The government reported on June 27th that the tax rebates included in the package helped increase real after-tax incomes by 5.3% in May, and consumers increased their spending at twice the rate they did in April.Still, as even George Bush admitted at the time of announcing it, the stimulus will be no more than a temporary "booster shot".
I know from past attempts at feeling good about myself based on external achievement that any validation I might receive is but a temporary dopamine shot and does not, ultimately, create any real peace of mind.
This expedient turn to the right by the Democrats in the Clinton years served as a temporary booster shot when it came to charges of being "soft" on defense -- until Republicans upped the ante by going "all-in" on military crusades in the aftermath of 9/11.
The difficulty with our efforts at reconstruction has been that the government programs designed to rebuild homes and businesses have been seen as temporary "one-shot" emergency response efforts.
Like a broken record, the Administration advises, "More stimulus; more stimulus," meaning more government spending, spiced with one-shot, temporary tax cuts.
I'm not sure why I had this phrase and this image in mind, but I thought, O.K., this can be a temporary title and that shot would be a temporary ending.
The complication rate is extremely low, with the most common reactions being irritation at the site of injection, and fainting post injection - precisely the minor temporary reactions seen with any shot.
He hopped over the bar and became a surprise temporary mixologist – serving generous shots of tequila to punters, regardless of what they'd ordered, and insisting they down them.
It was the 34-year-old's first game in temporary charge of the Shots following January's sacking of Andy Scott.
Quite an accomplishment for a player who entered this season considered only a temporary fill-in, with little shot as the sole answer for the future.
