Sure he would, he's made over a hundred million dollars since he was impeached. He could care less about people that need the money!

GO HOME BILL … WE ARE SICK OF YOU !!!!!

Bill, you had your eight years. it's time to stop talking.

Bill's just mad that he isn't getting one.

Interesting that Bill Clinton didn't mind people spending money during his time as President - which helped spur economic growth.

Side note - Bill Clinton complains about people "blowing it"… now THAT is a first!!

At least 117 homes? Well, they won't be low- aor middle-income much longer, then.

I don't care what he thinks. I can't wait for my $900. Duh, someone worth 100 million dollars wouldn't understand.

As usual, President Clinton is right. The so-called stimulus package is too little, too late. The only thing we can do now is extend unemployment benefits and watch the downhill slide.

Thanks again, Dubya! And, well done McSame!

stimulus checks??????????????

YOU MEAN WELFARE CHECKS

NEXT WE WILL ALL BE PROVIDED FOODSTAMPS

Here is another government mandate, in a way, telling you to go spend your money. When are people going to wake up and start changing the way government does business? Do you really believe this money is going to do anything to the economy? Get out and vote for change….. which right now seems to be in Obama's court. Hill and Bill are the same old governement polices.

YOU ARE RIGHT BUT I DONT LIKE YOU ANYWAY.

This is what people should be doing: paying down the debt if not eliminating it; funding their retirement; making investments (setting aside money for education, improving the house they own); as well as a rainy day fund should someone lose their job. The sad fact is that Americans fail to save enough. We take out too much in the way of loans and do too much impulse shopping. We need to learn to be satified with what we have.

Bill Clinton is an idiot.

He needs to be quiet or he may move from #2 to #1 in the list of worst president of the U.S., overtaking, of course, Jimmy Carter.

Shut up Bill.. Bush is no saint… but people need a little help right.

finally, he is attacking the other side, and not FELLOW DEMOCRATS!!!

For once, I find a reason to applaud you!!!!

Im still voting for Obama though!!!!! but good job president clinton

Yup.

Bill Clinton has been wrong about a lot of things, but he's right about this. Not saying I'll be giving my $600 back, mind you… nossir.

Can Bill Clinton Please Sit Down and Be Quiet? He isn't running for President!

Shouldn't he talk with his wife before he talks? She has supported this flawed idea from the beginning.

The simple fact is the only group who will benefit from this "stimulas" package will be the credit card companies, who will get a few more payments out of people before they default and the oil companies because we will be able to pay for a bit more gas. The simple fact is the people who got the stimulus are NOT the one who can spend it on "stuff" they are the ones who needed it to get by, to make that house payment or those credit card payments since any "extra" money they had before went to paying for fuel in their vehicles.

Folks the econoimy is in the pits because the dollar is in the pits, the dollar is in the pits because we are, as a country, so deep in debt that we are no longer considered a safe risk for investors. To solve our economy, including the housing "crisis" the looming food "crisis", our fuel "crisis" we need to to reduce our debt as individuals and as a country. We need to start regulating the banking industry again like we did up until the Reagan years (80s) when the banking industry was deregulated this is the root of our problem time to realize that industry will NEVER regulate itself for the benefit of the people but only for their profit, the GOVERNMENT must regulate industries for the benefit of the people. And yes I have a job, I am retired military and have had a job everyday since I was 17 and guess what I am a registered Independant who will be voting for Mr. Obama (or Mr. Paul if Ms. Clinton steals the selection) because the country is more important than the party!

Bill is correct on this.

Yes and I dont trust anything this guy says now. Nafta, unfair global trade and giving the farm to China were good for us.

To president Clinton
You are the best president when it comes to economy for the last 40 years…
Eventhough Obama doesn^t give any credit for your achievements…
.

Of course he will criticize them…. that's what the Clintons do best!

The housing crisis (that Hillary says she will pay people out of) is their own fault. You buy more house that you need… cause you think you can turn it over a make a profit… so to afford it you get an interest only ARM… (which the banks should have given you anyway)… and then the bottom falls and you are shafted. YOUR FAULT!

Sorry to say it but it's true! The checks won't help much I agree… I'll invest mine.

Why is Bill Clinton talking about this? If I had his kind of money I would just sit in a corner and count it!!!Talk about something you know about Bill, you know what you are good at and this is not it.

It is really sad….in 1992, Obama used his community organizer skill, spent days and nights, sat in the street hours and hours to pull in the votes for bill Clinton, today, bill Clinton paid it back by attacking Obama…prove ? just google it.

C'mon Obama supporters. Bill is right here no doubt about it, yet you still blindly bash him. The guy was a great president for 8 years, he might know what he's talking about every now and then. Serioiusly, the anti-Bill comments just show the age of the posters. Absolutely no idea or respect for what this man has done for this country.

Bill I would really like to miss you but how can I do that when you won't go away?

What dose he care about the Economy or poor people He and his wife are multimillionairs.
What we do with our money is our business not his business.
Go home bill and leave us alone

Bill's just mad because this stimulus package will keep the US economy out of a recession. Instead of headed straight for one as was the case when his dirty administration left town.

He's actually right, but it's (again) the wrong to say at this moment.

What does he hope to gain?

Bill Clinton isn't even a shell of the politician he once was. He's become desperate, and it shows.

If you the Clintons win Indiana then what? Obama will win NC and still have more delegates.
In the end, Obama will have more elected delegates and this is what wins elections, just ask our good friend Al Gore who won the popular vote.
Wether we like it or not, we have to support our nominee.

These stimulus checks (which were not even George Bush's idea) will be like putting a bandage on a gash or taking Tylenol for an abcessed tooth…not a real solution. And this is Bush's trump card for the economic turmoil he has created. Get real, it is an insult. The money is all borrowerd from China and will increase the budget deficit by $100,000,000,000.00.

You people cant be that stupid..

The party that's in power is sending you cash during an election year…

You people cannot be that dumb..

"Between now and July, the treasury will distribute more than $110 billion to at least 117 low and middle income homes." does this make sense

Get of your obessive hatred of the Clintons, they produce results what has the liberal fanactical Kerry, Pelosi, Reid and Barack provided for the American people. People listen to expereince or better said already done that Bill Clinton!

He is still viable and reliable with his word! Would people rather hear Carter making peace with our enemies who want to destroy America and Americans?

You are right Bill Clinton. We need the "Clinton economy" to come back and clean up the Bush mess. If Obama wins (a nearly impossible "if" in a general election) things will get worse. Obama is too far to the left as the most liberal senator in the US congress and really does not have the knowledge and experience to do the necessary for our economy. Obama will distribute poverty and not prosperity with his plan that reminds me of many Sud American politicians that are well intentioned but by applying the leftist populist policies only manage to spread misery. What we really need is a centrist approach to our problems, including the economy.
Hillary Clinton is the one to make it happen

Who's running for President, Bill or Hillary?…..

He is right, I am unemployed, I can use the money to pay some bill, what we needs is jobs, jobs, jobs.
HILLARY 08

Is Bill running for president, I'm confused about why he is speaking instead of his wife?

Kim, I couldn't agree with you more,I've been checking my account for last 24 hours waiting for my deposit!!! Don't play!!

Obama 08!

I see nothing wrong with donating it to the candidate of your choice!

Who else is afraid of Bill talking about things that are suppose to stimulate?

Seriously, pay your bills with the money people. Any little bit helps. I know there will be some out there that go out and get a new TV or something else they don't need.

My check is heading into my Roth IRA.

Good point Bill, I will donate 1/2 to "Feed the Children", put 1/4 on my huge winter gas (utility) bill and send some to Hillary's campaign. I want to go shopping for myself so badly, but I'll wait….. Please stay focused and stay on point.

Hillary '08

BILL GO AWAY. WHO CARES WHAT YOU THINK.

YOU HILLARY HAVEN'T DONE MUCH THINKING

FOR A LONG TIME.

Now, if they could only send me back the rest of my money they waste on BS, I'd be really happy.

Why don't we drill for oil in ANWR or the Gulf of Mexico? Canada just opened a new oil field in the Northwest Territories. China, India, Mexico and Venezuela are drilling in the Gulf and making huge profits at our expense.

If we keep listening to the likes of Clinton, we're doomed for sure.

Actually, the best thing to do with the stimulus check is to pay down your credit cards.

You see, by paying down credit cards, that frees up more credit so we can spend more. Most people, after paying down their credit cards, keep using the cards. That still counts as spending!

This comes out on the same day that the checks are being sent??? Way to take stand Bill! Lol.

Paying down debts is NOT stimulating the economy.
That's what he's saying and he's right…

…The money they send you only stimulates the economy if you spend it on things you havent already purchased..

But most people (myself included) will pay debts with it. Its good to get money but we cant afford it.
We, as a country, are trilliions of dollars in debt.

Why is it being done? Its an election year.

I'm using mine to donate to Hillary's campaign. I encourage others to do the same.

Even if the people spend it instead of paying down credit cards, they'll probably be buying things from China, etc.

INDIANA AND N CAROLINA…PICK THE ONE THAT CAN WIN…HILLARY!!!

OBAMA NEEDS TO DEBATE OR RUN BACK IN HIS CHICKEN HOUSE.

Yeah, easy for him to say.. He banks 800,000.00 speaking to Columbia about Free Trade and is an opportunist in every way..

Which he and HIllary claimed $$109 million on tax released statements..

Easy for you to say Bill.. since you are not living paycheck to paycheck..

Yes.. We.. Can.. in 2008

I HAVE STOPPED BELIEVING WHAT BILL SAYS SINCE MONICA.

I know I will be paying on debt. I bet most of you will. Therefore it will not help the economy much or the housing crisis. I bet only a very small number of people will be spending it on things they normally would not and that is the only way it would stimulate the economy.

Economy 101. Glad I am getting it but it truly will not help the disastrous economy. So Bill is correct.

Same Old Bill

HE is criticizing because he is not getting a check.

Riiight Bill… instead of stimulus checks you, your wife, or Obama would rather send out stimulus TAX BILLS. That's the way to get out of economic problems is to tax the citizens more and more.

Hmmmm… I've heard this argument before. Oh yes - when England was taxing the colonies before we fought for independence.

Go away Bill and take your fugly family too.

I agree with Bill on this one. These stimulus checks are about as stupid an idea as a temporary elimination of gasoline taxes proposed by Mrs. Clinton.

Bill Clinton is one of the best economist this country has had and I agree with him. Even A. Greenspan said Bill Clinton and Nixon were the best economist he had ever worked with. To dismiss Bill Clinton when he says "blow it" would be foolish, he's right on.

"Between now and July, the treasury will distribute more than $110 billion to at least 117 low and middle income homes."

Either that is a mistake or 117 families are going to get very rich off of this deal.

THIS COMING FROM THE MAN WHO CUT MORE SOCIAL

PROGRAMS THAN ANY REPUBLICAN.

BILL JUST SHUT UP & GO HOME.

TAKE WARHILLIE WITH YOU.

“Go out and blow it. Don’t you dare pay down your credit card or save it,” he quipped.

I hardly think it's becoming of him, of all people, to publicly use words like stimulate and blow it! Did he wag the finger, too, as his scolded his adoring crowd?

This is just a preview of the 3rd season of the psychodrama, The Clintons!

Change the channel!

This administration raised our debt and killed 100,000 plus (counting U.S. and Iraq) in a war for oil, that it was unable to get. All the while being in cahoots with the big energy companies, and letting gas get so high that we are in an economic crunch over it. That same administration is now printing money to give to you, to give back to the oil companies thru your gas tank. These guys are so incompetent they don't even make good crooks.

And don't get me started on the spineless Dems that let this kind of stuff happen.

Hey President Clinton…why don't take $1M of your $100M+ and put it where your mouth is. Go to Arkansas and directly use it to save some folks from losing their homes.

What a joke on the American people. A check from your tax dollars given back at tax time that will be taxed again next tax time!
The credit cards and oil companies will get the money.. everyone is in debt b/c of high gas and food prices.

The money goes right back into my 401k so that when I retire, I won't need to rely on Govt to take care of me. When China cashes in all those U.S. T bills they have been buying, my 401k will be worth (0).

The rest of it will go to buy fuel for my 5 vehicles and support the war effort for Iran, since they get all the money from my purchase of foreign oil. Hugo Chavez may get some of that too so that he can undermine Democracy in Latin America.

Just give me my CHECK

I need to Pay my Car note lol

lol… or better yet (bill) give me a few million from your bank acct: so i can pay off some of these student loans

LOL

OBAMA 08

Bill must think he's running for president lol

He is completely right on this. The stupid thing about this whole check plan is that they aren't giving money to individuals making over $75K or couples with income over $150K. These are the people who would go out and spend the checks.

While it's great that some people are going to get a little help to pay down their debts, this is not what these checks are supposed to do.

Bill helped create this situatiion with his Nafta bill trading our companies and jobs with other countries for his own personal gain.
Why don't you give us a stimulus check Bill.

My ears - I just can't listen to this guy any more! Blame blame blame! These problems (and many more) were also on his watch, but I see no solutions. Answers and Leadership, please - NOT BLAME!

Bill Clinton's stupid wife has shipped tens of thousands of precious US jobs overseas to India, China, and Mexico for her own political gain, and he is worried about stimulus checks? Give me a break. Billary are nuts and need to get out of this election!

Bill,
You are the wrong person to give me advice about spending a little money coming!

You have made over $100 million since you got out of the white house, so go sit down and enjoy your windfall and leave us strugglin folks alone

"Whaaaaa, I want another debate"

So Hillary wants yet another debate–could this be whining? I think so.

Barack refuses to join her on the Titantic. Get over it Hillary, we know you are running for 2012 and you are on a scorch and burn campaign anyway.

Obama 08

Bill, what is in your wallet? Go away Oldie!

I do have to agree with some of the other bloggers…Bill go back to New York or whatever the current state you claim as your home. Glad it is not Nebraska. Whis is #7 of the list of states with the highest taxes.

Winners should not be seen with losers. Barack is over you–move on with your failed campaign.

Obama 08

Unfortunately, I am going to have to turn around and use it to pay estimated taxes.

To Mark S. Yes we are that dumb. The money came from a Democratic controlled Congress, not from the executive branch (Bush).

All Spending Bills go through Congress. That is the way our system works….. This is one more form of Welfare. They should have kept the money and paid off our national debt. That would have been a better use of our money. Yes, folks, it is our money.

The fun part is that Bill is right!!!

You listen to a lot of economists and they are say exactly the same thing.

Didn't both Hillary and OBama vote for the stimulus package???

Yeah. Don't dare be ambitious, say, like……..oh I don't know…..seek to earn $109 million in 8 years?

Why shouldn't people get the extra money? Who cares what they do with them…are they (the government) gonna monitor what's going on with each individiual and what they do with it? I think not!

The economy today has sucked some people dry and some people need the extra money.

It's not the kind of "stimulation" Bill is used to from strangers.

Hillary = Nixon incarnate. She will be poison for Americans.

GOBAMA '08

I wonder if that idiot realizes he is ruining his wife's campaign?

If I were Hillary, I would get him a shock collar to stop him from speakign nonsense.

Save most of that tax dollar you will need again and again!
Big Biz wants some more money, they rule. It is the tax dollars they can steal by pushing it out one door and into theirs!
Be smart people pay for your gas and food, save some and it will be there to pay the tax you owe on it next April!

Dean has a lot of nerve. He let the Clintons walk all over him, and now he is saying one of the candidates has to drop out by June. If that candidate isn't Hillary-let-me-tell-you-another-lie-Clinton, the DNC will have to drop out by June, because the GOP WILL WIN.

Obama 08

I totally agree with the former President. Actually, the last time we got stimulus checks, I only got 1/3 of what I was supposed to get and I didn't get the rest until they caught their error when I filed my taxes the following year. So, folks, if you all don't get what you're supposed to get, don't be surprised.

Bill gave America 8 years of prosperity and peace, so we would all do well to show him the respect he deserves.

Thanks Bill!

To all of you tearing down the Clintons . Obama started his political campaign in the most corrupt county in the nation! He was corrupt before he ran for anything, he has high praise for mayor daley of chicago, whose so corrupt i would run out of space listing them. So it may be wise to do some checking on the great Obama.

Be thankful Obama supporters, If Obama was a Republican in would have been kicked out long ago!!! But the DNC are IDIOTS!!!

You know, I don't know if it's going to help the economy. I mean, it'll probably help out for a couple of weeks or a month but overall, hopefully people do spend it, I mean, I'm visting my family. But hey, look on the bright side, all I know is that I'm gonna be visiting my sisters soon and yep, I did the math…LOL!!!

Former President Bill Clinton is one of America's greatest Presidents, followed, of course, by George W. Bush, the WORST U.S. PRESIDENT, EVER.

It's a dumb thing to do no matter how you look at it.

The worst thing you can do is borrow from your credit card to pay a bill. So is it better–the government borrows money at interest to give us so we can pay our bills?

It's bad enough that citizens are borrowing at interest to pay bills. It's astronomically worse for our government to borrow at interest to pay our bills.

OK CNN,

WERE BACK TO NOT PRINTING MY COMMENTS!!!!!

I AM SORRY THAT YOU CANNOT STAND THE FACT THAT I AM NOT AN OBAMA FAN!!!!!!!

HILLARY WILL PREVAIL IN INDIANA AND BEYOND!!!!!!!!!!

It's always surprising to me that Americans all favor capitalism unless someone else is making the money. It never bothered them that the Clintons were poor as church mice, never even owned a home, before he became president. Now that, they actually get paid for speaking engagements and book deals, they're torn down for daring to make money. Somehow they forgive the Bushes for being wealthy, I guess because they always have been but to succeed is somehow unacceptable. Look! There's that green-eyed monster rearing its ugly head!

Put 100% of your tax rebate on paying down credit card bills or catching up on any bills that you have gotten behind on. Gasoline is headed for five bucks a gallon and higher, so keep the gas credit cards paid down to zero every month. Don't worry about not spending it on consumer goods. 90% of Americans will blow it on stereos, clothes, nice dinners, etc.

Take care of yourself. No one else will.

Bill and Hillary so out of touch. Both he and his wife keep picking on idiotic things and making the news. Who does Barack know? Doesn't support the checks. Bill may have grown up poor. But, he has evolved into quite an ELITIST KNOW IT ALL. Hillary is just as bad. She was never Poor. So maybe she didn't have to evolve as far, to end up in the same place.
Karen in Peoria, Illinois

From the White House to the Outhouse–Bill is a real prince among thieves.

i will never vote for any Clinton, including Chelsea.

Most people here are missing the point of what Bill Clinton is saying. HE'S RIGHT. People are so happily baffled by the B.S. the Obama camp is spewing that they can't see what's right before their faces: President Bush expects everyone to go about like mad lemmings, spending their meager 'stimulus' payments here and there. I actually find the checks to be insulting, and a band-aid on arterial spray. Yet a lot of you are so quick to criticize anything with the Clinton label that you can't see WHY Bill is angry and sarcastic about this topic. Wake up people!

Bill Clinton talked about economic stimulus of Bush which a lot of you will received soon in Oregon last week. CNN as always is too late the hero.

Here he goes again! This is going to hurt Hillary's campaign some more. This is going to be in the news for the rest of the week.

"Don't you dare pay down your credit card debt"! Hah! Only a statement I would expect someone who has never known what its like to be broke. He's not even president anymore and he's still telling us what to do. Sounds elitist to me!

Obama 08!

Why Does Everyone hate the Clintons. I remember Bill's administration fondly as one of prosperity and peace. How quickly we forget. This stimulus package is like me giving my daughter $10 to go to the movies, when it cost $15 to get in. Way too little, way too late. Please restore sanity to the White house and end the Tyrannical Bush Chaney era, and put a Democrat back in the White House.

How stimulating — We will have to pay it back on our next taxes, you know? It is NOT a rebate. Read the fine print

To Adam in Indiana bashing Obama supporters:

Just a reminder not all bloggers on CNN are Democrats. Some of the criticism of Bill comes from Republicans.

BILL YOU ARE SO RIGHT!!!!

YOU ARE A VERY SMART MAN!!!!!
MOST PEOPLE WILL NEED THAT MONEY FOR FOOD OR GAS!!!!

BUSH IS JUST TRYING TO SAVE FACE FOR JOHN McCAIN TO LOOK GOOD IN THE FALL!!!!!

HILLARY WILL BEAT HIM! I KNOW THAT SHE CAN DO IT!!!!
THEY (THE GOP) HAVE NOTHING ON HER!!!!!!!

SHE GETS MY VOTE!!!!!!!!

Mines is already spent on the Obama campaign. If you can't afford to give it all and least make some kind of donation.

TELL WASHINGTON THANK YOU…AND THAT YOU ARE INVESTING IN YOUR REAL FUTURE.

Obama 08′

BILL CLINTON WE WILL ALWAYS ENJOY YOUR INTELLECTUAL INPUT INTO THIS SOCIAL DISCOURSE.

BILL CLINTON IS RIGHT, THE ELIGIBLE PEOPLE WHO WILL RECEIVE THESE CHECKS SHOULD PAY DOWN THEIR CREDIT CARD DEBT..

EVEN IF YOU WILL EVENTUALLY USE YOUR CREDIT CARD SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE THIS WILL REDUCE YOUR DEBT, EVEN IF IT IS FOR A FEW MONTHS….

USE THIS SMALL WINDFALL TO YOUR BEST BENEFIT, EVEN THOUGH IT IS ONLY A BANDAGE FOR A BROKEN ARM…

The only thing that will stimulat eBill is Monica between the legs! Now, that's real stimulating, right Bill?

Bill is right. Im just going to save mine for my Vacation overseas this summer.

AMERICANs use your brain— it's going to take a unified approach and some one telling us what the real issues are so we can tackle them. We can accept free trade as long as it's fair trade and not this scam that enables business to boost their bottom line and not return any value to the American economy or debt reductions.

There are a lot of complicated issues with economy, trade, debt, and job creations — I want someone I can trust to be open about what we are facing and how to deal with it. Give me Obama's approach and not this"special interest", make the insider richer approach that's been tab as Washington Experience"

I agree this is just a loan for future generations to pay. Haven't we burdened them enough.
Seems to me many of you hate prosperity, why because it was under the Clinton years we had prosperity and were paying down the national debt. This Administration has doubled the debt in addition to the mess we are in, but I guess some idiots can't see the forest for the trees. Wake up America we need anouther Clinton to clean up a Republican mess.
Hillary in 08

We plan on saving every penny we receive!

Partly because I'm sure we are going to be asked for it back!

Especially next year at Tax time…..I'm sure we will all have to admit how much we received and that amount will be subtracted from any rebate that is due.

Just saying…..

I am neither black nor religious, but ALL the world should heed Rev. Wright's words of reconciliation. He spoke as a scholar. Thank you for your coverage of his speech this morning. I understand more clearly the intellectual relationship with Barack Obama, whom I strongly support.

The older woman's comments at Obama's speech in Wilmington today voice my own. Thank you for making the video available on your web site.

Iris T. Wagner

Bill,

There's something that I finally agree with you on.

Wow, this may be the first thing I agree with Bill Clinton on, ever…

But it seems a bit strange to blast this as a failed plan by GWB when you are stumping for your wife, who was in favor of the stimulus package when it was introduced

Well, Hillary supports the stimulus checks and Bill Clinton does not!

Is this the one price we are going to pay for 2 Clintons, who can't agree on the way forward with the economy?

Who is in the race for the white house - Hillarious or Bill?

I wonder what Bill Clinton forgot in the white House that is making him so desperate to want to go back? - $100 million windfall for presidential Hillary speaking fees or monica's stained dress?

BILL, PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEE GO AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!

yes, clinton cala boca

The Clinton's are elitist and don't understand regualr people!

I'd like to have some of that $15 million stimulus package that bubba got from dubai.

How can anyone believe a word out a habitual lier????

Whoever said he was a good economist, selective thinking on your end.

He signed NAFTA, and ever since our jobs have been diminished consistantly. You must be closet republican!

Bush has give us a check twice that's the only president in my lifetime that has give me and unexpected check from the goverment. Bush would have had a great presidency if he hadn't had to deal with 9-11 and a pelosi lead congress. We have went down hill since she took control.

Thanks Pres. Bush for your help

why can't bill sit down he is not running anything any more we have come into a new generation where we want someone of, for and by the people no more stomping on the constitution we need new breath or we will die a man who has no vision will perish bill and his wife see the same old way. i can only speak for me but i need a new dream for this country and the politics of old need die or we as a country will.

first we have war that we will never be able to pay for. and then bush sends out checks. and clinton is right, the only people who going to be able to just blow it in the stores will be people that already have money to blow, or irresponsible in the first place. funny, you folks think clinton is a joke. when he was president, did have to give people hush money? did 9/11 happen when he was president, remember the commision found that this admistration is also held accountable. do you think for one second in eight years, not eight days, but years, that bush is not responsible for anything? this check isn't going to just start anything. most people are going to use it to pay for gas at the pump, by the way bush is an oil man for those of you that forgot what georgie die prior to robbing the white house, and american people. most people are going to hold onto this money, even though we are going to give it back one way or another. we the american people have voted not with our heads, but for what our parents voted, or what money has told you to vote for. or being scared into voting for a man that did not have the credentials to run a household let alone the country. use your heads when you enter the voting polls, money ruined this country, lets not do it again.

Sure give me the money I don’t earn much and need to pay my debts. Certainly I am not going to blow it. Maybe it would have been better to give everyone an annual tax break who earns less then $50000 and to compensate this by raising the taxes for all over $200,000. Oh I forgot politicians earn in that range, don't they… Hmmm

I won't even see mine because I owe from 2006. They are going to apply the stimulus check to what I owe. Brilliant.

yes, in portugues mim Not talk too much. let you wife talk

Billy boy is just mad that money went to those who actually pay more taxes then they get back instead of going to just those who pay no income taxes or get more back then they pay thanks to being poor and/or having children they shouldn't have had in the first place due to their financial situation.

he is right it not going to help anything ……………most of us are going to pay off debt with it …………ours is going for a daughters summer college semester…………….which will be a little less debt for her in the future

Dear President Clinton:
You have totally squandered the deep sense of respect I had for you. Hillary is no Bill. And besides, Bill Clinton now seems to be different from Bill Clinton then. Your nasty campaign and lies against Barack Obama backfired against you and your popularity has dwindled. Please ask Senator Clinton to stop the divisive politics and join behind Senator Obama and save the Democratic Party. Please ask her to stop saying whatever it takes to get nominated. Help her with her delusion that she has the most popular votes - she does not. She is a law maker but wants to break the rule when it comes to benefit her. This is double standard of the highest type. Is this all a joke??

A concerned citizen

Bill Clinton is Mad because he was hoping the stimulas package to be in percentage like 1% so he can get 109M x 1/100 = 1.09M he can care less what the poor people gets. With his thinking a person with low income say 20,000 will ony get $200.00 whitle the rich like billy boy will get 1.09M or more.

Easy for someone with $109 million to say. Shut the hell up, Bill.

And, of course, Bill knows all about stimulus packages.

Bill, I agree, but maybe we should finally talk about those EARMARKS,

oh by the way if you love this country and want to see it come back to life please send the checks if you pay your debt you will still have more so enjoy ths gift they did not have to do it i do not care that much for george bush one of the few things he has done that i cna say okay oh yeah except for the dance i really thought he was cool

I see a lot of Clinton bashing but I'd like to see them take on what he said instead with a real rebuke. Being a conservative myself I don't believe in the "stimulus" plan. Hell I believe people should pay for their improper policies but instead the government helps prop up those who took out loans they couldn't afford and those that gave out the loans and then sold them as investments. A lot of people will use their checks to pay off bills and while this might help the bottom lines of the banks, it won't increase the GDP. This plan may be stupid but Bill is right, everyone needs to go out and spend the checks immediately for any hope that it actually gives the economy a boost and some momentum.

TO: Adam in Indiana April 28th, 2008 1:54 pm ET
Serioiusly, the anti-Bill comments just show the age of the posters. Absolutely no idea or respect for what this man has done for this country.
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c'mon Adam, get your head out of your but, he gave you a few pennies to spend. But look what he made out of the deal. These people are knee deep in headaches and to bring that back into White House is ridiculous. And, that shows that we are old enough to know better and we can see that they are nothing but trouble. Take your darn blinders off and see beyond skin color.

I'm a registered Democrat pulling for Obama for several different reasons and this is one. The Clinton's are SO devisive we Americans could never come together as one. I understand that Bush has made many mistakes but if he tries to do something good, give the man credit for it. "Regardless of race, religion or whatever else, we areALL Americans."

Uh, I thought Pres. George W was the worse president. Is he not in the running yet?

Isnt that like a normal whinny democrat, hand outs by the government is never enough….complain and whine never any solutions just whine. That is why there has been one democratic president in the white house in the last 25yrs and he was AWFUL.. So Bill how much should the government give out?

Bill Clinton you are great we know what you did for America and majorly the Black Americans in this country we love you. We are solidly behind you and by od's grace Hillary will win this nomination and possibly the General election!!!!!!!

The only thing that Bill Clinton was great at was being a corrupt, dirty, womanizing politician! What are you people thinking? How can you continue to sing praises about him? You people are crazy!

Who is running for president here?? BILL — will you please, please please SHUT UP! Let Hillary speak, take positions. Your time in the White House was a decade ago. Its time for change we can believe in — ha ha. A woman's voice!

Hillary 08.

Bill Clinton you are great we know what you did for America and majorly the Black Americans in this country we love you. We are solidly behind you and by God's grace Hillary will win this nomination and definately the General election!!!!!!! Amen Amen Amen!!!!!!!!!!!

ALLAN - UNDER THE CLINTON YEARS WE ALL BUT DESTROYED OUR OWN MILITARY. WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER 4 YEARS OF CLINTON IN THE WHITE HOUSE. TAXES WILL SKY-ROCKET WITH THEIR BIG GOVERNMENT PLAN OF TAX AND SPEND.

Why are people harping on Bill and Hillary's ability to make $109 million over 8 years. Most of that came from books, which were bought by the people. Besides if Obama wins the Presidency don't you think when his term is done that he will be making tens of millions of dollars a year? He'll write more books, go on speaking tours, etc.

The American people,all the races, should remember that Nations and Governments, and their policies; do not last, forever.The "Word of God" is true, and it and political speech are different. Bill Clinton is not God;. He is just, a politician. He says what politician, say…..God's words, are forever true……WAKE UP, AMERICA!!!!! Salvation over Politics, that what is really at stake here…..

Just shut up and sit down Bill. You have done enough to ruin this country!

you people that bash bill are the syupidest people on the planet earth, bill has done more for these u.s.a. then antone in my life time, you just hate, hate, hate. by your coments you done care what happens in our country, or you would realise he cares just like hillary does. instead of bashing, take a good look at the candates if you think obama can solve this problem you are really out in left field, no experiance talks a good show,but cant beat mccain, hillary has a 9 point lead over mccain in the nationals obama is tied. she appeals to the blue coller worker like me an that counts in the big states, so get a clue look at who your voting for an ask your self why.

james if you can donate your money to a rich person you do not need it anyway so send it to me i sure can use it. anyway i think you are a liar you just want to make yourself sound good like the clintons you just talk to make noise

Sit down and shut up bill.

Election time in America, Stimulus Checks, gasoline tax cut, unfortunately they almost never work - knee jerk action to correct the uncorrectable. Don't invade other countries for "Oil," don't subsidize the "conversion of corn to Bio-diesel," making food unaffordable and contributing to an "economic, agricultural and environmental nightmere," producing less than 1% energy with 30 to 40% increase in food - where are the economists? Who is advising these people? Sincerely, Lake Hart, a Native American Writer

President Clinton is right about this. I would go one step further, though, and say that this so-called stimulus, which GWB says we should spend, spend, spend, when so many people have debts to pay and gas tanks to fill, is meant to mollify us. My husband and I, though far from rich (in fact, we're three people living on one very modest income) have always taken these rebates and donated them to the charities hurt most by Bush's policies. We would feel like hypocrites if we pocketed Bush's distraction money after criticizing his economic policies. Our son will decide this year which charity will receive the child credit.

Shut up Mr. President…

I voted for Bill twice and was happy with the Clintons.
Now I feel they have been ruthless in campaigning and can't stand to see them open their mouths.
If Hilliary gets the nomination, this is one 69 yr. old white woman that will not vote at all in the election.
Why do I want to vote for McCain that would be a stupid move.

Hillary Voted for that Stimulus package. Bill did you not at that point voice your opinion to her or just that you were thinking about something else.
Yes if those checks are not used to purchase then there is no stimulus but then if they use to pay off the bills people will spend the money it will go into the economy.
Do you want people to go and put that money in the CFF if that is the case please spell it out and give us the account number to deposit our checks into.

Just be ready to get less on next year's return which is what happened the last time we got "stimulus" checks.

I just figure I'll pay down some debt so the rich people I owe money to can go and spend more money on a new boat or plane or that new house in the hamptons.

Bill, you are losing your mind. You need to stop talking. You are so desperate to get back in the White House, you will say anything.

This will not help the economy we are in a recession and it is going to get worse. I guess once more people are going to lose their jobs and their houses, once the food prices and gas prices go up then many of you will wake up and SCREAM! The problem is it is too late and as one of the gentleman said before we need to regulate the banking business and also we need to have fair trade agreement, because now that the dollar is week we need to be able to sell our goods easier. However, high Import taxes that the EU puts on our goods won’t help and high oil prices either. We need to act now: (1) stop the war spending (2) invest ¼ of the war cost in securing our borders (3) have a strong foreign politics, so we can sell our products (4) changing our energy policy to lower cost and stimulate our economy (5) regulate all banking and lending business.

I just cannot believe how the Republicans are gradually winning this election, thanks to some "bird-brain" democrats. The Republicans consistenly outfox the dems.

1. How can an "impeached family" be given this nation again (I mean somone who lied to this nation about sex, sex, and sex!)

2. How can anyone even think that an individual with such high negatives can ever bring together other people to implement solutions in Washington?

3. How can anyone put "wealth" over morality, integrity, and honesty?

I weep for the Dems!

Like a couple others here, part of mine will go to Hillary's campaign.

Stimulating April 28th, 2008 2:16 pm ET

The only thing that will stimulat eBill is Monica between the legs! Now, that's real stimulating, right Bill?

WHERE ARE THE MODERATORS IN REGARDS TO THIS INAPPROPIATE UNDERSTIMULATING PERSON, WHO IS ONE OF OBAMA'S GUTTER SUPPORTERS..

ANOTHER BITTER BARACK BACKERS! GO AND TRY TO STILULATE YOUR PEA BRAIN…

I am not complaining about the stimulous checks. My family is getting one.

But Pres Clinton is right. Its a short term bribe that isnt going to do a heck of a lot.

Bill Clinton is absolutely right…whichever way you bend it and however often some of you attack him.
As Hillary said…….which part of the PEACE AND PROSPERITY didn't you like during the Clinton era.

Bill is talking sense today.

Whats wrong with him..hahahaha

We would be wise to judge a presidential candidate by his actions over the course of a lifetime rather than his rhetoric over the course of a campaign.

Americans for McCain '08

If our government really wanted us to spend the money on retail and dining and domestic travel…then why didn't they issue us cash cards that could only be used on such things. Someone writes ME a check, I tithe the appropriate portion and then pay the rest on my Visa bill that's been absorbing the high gasoline prices for the past 5 years.

Yet another reason I have always liked Bill. He is speaking the truth, even if it goes against the current propaganda out there and whether or not people like it or not. I respect him for that.

Finally Bill Clinton says something I agree with.

Should I take my $300.00 which will cover my co-payment for prescriptions for this month; or. should I buy food? Oops, I almost forgot about the necessary gas to get me back and forth to Dr's office, pharmacy and grocery store. Hard decision but either way, the Clintons and majority of senate/house will make money due to owning stocks in drug, food and gas companies….and let's not forget that it's an election year.

Bill, if we're not supposed to have these checks, then I guess you wouldn't mind if I spend the entire check on donating to Barack Obama's campaign! Go back to Lake Winola, Bill, we're not gonna play your games!

You know I have never had my comments posted in open forum. But this one I hope gets out. Boy are many of you that comment here are plain and simply stupid! I do not know why CNN posts your comments for because you do not study history. Bill Clinton if you like him or not took our country out of deficit! He has been the only president during my life time to do this.

It is true people are using these checks to pay off bills and credit cards. Clinton is not saying to not receive the money or for the government to not give it. you are so blinded with hate many of you can't see this. He is making a statements that the problem we have with the economy is not going to be relieved with the refunds. It's not, heck the teachers down here in my area are teaching people how to garden their own vegetables. Kids are growing fruits trees in school clubs and giving them out to the community. Why? Because our economy is going down hill. They are trying to reduce the cost of their food by growing it. No refund check can resolve this issue.

Instead of looking a Bill Clinton as a person you hate because what ever stupid reason the man is intelligent and has a lot of in sight and is the only president since the last 25 years to take us out of deficit.
I have to repeat it because I do not think it sinks into many heads.

When looking at a political figure. Stop looking at them as an idol to love or some to blame and hate for the causes of everything bad. Seperate yourself and try to be critical of what they say. Gosh many of you treat politics like religion. So dogmatic! and SO WRONG TO DO!

Please CNN do not post stupid comments that are not well thought out anymore. It is not worth your time or the time of your readers. I know you guy are trying to be fair but posting stupid comments is use less. I am sure there are btter ones to post.

I pitty the soul that has to read these comments and post them.

I'm getting 35 bucks out of this glorious stimulus check. Oh well, on the bright side, at least I won't have to repay it next tax season. Let me see if I understand the drill: I work harder, to pay more taxes, to support more deadbeats. Oh, OK, I get it now! Gee, there is SO much incentive now for me to better my life and work harder: so I can be taxed more and support more deadbeats. What a great system! I'm glad I bothered taking the time and effort to put myself through college (and a masters too) so I can support others who didn't bother to lift a finger to better themselves.

The message is: Work Harder. Millions on welfare are depending on you.

I left my comment in another article but altough was still open. I guess you did not liked so was not published. So I will try again. Obama should debate Clinton . The people of Indiana and North Carolina deserve it. Why he is afraid?

It is interesting the words he used. Stimulate, go out and BLOW IT. Does he think he is still in the White House.

First of all, Bill Clinton was not impeached. The Republicians attempted to, but failed. The less then independent council of Ken Starr could not prove anything other then the Monica issue. He lied about it and was censured. If he had been impeached he would not have been provided an office or anything else we provide for ex-presidents, SO THERE!!! I thought you Obama-bots were supposed to be the smart ones?

Bill is right- however, I think the gov't should've issued debit cards if they really wanted the money to go right back into the economy.

Americans need to forget about keeping up w/ the Joneses- it's time to sacrifice & save.

If Bill Clinton as the only President in the past century to a balanced budget, with a federal surplus is an idiot, what does that make the rest of you.

The packet that Dubya had put together is to little, to late to do anything for the nation that he has driven into the ground. He never made a dime on his own as a buissness man and has shown the nation how he managed to do it.

This administration has been in the hip pocket of big oil and corporate America since day one. So don't go and spend this big check in one place, that is unless you are going to attemp to fill your gas tank.

Excuse me Bill, didn't you USE to be someone? Who cares what you have to say about this or anything else. What you will do to keep your name out there and try to get back into the White House and get your hands on another cigar is crazy.

To me these stimulus checks are just like a tax refund. Save or pay off some debt.

End of story.

Obama Supporter!

We all need to give President Clinton the respect he deserves, when a man who presided over the presidency for eight years during the best economic era the US has ever had, comments on the economy we should all listen!!!

Obama 08!!!

Why want he shut up and let his wife act as if she is the one running for President. Get a life Bill.

Sooooooooooo………………..does this mean I can have your check, Hillary's check and Chelsea's check. Thanks dude.

The checks are smaller than I would like, but the senate and cogress voted on it, better than nothing. People are fed-up with the Clintons and their Elitist remarks and way of living. Pretending they are one of us… Bill comes out of the white house and makes 109mm over some shaky deals and books and speaking arrangements while the other half is a senator also taking more of the American's people money. There should be a limit as to what a former president can do when he leaves office so there is not conflict of interest. Look at the deals Bill Clinton got himself into while his wife was in Senate. Why has that been investigated????

Yep…debit cards would have been the smart thing to do.

Some families are really hurting right now!

I am waiting for my check! If we can spend $12- billion dollars a month for a war - well… I'll take a check!

Bill- please take your wife and leave!

Go Obama!

That's Reality,

Under the Clinton years we all but destroyed our military, get real.

Do you understand that the Reagan and Bush started shifting combat service support and combat support to the reserves in the 80's. Do you understand that Gerorge HW Bush deactiviated 6 US Army Combat Divisions immeditely after the100 hr war. Do you comprehend what I just said. That amount to the entire US Army commited to the first War, it was fought by soldiers with pink slips and stop lose paper work in their battle dress uniforms.

It is true Clinton reduced the Army by two Divisions in todays terms that means Clinton reduced the US Army by 8 Brigades, while George HW Bush eliminated 24 combat Brigades, now who all but destroyed the military.

By the end of the Reagan and first Bush era we could not deploy a combat force any where in the world without reserves or civilian contractors, Bush and Reagan welcomed in the US temporary military force as cost savings, while never balancing the budget, but they did make sure the military received annual pay increases, so much for a strong defense.

Obama 08

Comment for Hillary/08:

We are the smart ones; he was impeached that is what the process is called! He was acquitted of all charges! (Found not guilty for all the ignorant folks out there) Therefore he was not forced to resign or was not prosecuted, for Obstruction of justice and perjury! Shows how smart we Obama follower are after all! Get your facts straight I know the HRC followers tend to forget about the truth and reality!!!

Let the record show that I like President Clinton! However its time for Obama!

Obama 08

Bill Clinton has been saying this on the campaign trail, he did not just say it today. Do not send the money to the oil companies or to China.

I'm using mine towards a fireplace insert / woodstove with a built-in emissions control catalyst for my sister because she only has oil heat.

Bill please you need to be quiet. Every time you talk you forget things like your wife is in support of these checks. Please get together and discuss what you're going to talk about before you start campaigning. Example you thought it was cool to talk to Rev. Wright when you cheated on your wife and now your wife says she wouldn't have been around him. Come on…wake up America.

I know I'LL stimulate MY economy by paying off MY debt, not anyone elses.

psssstttt….hey Bill…we dont have 109 million dollars to siphon off of!!!

Bill, with NAFTA and Globalization which you say was good for us turned out to be my nightmare. Now you want people to forget all that because Hillary is running? Sorry my memory is still ok as I have a constant reminder of it every day. I will do what I want wih MY money after all you seem to personally be rolling in.. While its good you finally decided to attack he correct party, I will still vote for Obama and not your wife..

Obama 08

My wife and I are spending it on bills.

Finally! A comment about the real opponent!

How refreshing. Well done William, well done.

Obviously CNN this is meant as a Joke.. But you guys fixed your headline to say otherwise

Come on Billy, you pushed NFTA and now the American Worker is paying dearly for it, while you are getting wealthy from payback with a little speech here and there . You and the big boys are getting yours and now you are crying because the people you screwed are getting a crumb. I agree, it might not help that much, however to a poor sucker out of work, it's better than nothing.

I'll donate mine to Hillary's campaign!

I as a Canadian sure hope Mrs Clinton wins the nomination or we will have McCain for sure next president.
Thank you

Here's a novel idea. What if we (the US) had more investment in new industries and the economy that enabled GDP to increase on the strength of exports. More people would be able to make more money.

Now what if we coupled this together with a government focus on making healthcare less expensive, either through price transparencies and patient ratings or national rules as opposed to 50 state rules….

Could it be possible that we as Americans could actually take home more money from better paying jobs, with more affordable healthcare, all without a social healthcare tax???

The working poor think we have it bad now with take home pay, wait for another tax to garnish your wages with Hillary in office in the form of a social healthcare tax that will probably be indexed to inflation instead of real wages like the ballooning and near bankrupt social security tax system.

I seriously ask the voting public to please dig deeper into these candidates resolutions and perform the "wallet analysis." How much smaller or larger will your wallet be based on this candidate's policies. As much as people may want to say something like healthcare is not about money it is. If y