Tentative economic stimulis deal reached...

[mtnbkr]

$75k in some areas of the country is living high, in other areas, barely squeaking by! And in places where it'd be living high, the jobs don't pay that. In places where it's barely squeaking by, they do.

Yup.  A better solution would be to base it on the average of a given area.  Below or at average, you get a refund, above, no refund (if they still want to punish "rich" people).

Because wifey is a stay at home mommy, we'll get our "refund" based on household income.  If I were single, I would get dick.  We'll probably blow much of it on a new TV, a purchase we were planning on making some time this Spring anyway.  Our current TV is dying.

Chris

[K Frame]

"If I were single, I would get dick"

I thought you uh... ah... I'd better leave that one alone... 


Your TV isn't dying. You just have to clean Abby's accumulated fingerprints and food off the screen every so often. You'll be shocked at how much brighter the picture is.

[Scout26]

I think I'll spend it on hookers and blow.

did you work for Airborne Express ??  We had a supervisor go to training in Dayton/Wilmington, OH.  Got his two weeks of per diem (either $300 or $600) and spent it all the first night on, you guessed it hookers and blow.  

Needless to say he had a very short career with the company.

[K Frame]

So did he get one $600 hooker, or two $300 hookers?

[Manedwolf]

So did he get one $600 hooker, or two $300 hookers?

You need a million dollars to get two at the same time.

/obligatory ref 

[mtnbkr]

Your TV isn't dying. You just have to clean Abby's accumulated fingerprints and food off the screen every so often. You'll be shocked at how much brighter the picture is.

The picture is fine, the stupid thing likes to shut itself off if it hasn't warmed up yet.  Once it's warm, it works fine, until we shut it off for more than a couple hours.  It is happening more frequently as time goes on. 

Chris

[Rocketman56]

Hmm, I read it was capped at $75k for individuals and $150k for couple..  Have to re-read that..

Steve

[Scout26]

So did he get one $600 hooker, or two $300 hookers?

I think he got a couple of "budget" hookers (come on, we're talking Dayton, OHIO) and spent the rest on blow.  We never got a chance to see how he broke it down on his expense report.......   and whether he attached his receipts.

[charby]

So did he get one $600 hooker, or two $300 hookers?

I think he got a couple of "budget" hookers and spent the rest on blow.  We never got a chance to see how he broke it down on his expense report.......   and whether he attached his receipts.

Could $600 even get you a decent hooker? I have no clue what it costs and I'm not sure what cocaine costs either.

Something tells me $600 will cause me to catch something that can't be cured with penicillian and the blow will be mostly Draino.

-C

[Scout26]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080124/ap_on_go_co/economy_stimulus

Individuals who pay income taxes would get up to $600, working couples $1,200 and those with children an additional $300 per child under the agreement. Workers who make at least $3,000 but don't pay taxes would get $300 rebates

The rebates would phase out gradually for individuals whose income exceeds $75,000 and couples with incomes above $150,, aides said. Individuals with incomes up to $87,000 and couples up to $174,000 would get partial rebates. The caps are higher for those with children.

So if I read this right.  We'll get $1,800. $1,200 because we're a working couple making under $150,000 per year (combined) and we've got two crumb crunchers good for another $600.

"Good news kids !!!  We won't have to sell you off for medical experiments after all !!!" 

[Scout26]

Could $600 even get you a decent hooker?

Define "decent hooker". 

[charby]

Could $600 even get you a decent hooker?

Define "decent hooker". 

I saw some really hot ones in Amsterdam. I didn't partake in the action so I have no clue what it would have cost.

[Rocketman56]

Hmm, I haven't seen it mentioned in the article, but I'm assuming they are going to use the IRS data base for dependent information and earnings..

Does this not make anyone feel uncomfortable???


Steve

[mtnbkr]

Hmm, I haven't seen it mentioned in the article, but I'm assuming they are going to use the IRS data base for dependent information and earnings..
Does this not make anyone feel uncomfortable???
Steve

How else would they do it?

Chris

[charby]

Looks like money isn't going to be distributed until May 08, with checks showing up in July.

Something about the IRS being busy with 2007 returns right now.

[charby]

Hmm, I haven't seen it mentioned in the article, but I'm assuming they are going to use the IRS data base for dependent information and earnings..

Does this not make anyone feel uncomfortable???


Steve

That is what they did for the $300 checks back in '01.

[zahc]

So what did they have, a dartboard with a bunch of "solutions" on it?

no, they have a jump to conclusions mat.

[GigaBuist]

"So I'll get nothing . . ."

Waah waah waah...

Sucks when your bag of gold is too heavy, doesn't it? 

Sucks that some heel that made $3k that year and paid no income tax will get $600 while the guy that dumped $23,000 into the federal government's pockets gets a nice kick to the balls for his effort.

[MillCreek]

I won't get anything either, but to tell you the truth, I would have just put it in the 401(k) anyway.

[Manedwolf]

Hmm, I haven't seen it mentioned in the article, but I'm assuming they are going to use the IRS data base for dependent information and earnings..

Does this not make anyone feel uncomfortable???


Steve

Pst. The IRS knows how much money you make.

[K Frame]

Hmm, I haven't seen it mentioned in the article, but I'm assuming they are going to use the IRS data base for dependent information and earnings..

Does this not make anyone feel uncomfortable???


Steve

Dude, it's a TAX rebate.

Who the heck do you think is going to have the information to send out TAX rebates? National Endowment for the Arts?

[Tecumseh]

"This mostly benefits the uneducated sorts with eight squalling, dirty-faced future delinquents in tow."

Mtnbkr only has one, and one on the way. Fuzzy math, there?

I'd be willing to bet he can afford to have them, though! I only object to the people who keep popping out kids and can't even afford one, and demand that the taxpayers step in to help.

  Thank God the big government dogooders have not taken away a womens right to choose to have a child or not. 

[HankB]

Dude, it's a TAX rebate.

No - the dictionary defines rebate as "a return of a part of a payment." How the heck does a "rebate" go to someone who DIDN'T PAY ANY INCOME TAX?

It's a GIFT - as usual, .gov is robbing Peter to pay Paul . . . for Paul's vote. 

Sucks that some heel that made $3k that year and paid no income tax will get $600 while the guy that dumped $23,000 into the federal government's pockets gets a nice kick to the balls for his effort.

Amen to that, brother.

[Waitone]

More borrowed money.
More interest paid to foreign companies and countries.
More money distributed to the non-productive elements of society.
More burden placed on the back of future generations.
More goobermint interference in the market designed to keep the market from correcting.
More of pushing the day of reckoning into the future.
More  . . . . .
More . . . . . .
What is it they say about insanity.  Doing the same thing over and over yet expecting a different result?

[James Fitzer]

I think i will also contribute to the world's open profession.

Or perhaps a new guitar...


www.carvin.com

That SH575 is lookin reall purdy!