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Economic stimulus check

posted by [personal profile] cathyr19355 at 10:02pm on 02/06/2008 under
Late last week, I got a machine-generated letter from the IRS advising me that my economic stimulus check would be deposited in the same bank account I'd designated for my tax refund.

It will be for $16.00.

Woo.
Mood:: 'amused' amused
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posted by [identity profile] marsgov.livejournal.com at 02:40am on 03/06/2008
Don't spend it all in one place, unless that place is especially stimulating.
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 04:02am on 03/06/2008
Exactly.

It's just right to buy me a nice dinner for one, or enough to buy me and [livejournal.com profile] esrblog dinner at a place like Cosi's or some similarly casual/cheap chain.
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posted by [identity profile] marsgov.livejournal.com at 10:30am on 03/06/2008
As long as you remember that it's your patriotic duty to rush out and spend that money.

We have yet to receive any such notification, but some persons here have suggested saving the money — as a deliberate act of contrariness and defiance! — instead of spending it. Can you imagine?
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 01:18am on 04/06/2008
As my father used to say, "your sarcasm, sir, is overwhelming." :-)

Frankly, in light of the amount of debt the average American is carrying, I suspect most of the stimulus checks will go to (personal) debt service.
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posted by [identity profile] ddelony.livejournal.com at 01:51am on 04/06/2008
I must be a real geek, but my first thought on seeing the amount of you check was "Hey! That's 2^4!"
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posted by [identity profile] cathyr19355.livejournal.com at 01:55am on 05/06/2008
Yup, you're a real geek. :-)
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posted by [identity profile] terriwells.livejournal.com at 03:12am on 06/06/2008
Oh, I'm going to be a real rebel when I get my stimulus check. First, it's going into my SAVINGS account. And then, after that, when it's time, it's going to be part of the money that's moved from my savings account to my ROTH IRA account. For 2009. Because I already maxed out my IRA for 2008. (Yeah, you can cut the smugness with a knife in this post. Not bad for someone who had to declare bankruptcy less than seven years ago, no?).
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