Economic stimilus package money.. what are you spending yours on?

[LordJezo]

Yay, in order to get this country out of a funk it has been decided to put it more into debt and give us all a hefty sum of money so we can go out and spend it to help make more tax money.

Or something.

Anywho, what are you going to be blowing yours on?

Mine hit my back account at some point yesterday, as soon as I saw it I made a payment on my home loan for the same amount, I'll just act like I never saw it.

Means I am a terrible person, the last thing they wanted was for people to spend it on debt, I guess that means I am a bad republican.

[GvacMobile]

I've recently rediscovered my love for the art form that inspired me to become a guitar player over 20 years ago - Blues music. More specifically, slide guitar. I've decided I'm going to blow my stimulus check on a resonator guitar.

Why it's taken me so long to finally buy one is anybody's guess.

[topless_mike]

i saw Stimulus and Package and got excited for a minute....

[DolaMight]

ever had a 600$ hooker? economically stimulating.

[Dougie Brootal]

ill spend it on my taxes. thanks irs. (sarcasm):furious::wallbash:

[Freakshow]

i saw Stimulus and Package and got excited for a minute....

imagine if you combined this thread with the 'smoking pork' one.

[FUNKMAN]

i don't get none

guess i'm in the same bracket as Warren Buffett give or take about 62 billion dollars

bastids

[TheMojoPin]

How the hell did you get yours already? I thought the direct deposit ones were over the first two weeks of May, and those were the earliest.

I'm probably only getting a $300 rebate, and that's taking care of my monthly bills.

[Freakshow]

They bumped it up, my friend. Direct deposits went out starting monday, I believe.

story (http://www.baltimoresun.com/business/bal-te.bz.rebates29apr29,0,5272901.story)

[TheMojoPin]

Nice. I should get mine next week.

Still, what a retarded plan. Most people are going to put it in the bank, pay bills or pay off credit cards with it.

[Team_Ramrod]

I've recently rediscovered my love for the art form that inspired me to become a guitar player over 20 years ago - Blues music. More specifically, slide guitar. I've decided I'm going to blow my stimulus check on a resonator guitar.

Why it's taken me so long to finally buy one is anybody's guess.

I look up to you and anyone who can play guitar. It's my favorite instrument and I wish I could play.


They handed out money here 2 years ago (??)... I don't recall if it was for Albertans only (cause of our billions of dallars surplus w/ oilsands) or if it was for all Canadians. They gave $200 to every citizen. My house collected $1000.00; it was a nice little boost.

They haven't done it since but it was a nice gesture and very much needed at the time.

[jeffdwright2001]

I'm hoping to finally be able to buy a full tank of gas.

[Kit the Eskimo]

Going to Chicago with a friend from Alaska who is a HUGE Cubs fan. It's not until August tho....so I'm hoping Ron's cupcake is still available at Molly's

[Melissa the Accountant]

Still, what a retarded plan. Most people are going to put it in the bank, pay bills or pay off credit cards with it.

So true. I don't think this is going to be all that economically stimulating, so in principle I'm against the whole thing. Although I'm not so heavily principled that I'll refuse to accept it. But yeah, it's going against my student loans and I'm pretending I never got it.

[ChimneyFish]

Nice. I should get mine next week.

Still, what a retarded plan. Most people are going to put it in the bank, pay bills or pay off credit cards with it.

Not me, my friend. I'll be spending mine on video games, books and DVDs.

I need something to do while I'm unemployed........:tongue:







(siiiiiiiigggggggghhhhhhhh................)

[King Hippos Bandaid]

im going to Disney World


well paying for some of it

[CountryBob]

My roomate told me he bought a house and is moving in with his chick. I will be spending my rebate on a fucking security deposit for a new pad. 37 and first time living alone <-----scary! Mr. Marbles is that you?

[TheQuestion]

Booze and pills and powders.

[oh_kee_pa]

i think full tilt poker will be getting mine....

trying to roll 600 into 10k

[Tallman388]

Nice. I should get mine next week.

Still, what a retarded plan. Most people are going to put it in the bank, pay bills or pay off credit cards with it.

In theory paying off credit cards will eventually help stimulate the economy because people may need to use it later, so it's not completely retarded. Just poorly thought out. With that being said, I'll be paying down credit cards and getting my car some repairs.

[mikeyboy]

I'm going to buy a Caribbean island.






I also have no concept of the value of money.

[sailor]

using ours to help get out from under some debt.

[jonyrotn]

Wanna figure out when and how much Dubbaya wants you to spend at Walmart?This is a cool page my union rep just sent me.. Just send my 15% finders fee to Mikeyboy...I still owe him for my 2008 RF.net dues..Which reminds me $5,000 a year to join a message board is pretty steep, don't you think? Well whatever, if you guys paid it, I guess I can pay it too..
http://www.house.gov/mcdermott/pr080317.pdf
P.S. This is the first time I'm trying to post a link, so if it doesn't work, I'm sorry..

[joethebartender]

I checked out that link and according to it, I should receive my check right before July fourth. So I will be stimulating the economy in a back room in Chinatown as well as a few local businesses here in Jersey.

A visual aid of my upcoming July "stimulus check" trip:
12PM:http://www.goodfountain.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/drive-up.jpg
1PM:
http://cityrag.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/28/fireworks1.jpg
2PM:
http://ontheinside.info/wp-content/authors/toofly/wo-hop02.jpg
4PM:
http://plancksconstant.org/blog1/images/soprano8.jpg
7PM:
http://www.upgradetravelbetter.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/5th-st-liquor-store.jpg
9PM:
http://www.photoshopessentials.com/images/photo-effects/fireworks/fireworks.jpg
12AM:
http://conclusionism.com/heie_ps1/entrance.jpg

[jonyrotn]

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
That was by far the funniest post I've ever seen..See, that's why I need to learn how to post pics..Bravo Joe..Bravo..Btw I'll meet you at Wo Hop for some fried dumplings..

[topless_mike]

my package was already stimulated....

ugh, another misleading thread title.

[jonyrotn]

Just wanted to punt this down inside the ten so people will see the link..

[KnoxHarrington]

My "stimulus package" is going back to the IRS (as well as the Commonwealth of Kentucky) because I had a second job last year and they didn't hold enough taxes out for me. Sons of bitches.

[kdubya]

Has anyone recieved their Economic Stimulus Money yet?

[Doctor Z]

I just wanna say that this is the worst idea ever, and will most certainly be looked upon in a humorous light in history textbooks of the future.

[kdubya]

I agree, we are pretty much all getting a loan from China.



I just wanna say that this is the worst idea ever, and will most certainly be looked upon in a humorous light in history textbooks of the future.

[underdog]

I just wanna say that this is the worst idea ever, and will most certainly be looked upon in a humorous light in history textbooks of the future.

Didn't people get like a $300 check 6 years ago or something? Everyone has spent through that already?!

[kdubya]

It is pretty much Bush buying people off. One of the first things he did in office was give everyone $300, and one of the last things he will do is give everyone another $600.

[Devo37]

i can't wait to buy a new iphone and lots of other stupid junk with my own tax money that the government is giving back to me! :wacko:

[PapaBear]

The funny thing is, the "wise choice" would be to invest or save the money, yet that would defeat what Bush thinks spending it would do. I don't give a crap either way. My ex will be getting it all.

[midwestjeff]

I'm going to wrap mine in a flag and burn it.

[pennington]

I thought this was going to be another Spitzer thread.

[nate1000]

Got mine today, retiring some debt with it- take that Mr. Bush.

[Recyclerz]

If you want to get even with W in a financially responsible way you can either pay down debt or invest in a mutual fund that only holds foreign-based stocks. With the $ slip-sliding away you should get some nice returns.

[TheMojoPin]

Used my $300 to pay 2 months of my cable/internet/phone package.

Good job, President Doucheface.

[Mullenax]

I'll have the plasma I sold put back in.<p>
<img src="http://www.missoula.com/news/files/images/biolife1.jpg" height=150 width=150>

[sr71blackbird]

I keep waiting and waiting and I really f'n need this money. When the hell is it coming? Anyone else not get theirs yet?
Anyone know a way to find out when it might come or, if I was omitted somehow, who do I contact??

[DiabloSammich]

My Hispanic work force used it to buy a bunch of Corona this past weekend.


What a fiesta!!!

[topless_mike]

THE MAN wont stimulate you.

http://op-for.com/simpsons_nelson_haha2.jpg

[Tenbatsuzen]

I keep waiting and waiting and I really f'n need this money. When the hell is it coming? Anyone else not get theirs yet?
Anyone know a way to find out when it might come or, if I was omitted somehow, who do I contact??

If you selected direct deposit, you should have gotten it already.

If you're getting a paper check, the delivery schedule goes by the last two digits of your SSN, higher the number, later the delivery. Delivery goes through 7/11. Check irs.gov for more information.

[dino_electropolis]

i think you had to file a tax return to get it.


which is why i wont.

doh!

[scottinnj]

If you selected direct deposit, you should have gotten it already.

If you're getting a paper check, the delivery schedule goes by the last two digits of your SSN, higher the number, later the delivery. Delivery goes through 7/11. Check irs.gov for more information.

What about dummies like me who had direct deposit last year, but changed banks? I forgot to leave a forwarding address at Bank of America. I was too busy flipping them off as they counted my money after I closed my account with them.

Helloooo, PNC Bank!

[Judge Smails]

I got a thing in the mail today from the IRS that said "STIMULUS PAYMENT" in big letters on the front. I ripped right into it expecting to find my check. Instead its a letter telling me that my check in on the way and I should expect it by May 30th. Great, how much more fucking money did they waste on these mailers telling me that my check will be here in another three days?

[topless_mike]

Great, how much more fucking money did they waste on these mailers telling me that my check will be here in another three days?

gotta keep the post office in bidness too, right?

[Gvac]

Last two SSN digits:

00 through 09 May 16

10 through 18 May 23

19 through 25 May 30

26 through 38 June 6

39 through 51 June 13

52 through 63 June 20

64 through 75 June 27

76 through 87 July 4

88 through 99 July 11

[sr71blackbird]

10 through 18 May 23
Thats me, I guess I should have gotten it or its coming soon...?

[Tenbatsuzen]

What about dummies like me who had direct deposit last year, but changed banks? I forgot to leave a forwarding address at Bank of America. I was too busy flipping them off as they counted my money after I closed my account with them.

Helloooo, PNC Bank!

It depends on what you put on THIS YEAR'S return. Even if you owed money, if you filled that information out on your 1040, it'll deposit.

[Tenbatsuzen]

Thats me, I guess I should have gotten it or its coming soon...?

Yes, I believe the 5/23 is the mailing date. So it should be in your hands within the next few days.

[AngelAmy]

i got a message from turbo tax that even if you chose direct deposit if you have the filing charges taken out of your return you will still get a paper check

i dont know if you used turbo tax or any other kind of e-filing but thats probably why

[thejives]

Things I've learned from this thread:

1. The last two digits of Sr71's social security number
2. GVac apparently knows the IRS schedule better than the IRS
3. They make AngelAmy pay taxes, despite all she's done for us

[watson]

I earn too much to be stimulated

[PapaBear]

Last two SSN digits:

00 through 09 May 16
Good. My ex has already gotten mine.:furious:

[nukinfuts]

https://sa1.www4.irs.gov/irfof/IRServlet?app=IRACTC&selectLanguage=en

They will mail you a letter to tell you how much you are getting and what date you can expect it on before they mail or deposit it. The link above may tell you when you can expect to get it, some people I know couldn't get their info to work using this but it may be worth a try if you are really really wanting your "bush bucks".

[Fallon]

Thats me, I guess I should have gotten it or its coming soon...?

Shhhhh.. don't want to LifeLock ya self.

[LaBoob]

I got mine ages ago (last 2 numbers "57"). Incidentally, I got a letter from the IRS a few days ago in the mail and I dropped everything I had in my hands and tore it open, expecting the bad "audit" news... it was just to tell me about my stimulus package, how much, when to expect it, etc... and I'd already gotten it. A near heart-attack for nothing.

[ralphbxny]

I got it...and its long gone...and all I have is A hang over and a 1/2 a bottle of Johnny Green to show for it!

[LaBoob]

I got it...and its long gone...and all I have is A hang over and a 1/2 a bottle of Johnny Green to show for it!

Ahh, I got a new tattoo with mine. I shall remember this stimulus package forever. Thank you George Bush!

[Jujubees2]

Great. I don't get my "Bush Bucks" until July.

[K.C.]

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-images/Film/Pix/pictures/2007/09/17/jamesstewart460.jpg

No, but you . . . you . . . you're thinking of this place all wrong. As if I had the money
back in a safe. The money's not here. Your money's in Joe's
house . . . right next to yours. And in the Kennedy house, and Mrs. Macklin's house, and a hundred others. Why, you're lending them the money to build, and then, they're
going to pay it back to you as best they can. Now what are you going to do? Foreclose on them?

[midwestjeff]

Ahh, I got a new tattoo with mine. I shall remember this stimulus package forever. Thank you George Bush!

American flag?

[AngelAmy]

Ahh, I got a new tattoo with mine. I shall remember this stimulus package forever. Thank you George Bush!

oh shit thats a fantastic idea!!!

I was either going to save it for when i move out, buy an xbox 360 or wii, buy a new bed, or or or or or or or or or I dunno what else but tattoo is a GREAT idea.

[epo]

American flag?

Yes, but with the phrase "Made in China" in very small letters.

[Hottub]

oh shit thats a fantastic idea!!!

I was either going to save it for when i move out, buy an xbox 360 or wii, buy a new bed, or or or or or or or or or I dunno what else but tattoo is a GREAT idea.

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/5020/amytatgt7.jpg:thumbup:

[ibanez23]

I get over $500 in taxes taken from me every week.
This stimulus sure makes it all better.Yayyyyyyyy!:clap:

[GvacMobile]

I'm gonna buy $600 worth of cannolis and leave them in pharmacies throughout New York City.

[ScottFromGA]

my wife got hurrrrrs in last week.


its already gone, stimulating the economy was so fun!

[Landblast]

<img src="http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t224/pbr_/Stimulus.jpg"width=500>

[UberNoob]

was just thinking that if they send a letter to each of the 300 million people in the country about their checks being mailed out; on top of another 300 million envelopes with actual checks in them, thats like 600 million envelopes as well as postage for 600 mailings. a forever stamp is .41 cents apiece. while im sure the gov has all kinds of markdowns, deals and ways to account for internal costs the amount of money just to get the checks out seems like an asinine amount of money to spend on top of the 600 bucks a head theyre giving out. i know some folks get direct deposit and im over generalizing but it still seems like a complete cash waste when the money could go to more important things. theyre wasting it like its nobody's business just to say hey, your check will get there in maybe 48 hours. i think i can wait a couple days without a letter. it'll come when it comes.

[TooLowBrow]

this increases labor in the us

[Bossanova]

I got mine like two months ago

[Kevin]

I got mine like two months ago

This is a commoner thread sweetie, move along, nothing to see here.

[Bossanova]

This is a commoner thread sweetie, move along, nothing to see here.

Oh, my mistake. I will go back to the pent house threads

[paulisded]

I haven't received mine yet; are they still being mailed out?

[Snoogans]

It goes by your SS number, they havent gotten to everyone yet. By the end of June

[SinA]

I surprised some people got that letter in the mail and others didn't. I got an email from irs.com that said basically the same thing. They just needed my social and some account numbers to do the direct deposit, and said I should be getting it in a few days.

[UberNoob]

This is a commoner thread sweetie, move along, nothing to see here.

now i remember why i dont go on forums often. folks with 4 and 5 digit post counts think they're cool or something. i'd call you names and pout but i dont give a shit what you think