents. It could be couples. One goes off to work and the other stays home and homesteads...has a garden, cans vegetables, cuts coupons,etc. I like that idea.

Being that I'm one of those moms... I'd love that idea;) Then again, I would already by happy to have those years that I'm raising my children be counted towards my social security. The downside of that is that daycare providers would be out of a job...

Its defintly going to take more then sending out small checks to everyone....thats like trying to put a bandaid on a dam lol People are happy to get stimulus checks but they really arent big enough to make the kind of difference that we need....and you would think that they would know this after trying this before already lol and I think that I have cobwebs in the brain,,,,they dont seem to learn from their mistakes...do they?

Thank you for the honor of the best response in your discussion!

Although being Frugal is almost like bringing in an extra - if small paycheck - I love this idea! I want to stay home with my child and any future children. Even if I didn't I couldn't afford not to. Any job I get in NM would barely be enough to cover child care (a place we can trust), taxes, transportation etc. It wouldn't make it worth it not to be raising our son more fully. I will soon be licensed in Massage Therapy and want to work in an Oncology Department working with Cancer patients doing Manual Lymph Drainage and Gentle Scar Movement - but even that takes money. I finished school just as I conceived (first time trying) and good thing too because I would never have the same high GPA learning the body from the cellular level up as we did being pregnant - my mind was mush. Then there was colic. Then it had been so long since school I need to buy study materials for the National Certification test and the licensing takes money after I pass. The test is about 300 I think. Then insurance, dues to the organization and continueing education which I need to get each year. I would love to be subsidized for what is genuinely work! Taking care and raising my child etc. Don't think it will happen!

That is a very interesting idea. It could be pretty expensive, but so is every other proposal. I think it could actually work. I would be worried that people would try to take advantage of it though.