Woot! $600 more in my bank account today
 

Just got it this morning and used it to pay off the credit card charge for my enthuza exhaust thats on order. Hopefully this stimulus package helps the economy in some way ... we will see.

lol...im gettn mine on the 20th or so......WOOT :)

mine paid for either the head or bottom end work.

I made too much money last year. No soup for me! Next.

Shit. I had to fork over $3,300 when I filed, and that's in addition to the $2,400 worth of quarterly estimated tax payments I made.

I just sat down and added it all up. This is depressing.. Between the IRS and the CA FTB, I paid $26,700 in tax for FY07. Or put another way, I'd have been better off skipping my taxes, buying a brand new 2009 Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder, defecating into it, and then driving it from the dealer's lot directly off the closest pier.

No soup for either of us...

Next!

Dont know what ill get with mine, maybe an ACT XTSS.

ditto. but i somehow feel like i shouldn't be complaining about it... :-)

LOL, That's only about 1/4 your income, CA wants more if they can get it.

Mark

I'm just happy they eliminated the ass-raping for short term capital gains. That alone made a big difference.

Homeowners around here have it much worse, though. In addition to typically $100-$200 a month in HOA fees, figure about 1.2% annually in property tax. Doesn't sound like much until you consider that $800,000 is a pretty average 3/2 house in Carlsbad. $800/mo property tax is more than my mortgage payment used to be when I owned a house in Ohio.

I don't get shit.

College Dependent FTL

I don't get it either. Mom claimed me, so I got screwed out of 1100 this year. Parents FTL

I'm getting $300. $100 will be added to my refund from clutchnet to get a nice ACT setup. The other $200 will be going to school or savings, not sure which yet.

you wouldn't have gotten $1100 unless you are married... if you are married you can't legally be claimed as an dependent.

:noob: I predict no.

WOOT MOTHERFUCKERS! My $600 just hit my account today! I love being poor. It makes getting a lil money that much better.


Why is that? Are you gonna stash it in your mattress?

Or are you gonna purchase something with it or invest it?

It just seems like a band-aid solution to fix problems that are much more complicated. A short term solution to allow the profiteering that created this problem to continue.

Profiteering - It's the American way

That is unfuckingdeniable.

+1 *sigh*

the 600 by itself isn't going to fix the economy. it's the other stuff that may help. but the problem is... it'll just continue the cycle that recurs each time the interest rates drop down to nothing and people go into stupid debt.

the "stimulus" checks are a fucking terrible idea, since the money is borrowed.

So is this money a gift? Oh I see, you're giving me money now that I'm going to have to pay back in taxes later. Yup, that makes sense... This coulped with McCain and Hillary's proposed "gas tax holiday" should straighten us right out... :crx:

Dump on me if you want. When ours shows up, no toys for me. $600 to the Lincoln Food Bank, $600 to the People's City Mission.

Gas tax holiday? I missed taht, whats that all about

im still waiting on my check. it will get me $600 closer to begi-s kit. then i still have to figure out where to get another $900 i owe them :/

fucking taxes suck ass

by the way, i think ill donate at least $1k in charity this year also. better $$ go to poor children then government.

It's about some politicians banking on people being retarded and trying to get votes out of them before people realize they just fucked themselves in the ass, essentially.

The way my econ professor explained the gas tax holiday is that each family ends up saving $2 per fill-up instead of millions of dollars in highway repairs being done.

Oh, and I didn't make enough money for the stimulus package :giggle:

A terrible idea in the aspect of stimulating the economy. A great idea for giving me my freaking money back.


I have 5 gas stations on my block. there is always a line at the Sunoco, as they are always 5-10c cheaper than the rest. I personally go to the one with the shortest line.

3.50 x 15gal = 52.5
3.60 x 16gal = 54.0

That's the thing. They're not giving you shit. You're basically forcibly taking a $600 loan against yourself. You are the one who's going to pay the interest on it. The $600 will end up costing thousands.

and I read an article that the federal interstate repair fund was also cut dramatically recently.

Lol that is how they do it every time. As usual, pick the lesser of two evils and deal with it

lol wat?

too quick on the paste-n-post. didn't read it. fixed.