What are you going to do with your stimulus check?

[SEREJumper 1]

President-elect Obama thinks that another round of stimulus checks will help this failing economy. If you got a check last time, lets just say it was the same amount. If you didn't lets say no more than $1200.

So what would you do with it?

We're not fucking flying airplanes are we, no we're flying a glorified kite with no power and it should be flown like one! - Stratostar

[mnealtx 0]

If I were to get one, I'd save it for when he raises taxes again.

Mike
I love you, Shannon and Jim.
POPS 9708 , SCR 14706

[normiss 622]

hookers and beer....or the jockey shift set-up for the sled maybe....



stoopid god damn government.

while we pump money into AIG at the same time...Detroit is next....anybody else with a mis-managed and failing business need some cheddar?

[rehmwa 2]

"stimulus check" = welfare, the way they are implemented

tax cuts would be more effective and permanent

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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

[lawrocket 3]

Just like this one - I spent it. Between the tax return and the stimulus package I was able to get my house reinsulated, my.spa heater replaced, and my trees trimmed.

I don't have consumer debt and we live within our means. So it is like gravy for us.

My wife is hotter than your wife.

[LOSTandCRAZY 0]

Take it STRAIGHT to ETRADE, invest it all in AIG stock (it's at $2.26 per share now, down from a 52-week high of $62.30), then sell it at $40.00.

Making a nice little profit!!!!!

THEN I'll spend the dividend on beer.

"Get these balls!"

[millertime24 8]

Invest in a kick-ass AR before they make them so hard to buy you cant get them anymore. Im thinking a DPMS Panther 308 long range semi-auto should do the trick.

Muff #5048

[normiss 622]

Expecting one HELL of a stimulus check?

You drank THE kool-aid didn't you???


*edited because I can't speeeell!*

[millertime24 8]

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Expecting one HELL of a stimulus check?

You drank to kool-aid didn't you???

They only cost like $1100. Of course the optics might cost a few extra bucks but I digest. BTW, what is "to kool-aid"?

Muff #5048

[alw 0]

How about taking someone to lunch that didn't get one. After all, they paid for it.

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Every day is a bonus - every night is an adventure.

[livendive 8]

I doubt I'll get one, but if I did, I'd probably spend it on a Bushmaster ACR. Or I'd put it toward a new TV. One way or another, it'd get spent on a toy or in some irresponsible manner.

Blues,
Dave

"I AM A PROFESSIONAL EXTREME ATHLETE!"
(drink Mountain Dew)

[millertime24 8]

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I doubt I'll get one, but if I did, I'd probably spend it on a Bushmaster ACR. Or I'd put it toward a new TV. One way or another, it'd get spent on a toy or in some irresponsible manner.

Blues,
Dave

Why a bushy?

Muff #5048

[alw 0]

The Beretta Cx4 Storm is a nice little toy too. I put my ITT night vision on it with a laser sight and it lights up the night through the optics. It also uses the same mags as an M-92

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Every day is a bonus - every night is an adventure.

[Amazon 7]

I did not get one.... I make too much money


See there is hope after all that camping and bug eating

[nerdgirl 0]

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How about taking someone to lunch that didn't get one. After all, they paid for it.

That's kind of what I did w/what I received - donated to the Atlanta Catholic Worker House; it's a soup kitchen.
Also donated to two political candidates.

VR/Marg

Act as if everything you do matters, while laughing at yourself for thinking anything you do matters.
Tibetan Buddhist saying

[kelpdiver 2]

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"stimulus check" = welfare, the way they are implemented

tax cuts would be more effective and permanent

The check was a tax cut, just paid in advance.

[rehmwa 2]

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"stimulus check" = welfare, the way they are implemented

tax cuts would be more effective and permanent

The check was a tax cut, just paid in advance.

- there's nothing wrong with the word "welfare", so LYING to satisfy some form of political semantics is just sad

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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

[kelpdiver 2]

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"stimulus check" = welfare, the way they are implemented

tax cuts would be more effective and permanent

The check was a tax cut, just paid in advance.

- there's nothing wrong with the word "welfare", so LYING to satisfy some form of political semantics is just sad

Tax cut = welfare? Let's get the words straight.

The stimulus check this past year, like the one in 2001, was an advance payment to cover a tax cut that would be in effect when you filed the following April.

Why do it that way, rather than just reduce the withholding through the year? Because people wouldn't splurge on an extra $15/wk.

[rehmwa 2]

Who gets the checks?

those that pay fed tax, or those that don't


call it what it is, the effectiveness or not is a different topic

edit that topic - borrowing from Kelpdiver to pay Kelpdiver isn't a good formula for economic stimulus. You just as well go to Kelpdiver's house, hold a gun to his head and force him to buy shit, and then pay the henchman for their trouble in addition to the purchases.

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Driving is a one dimensional activity - a monkey can do it - being proud of your driving abilities is like being proud of being able to put on pants

[kelpdiver 2]

I don't even get a check, so leave my name out of it.

But I don't think you're getting it. It's a tax cut. It's not welfare unless people who didn't have income get one too.

[DrewEckhardt 0]

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President-elect Obama thinks that another round of stimulus checks will help this failing economy. If you got a check last time, lets just say it was the same amount. If you didn't lets say no more than $1200.

So what would you do with it?

If I get a check I'll save it for when I have to pay for everyone's stimulus checks and bail-outs, whether directly in the form of increased taxes to cover debt payments or indirectly as the dollar is devalued.

[DrewEckhardt 0]

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"stimulus check" = welfare, the way they are implemented

tax cuts would be more effective and permanent

The check was a tax cut, just paid in advance.

- there's nothing wrong with the word "welfare", so LYING to satisfy some form of political semantics is just sad

Tax cut = welfare? Let's get the words straight.

The stimulus check this past year, like the one in 2001, was an advance payment to cover a tax cut that would be in effect when you filed the following April.

The bottom two income quintiles have negative average income tax rates due to refundable credits. 1/3 of Americans workers aren't required to pay income tax. The subset of these people reporting at least $3000 in income were elligible for refunds; they just had to bother to file income tax returns.

That's wellfare.

[DrewEckhardt 0]

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I don't even get a check, so leave my name out of it.

But I don't think you're getting it. It's a tax cut. It's not welfare unless people who didn't have income get one too.

That's almost the case. While you needed a little income to get the checks, you didn't need any t ax liability. Even people paying nothing in taxes and getting refundable credits back were elligible.

[Halfpastniner 0]

I think my parents will get mine, just like last time

I dont quite understand why though, im pretty sure I pay enough federal taxes to be elligible. Oh well im sure my parents could use the money more than me blowing it on something stupid

BASE 1384

[nanook 1]

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I don't have consumer debt and we live within our means. So it is like gravy for us.

Same here. I would just put it in my daughter's ESA.

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