Comments on: Layaway plans revived in tough times

By: Nativeson71

Nativeson71 — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:12:04 +0000

I remeber my mother putting a winter coat on lay-a-way at Kmart for my sister.
Lay-a-way is an old practive that predates rampant consumer debt / credit cards.
It did not mean you were poor – it was just a way to buy things.
Then, consumer credit cards replaced lay-a-way…now everyone is poor.

By: A.S.Mathew

A.S.Mathew — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 11:04:41 +0000

The economic meltdown is an excellent lesson to save money. Lay away
is a great idea, we get the things and paid off. No more bills from
the credit card companies with 24% or 36% interest. In the long run,
the U.S. consumers are going to save billions of dollarsP: those
dollars we threw away as high interests to the banks.

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:18:13 +0000

1.5 million for a fence to block would be jumpers..In my opinion, if they want to jump, let them jump..

By: DH

DH — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:46:39 +0000

I agree with Joe. If Anita can take the time to find the problems, maybe she can take some time and help find solutions, instead of complaining, which by the way, gets you nowhere.

By: Anita Mao Dunn

Anita Mao Dunn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:45:05 +0000

Hey Joe… Where you going with that gun in your hand?

I’m going out to shoot anybody who disagrees with me…….

Typical Democrat…. Excuse waste, blame others instead of doing a self examination, ridicule those with a different opinion, attack those who disagree with your version of the truth, and above all ….. Never, never, never cut a government program.

Obama walks on water don’tcha know? Mmm, mmm, mmm.

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:26:57 +0000

“$219,000 for Syracuse University to study the sex lives of freshmen women.”

Let’s not get too harsh. Maybe for once our government is allocating funds in the right direction.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:09:32 +0000

Hey Anita: quit your b!tchin’ and offer a better solution. Typical Republican.

By: Anita Mao Dunn

Anita Mao Dunn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:05:22 +0000

The $787 billion stimulus bill was passed in February and was promised as a job saver and economy booster. Here is where some of the money went:

- $300,000 for a GPS-equipped helicopter to hunt for radioactive rabbit droppings at the Hanford nuclear reservation in Washington state.
- $30 million for a spring training baseball complex for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies.
- $11 million for Microsoft to build a bridge connecting its two headquarter campuses in Redmond, Wash., which are separated by a highway.
- $430,000 to repair a bridge in Iowa County, Wis., that carries 10 or fewer cars per day.
- $800,000 for the John Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pa., serving about 20 passengers per day, to build a backup runway.
- $219,000 for Syracuse University to study the sex lives of freshmen women.
- $2.3 million for the U.S. Forest Service to rear large numbers of arthropods, including the Asian longhorned beetle, the nun moth and the woolly adelgid.
- $3.4 million for a 13-foot tunnel for turtles and other wildlife attempting to cross U.S. 27 in Lake Jackson, Fla.
- $1.15 million to install a guardrail for a persistently dry lake bed in Guymon, Okla.
- $9.38 million to renovate a century-old train depot in Lancaster County, Pa., that has not been used for three decades.
- $2.5 million in stimulus checks sent to the deceased.
- $6 million for a snow-making facility in Duluth, Minn.
- $173,834 to weatherize eight pickup trucks in Madison County, Ill.
- $20,000 for a fish sperm freezer at the Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in South Dakota.
- $380,000 to spay and neuter pets in Wichita, Kan.
- $300 apiece for thousands of signs at road construction sites across the country announcing that the projects are funded by stimulus money.
- $1.5 million for a fence to block would-be jumpers from leaping off the All-American Bridge in Akron, Ohio.
- $1 million to study the health effects of environmentally friendly public housing on 300 people in Chicago.
- $356,000 for Indiana University to study childhood comprehension of foreign accents compared with native speech.
- $983,952 for street beautification in Ann Arbor, Mich., including decorative lighting, trees, benches and bike paths.
- $148,438 for Washington State University to analyze the use of marijuana in conjunction with medications like morphine.
- $462,000 to purchase 22 concrete toilets for use in the Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri
- $3.1 million to transform a canal barge into a floating museum that will travel the Erie Canal in New York state.
- $1.3 million on government arts jobs in Maine, including $30,000 for basket makers, $20,000 for storytelling and $12,500 for a music festival.
- $71,000 for a hybrid car to be used by student drivers in Colchester, Vt., as well as a plug-in hybrid for town workers decked out with a sign touting the vehicle’s energy efficiency.
- $1 million for Portland, Ore., to replace 100 aging bike lockers and build a garage that would house 250 bicycles.

Sources: News reports, Office of the Senate Minority Leader, Office of Sen. Tom Coburn

Maybe our leaders in Washington, DC need to think about Layaway for some of their shopping this season.

By: SouthFultonMom

SouthFultonMom — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:19:19 +0000

I have always done layaway. Marshall’s is one of my favorite spots for my clothing. Name brand clothes that they want at discount prices. I used to do Wal-mart for my daughter when Mary Kate and Ashley were popular. I was sad to see it end but happy it was still going on when I needed it. Now, I’m doing Kmart for holiday gifts. I just wish there stores stayed stocked better. A lot of items were already out of stock when I went in two weeks ago to do my layaway.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:46:05 +0000

I’m so sorry that Walmart doesn’t do layaway anymore I rather go there to buy, but now it is K-mart. I believed Walmart is losing a lot of money.