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Stimulus check info
« on: February 04, 2009, 01:19:52 PM »
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Stimulus Payment Info

This year, taxpayers will receive an Economic Stimulus Payment. This is a very exciting new program that I will explain using the Q and A format:

Q. What is an Economic  Stimulus Payment?
A. It is money that the federal government will send to taxpayers.

Q. Where will the government get this  money?
A. From taxpayers.

Q. So the government is giving me back my own money?
A. Only a smidgen.

Q. What  is the purpose of this payment?
A. The plan is that you will use the money to purchase a high-definition TV Set, thus stimulating the economy.

Q. But isn't that stimulating the economy of China?
A. Shut up.

 

Below is some helpful advice on how to best help the US economy by spending your stimulus check wisely:

If you spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China.
If you spend it on gasoline it will go to the Arabs.
If you purchase a computer it will go to  India.
If you purchase fruits and vegetables it will go to Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala (unless you buy organic).
If you buy a car it will go to Japan.
If you purchase useless crap it will go to Taiwan.

If you pay your credit cards off, it will go to bank management bonuses and they will hide it offshore.  Same with stock investment.

Instead, you can keep the money in America by spending it at yard sales, going to a baseball game, or spending it on prostitutes, beer and wine (domestic ONLY), or tattoos, since those are the only American businesses still operating in the US.



Maybe I'll get a tattoo.
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #1 on: February 04, 2009, 05:16:25 PM »
I did use the last stimulus check for a big LCD tv.  This time, if it ever happens, I will buy more ammo......chris3
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #2 on: February 04, 2009, 05:17:07 PM »
I used my last one on a Glock 19. 
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2009, 05:18:35 PM »
You could also save it, of course...
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2009, 05:24:05 PM »
Quote from: Manedwolf on February 04, 2009, 05:18:35 PM
You could also save it, of course...

That's the same as putting it in a REALLY SLOW paper shredder.
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2009, 05:26:59 PM »
I bought a shotgun with my last stimulus check. :)

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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2009, 05:28:14 PM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on February 04, 2009, 05:24:05 PM
That's the same as putting it in a REALLY SLOW paper shredder.

Not if you save in the form of a fund. I don't mean cash in a mattress, that's silly.
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2009, 07:28:15 PM »
Some funds are making a mattress look pretty good.

So, when do we get this stimulation money and how much do we get?    :angel:
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2009, 07:51:44 PM »
Quote from: crt360 on February 04, 2009, 07:28:15 PM
Some funds are making a mattress look pretty good.

So, when do we get this stimulation money and how much do we get?    :angel:

Yeah, when can I buy more guns?
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2009, 11:17:53 PM »
It would be nice if the stimulus checks arrived before April 15th so I can use the money to pay taxes.  :rolleyes:
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2009, 11:28:02 PM »
they announce the amount of the payoffs yet?
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #11 on: February 04, 2009, 11:30:08 PM »
Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on February 04, 2009, 11:28:02 PM
they announce the amount of the payoffs yet?

Less than it will cost me in the long run as a tax payer!
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #12 on: February 04, 2009, 11:33:05 PM »
depends how quick you die....
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #13 on: February 04, 2009, 11:36:41 PM »
Quote from: AZRedhawk44 on February 04, 2009, 05:24:05 PM
That's the same as putting it in a REALLY SLOW paper shredder.

Now is a pretty good time to invest in an index fund.   =D
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #14 on: February 05, 2009, 12:49:34 AM »
Quote from: cassandra and sara's daddy on February 04, 2009, 11:33:05 PM
depends how quick you die....

Yup. Screw the youth..?
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #15 on: February 05, 2009, 12:51:30 AM »
I made $877 last year (I did the math and that came up to about 60 hours), so I doubt I'll be getting any kind of stimulus, much less any kind of return.

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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #16 on: February 05, 2009, 07:05:05 AM »
Took mine and went to Disneyworld.  =)
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #17 on: February 05, 2009, 09:18:22 AM »
Quote from: 280plus on February 05, 2009, 07:05:05 AM
Took mine and went to Disneyworld.  =)

What'd that get you, one park admission and a meal there? ;)

Wallet Disney World is fun, but...
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #18 on: February 05, 2009, 09:55:34 AM »
LOL.. Last stimulus check in the Dual household did indeed go to a Vizio 47" LCD HDTV... bought from Sam's Club no less.

Guilty as charged. :lol:

IIRC, the new stimulus (if there is one) was supposed to be a minor decrease in your fed witholdings, no? My main wish is if there is a new round of stimulus checks, Mrs. Dual would somehow never see one news report or talk with anyone about it, and I get the mail that day. (It went right as direct deposit last time, because of our e-file taxes...)

I could really use some more firearm stuff in case there's a new AWB2 round the bend. A PS90, some cases of ammo, and some mags for that and some of my other guns would be nice. Maybe I should just set up shop in the ghetto, and for a $25 "fee" help all the Obamamites do the "paperwork" to get their "Obama check" in the mail early, then just dissapear... I've already seen a few internet ads doing this.  :rolleyes:

Frankly, if I had no concience, I probably could be rich right now. Any business model that exploits the laziness, sense of entitlment, greed, ignorance, and instant gratification of certian demographics is sure to succeed. A network of rent to own stores, payday loan stores/check cashing places, and title loan companies with ursury rates is a license to print your own money it seems.
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #19 on: February 05, 2009, 10:12:00 AM »
Quote from: Manedwolf on February 05, 2009, 09:18:22 AM
What'd that get you, one park admission and a meal there? ;)

Wallet Disney World is fun, but...
Got me a round trip plane ticket and most of a 7 day pass anyways. Seeing how's I opened a production company last year I'm writing it off on R&D. If you want to study entertainment, Disney is the place to go. At least 1/2 of my time was spent analyzing the place, so I feel comfortable about taking the write off(s). ;)

Don't that piss ya off? Writing off the trip to Disney, but it's entirely legit.
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« Reply #20 on: February 05, 2009, 10:36:57 AM »
Quote from: 280plus on February 05, 2009, 10:12:00 AM
Got me a round trip plane ticket and most of a 7 day pass anyways. Seeing how's I opened a production company last year I'm writing it off on R&D. If you want to study entertainment, Disney is the place to go. At least 1/2 of my time was spent analyzing the place, so I feel comfortable about taking the write off(s). ;)

Don't that piss ya off? Writing off the trip to Disney, but it's entirely legit.

It used to be better, though. EPCOT was more World's Fair dreams and ideas than soft-drink ads, and they never, ever, ever did construction or maintenance during the day. Now they do. Walt called that "bad show" and wouldn't do it, since it ruined the suspension of disbelief that it was an idealized place to be, just magically maintained.

My favorite was still the now-destroyed Horizons, with all the futurist stuff, the slogan of "If we can dream it, we can do it", and the massive mural painted by Robert McCall. I still remember, as a little kid, having the ride car turn a corner into that double IMAX dome showing a shuttle launch, and then appearing to be looking out of the windows at the hub of an O'Neill habitat, seeing suburbs, roads, stadiums and parks going by below. It was very inspiring.
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2009, 11:53:44 AM »
Maned: were you one of those kids who went to space camp? :P

Seriously tho, that does sound pretty cool. Wish I could've seen it.
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Re: Stimulus check info
« Reply #22 on: February 05, 2009, 12:14:46 PM »
Quote from: Balog on February 05, 2009, 11:53:44 AM
Maned: were you one of those kids who went to space camp? :P

Seriously tho, that does sound pretty cool. Wish I could've seen it.

Cost too much. I did run outdoors to watch shuttle launches at night, though.
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« Reply #23 on: February 05, 2009, 01:39:30 PM »
Yes, notice was made of the fact that you leave pretty near every attraction through a ride theme related gift shop.  :laugh:
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« Reply #24 on: February 05, 2009, 03:43:35 PM »
Quote from: 280plus on February 05, 2009, 07:05:05 AM
Took mine and went to Disneyworld.  =)

Company offered to send me to Disneyworld for an infosec conference.  I declined.  I prefer Las Vegas, it's the Disney experience for adults.
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