YDSTIE: Well, unless these folks make lots of money, they would benefit from the Making Work Pay tax benefit. For people, like Lisa Randall, who are self-employed, are they going to benefit from that tax credit? NORRIS: John Ydstie, I'm going to begin with you. I'm curious how the recently signed stimulus bill will benefit us. As such, we pay for our own family health insurance coverage, do not have taxes taken out of weekly earnings and do not benefit from any employer-based retirement savings plans. I'm a writer, and he's a decorative painter. LISA RANDALL (Listener): My husband and I both work freelance. Here's Lisa Randall(ph) of Saunderstown, Rhode Island. NORRIS: I want to start with questions about the $400 tax credit, the one that's going to put an extra $8 to $13 a week into some people's paychecks. Thanks to all three of you for being here. But we are going to try to make a dent in that mountain of mail.ДЄnd to help me out are three of our NPR correspondents: Adam Davidson and John Ydstie, who both cover the economy, and Richard Harris from the Science Desk. We can't really get to all of your questions, sorry about that.

I'm Robert Siegel.Д®arlier this week, we asked for your questions about the economic stimulus plan and by the looks of our inbox, there's a lot of confusion out there. This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.

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