What are YOU gonna do w/ your $600.00?

obieone
obieone Posts: 5,077
edited February 2008 in The Clubhouse
So, I just heard today that we're getting $600 from George & Nancy....
What to do w/ it, is the question?
I'm sweating ANOTHER pink slip, so mine's going to the BANK!!!
I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,447
    edited January 2008
    I'm going to roll it up and smoke it.
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  • Bill Ayotte
    Bill Ayotte Posts: 1,860
    edited January 2008
    Hookers and blow.
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  • 66chevyIISS
    66chevyIISS Posts: 857
    edited January 2008
    Cconsidering we won't get it until August or later and my daughter will be 4 months old it will probably go towards stock in Huggies :D
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited January 2008
    It'll make up for what I'm sure I'll have to pay them in April.
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited January 2008
    Pay off those damn credit cards
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited January 2008
    I love that when the gov't gives us our own money back we treat it as a gift.

    Good doggies.
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  • Rivrrat
    Rivrrat Posts: 2,101
    edited January 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    I love that when the gov't gives us our own money back we treat it as a gift.

    Good doggies.

    Perzactly.:mad:

    I wish they'd see that from our point of view :rolleyes:
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2008
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    I love that when the gov't gives us our own money back we treat it as a gift.

    Good doggies.

    I love it when the worthless **** give 30% of what's being given out to people who never paid a dime in taxes. Meanwhile the people who pay the most taxes don't get one red cent. :rolleyes: It's like welfare part II.

    In any event, these "rebates" (it's a misnomer) don't solve the problem. They're a temporary fix at best.

    It's funny how both sides can come together during an election year for some good publicity.
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  • del44
    del44 Posts: 686
    edited January 2008
    Hopefully I can save it until next year. That way , I can use it to help pay next years taxes. :rolleyes:
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  • opus
    opus Posts: 1,252
    edited January 2008
    This whole charade disgusts me. It will only make things worse.


    Having said that I will spend it on Hookers that blow.:p
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2008
    you're suppose to spend it.. that's what the feds are hoping for.... i don't know what i'll be doing with mine. .but they are saying that they'll start mailing them out this spring..

    bring it on! i'll prob pay off credit cards.. or sushi ;)
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    Isn't there a cap on it? People who make more than X amount won't get it, or no?
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2008
    wingnut4772 wrote: »
    Isn't there a cap on it? People who make more than X amount won't get it, or no?

    Yes, 75K (Single) or 150K (Couple). :rolleyes:
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  • McLoki
    McLoki Posts: 5,231
    edited January 2008
    opus wrote: »
    Having said that I will spend it on Hookers that blow.:p

    Few things I need to pay off (only one of them at the $600 mark).

    Besides, why waste it on hookers and blow when I can just head over to kevin's house and party with him.... :D
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  • danger boy
    danger boy Posts: 15,722
    edited January 2008
    Demiurge wrote: »
    Yes, 75K (Single) or 150K (Couple). :rolleyes:

    whew! i'm safe.. i don't make anywhere near that much :D :eek:
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2008
    danger boy wrote: »
    whew! i'm safe.. i don't make anywhere near that much :D :eek:

    Well, those people get some, it phases out after that point.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited January 2008
    $75K? That's like minimum wage reguirements to RENT in places like Boston, NY, Chicago!
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2008
    obieone wrote: »
    $75K? That's like minimum wage reguirements to RENT in places like Boston, NY, Chicago!

    Yeah, and anyone making 87K (Single) or $174K (Couple) don't get a dime....Higher caps if you have kids.
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  • bert26
    bert26 Posts: 320
    edited January 2008
    I TOTALLY agree with Demi on this one. As for what I will be spending it on .... NOTHING because I am too RICH to qualify apparently. So for being a good citizen and paying my taxes and keeping my mortgage up to date and paying off my other bills - I get nothing. Which is exactly how it should be - I just pisses me off that MY tax $$ will be going to subsidize others even more than usual. 150 BILLION! :mad:
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited January 2008
    What am I going to do with my own money? My own money that was corruptly taken from me in the first place?

    Either save it or spend it in ways that won't get taxed.
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  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,207
    edited January 2008
    McLoki wrote: »
    Few things I need to pay off (only one of them at the $600 mark).

    Besides, why waste it on hookers and blow when I can just head over to kevin's house and party with him.... :D

    Call me,you guys may need some help;)
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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited January 2008
    Demiurge wrote: »
    Yes, 75K (Single) or 150K (Couple). :rolleyes:

    I'm out.:(
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited January 2008
    Someone should really put it towards a certain CDP being sold in the FM.
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  • nadams
    nadams Posts: 5,877
    edited January 2008
    If I get a check for $600 this spring, it'll go towards stuff I already bought with money I didn't have. They won't see an increase in the local economy on my part.

    And, at a salary of $30k combined between full and part-time jobs, I would hope I qualify.
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  • markmarc
    markmarc Posts: 2,309
    edited January 2008
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited January 2008
    You guys are missing their point entirely... by giving this money back in "Cash" forms to the middle and lower classes, (The classes that spend the most statistically) they are investing it back into the economy. Whether you agree with the mentality or not, it really doesn't matter. It's the way our economics work with the Government spending to help bring up spending.

    Regardless, I'll take the 600 + 300 for each kid and enjoy it! No complaints here. I won't be spending it, but they don't need to know that ;)
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2008
    MrNightly wrote: »
    You guys are missing their point entirely... by giving this money back in "Cash" forms to the middle and lower classes, (The classes that spend the most statistically) they are investing it back into the economy. Whether you agree with the mentality or not, it really doesn't matter. It's the way our economics work with the Government spending to help bring up spending.

    What are you talking about? :confused:
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  • MrNightly
    MrNightly Posts: 3,370
    edited January 2008
    Demiurge wrote: »
    What are you talking about? :confused:

    The rich don't go out and spend blow money on things that aren't needed... they pay cash for their toys not overspending. That's how they got to be rich. By counting their penny's. The poor and middle class are all striving to be like the "Jones" and are in debt over their eyeballs on things they don't need... with money they don't have. By giving these people more money, statistically they are going to put it right back into the economy.

    That's my thoughts and opinion's from economic classes I've taken. :D
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2008
    MrNightly wrote: »
    The rich don't go out and spend blow money on things that aren't needed... they pay cash for their toys not overspending. That's how they got to be rich. By counting their penny's. The poor and middle class are all striving to be like the "Jones" and are in debt over their eyeballs on things they don't need... with money they don't have. By giving these people more money, statistically they are going to put it right back into the economy.

    That's my thoughts and opinion's from economic classes I've taken. :D

    You realize your government classifies someone making $87,000 a year as rich, right? That's a good chunk of change, but it's not even close to mansions, Porches and condos in Maui.

    Also, the lower and middle class in no way spend more than the upper middle class and "rich" spend. Think about it logically, the more you make, the more you spend overall -- you have more expendable income. It costs more to buy salmon and wine every week than hamburger helper and kool-aid.

    You'd be far better off cutting taxes rather than putting a band-aid on a gunshot wound.
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  • Ricardo
    Ricardo Posts: 10,636
    edited January 2008
    Someone could confuse this with buying votes if it was an election year......
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