So.....What are you going to do with your EXTRA $8.00 a week!!!

obieone
obieone Posts: 5,077
edited February 2009 in The Clubhouse
What a HUGE tax break, HUH!!! Yeah, that'll save the economy.:(

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/02/11/obamas-stimulus-package-reveals-winners-losers/
I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2009
    Woo, one more sandwich a week.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • leroyjr1
    leroyjr1 Posts: 8,785
    edited February 2009
    Yea boy!!!!!!! Strip club money.
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  • Pauly
    Pauly Posts: 4,519
    edited February 2009
    Extra sixer a week.
    Life without music would♭
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited February 2009
    hmmmm..........so that is 416.00 at the end of the year, I can get a pretty nice set of connects on the Gon. Or new power tubes, or some primo music, 35+ year subscribtion to Audio Mag, 3 plus years of Oil Changes,

    hmmmmmmmmmm guess I have to think about it.

    RT1
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,066
    edited February 2009
    reeltrouble1 wrote: »
    hmmmm..........so that is 416.00 at the end of the year, I can get a pretty nice set of connects on the Gon. Or new power tubes, or some primo music, 35+ year subscribtion to Audio Mag, 3 plus years of Oil Changes,

    hmmmmmmmmmm guess I have to think about it.

    RT1

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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited February 2009
    good one Phil...........I got two of them, sitting idle, two of them pounding in the Theater, although there was ad in Craiglist Personal offering sub service, wonder what 416.00 gets................naw...............but I will play with thought.

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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,679
    edited February 2009
    On Craigslist Personals, it appears the ladies only take roses, so the extra $8
    a week isn't going to help.
    Sal Palooza
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  • SKsolutions
    SKsolutions Posts: 1,820
    edited February 2009
    What are those 14 kids going to do?
    -Ignorance is strength -
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  • megasat16
    megasat16 Posts: 3,521
    edited February 2009
    $8 bucks a week...hmmm...let me think.

    I could fill up the tank in my car happily knowingly that I will not be starving once in every week and funds the oil money to the middle east terrorists who are nearly losing their minds on a barrel of oil dropping to the low 30s.
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  • thuffman03
    thuffman03 Posts: 1,325
    edited February 2009
    Did not even know we were getting all this life changing money.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited February 2009
    It's actually LESS than $416- it's $400 per person OR $800 per household. Which, when you break it down by 2000 hours per year, is <.25c per hour.
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • PhantomOG
    PhantomOG Posts: 2,409
    edited February 2009
    thuffman03 wrote: »
    Did not even know we were getting all this life changing money.

    The funny thing is how brainwashed we've all become to think we're somehow getting extra money. No, the fact is the government is getting less of your money!
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited February 2009
    PhantomOG wrote: »
    The funny thing is how brainwashed we've all become to think we're somehow getting extra money. No, the fact is the government is getting less of your money!

    Quite the SPIN job, isn't it!;) Just like the World Poker Tour, where they say player X won a pot of $1.1M, when he just went ALL-IN for $900K:eek:

    It's no wonder WE score so low in math & science:rolleyes:
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • timlitton
    timlitton Posts: 289
    edited February 2009
    PhantomOG wrote: »
    The funny thing is how brainwashed we've all become to think we're somehow getting extra money. No, the fact is the government is getting less of your money!

    +1

    Also, anyone who feels like $8/wk is something to feel negative about, feel free to send a check or money order every week to:

    Tim Litton
    Fort Wayne, IN 46804

    ;)
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  • ttomp
    ttomp Posts: 181
    edited February 2009
    timlitton wrote: »
    +1

    Also, anyone who feels like $8/wk is something to feel negative about, feel free to send a check or money order every week to:

    Tim Litton
    Fort Wayne, IN 46804

    ;)



    I don't feel negative about it , but $8 a week is not going to make me or brake me.
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  • MacLeod
    MacLeod Posts: 14,358
    edited February 2009
    If I had a magic wand Id eliminate payroll withholdings. You would have to sit down and right a check out to the government for your taxes every month just like you do every other bill. If you had to do that, and see all the money that is actually being taken away from you by force, youd have a whole new appreciation for the tax burden and it would be a WHOLE lot less because any politician even hinting about raising taxes would be ran out of DC.

    Just look at anytime your local city council tries to raise property taxes by .01%. If your town is like mine, all hell breaks loose! Or how about when the banks went up on ATM fees by $1. Again, all hell breaks loose. BUT 50% of the money you earn is taken up in taxes and we dont so much as whimper. Interesting.
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  • Polkersince85
    Polkersince85 Posts: 2,883
    edited February 2009
    Eight a week should be enough to cover the increased Fed cigarette tax to pay for the children's heath care. Light em up......you're smoking for the children.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited February 2009
    MacLeod wrote: »
    If I had a magic wand Id eliminate payroll withholdings. You would have to sit down and right a check out to the government for your taxes every month just like you do every other bill. If you had to do that, and see all the money that is actually being taken away from you by force, youd have a whole new appreciation for the tax burden and it would be a WHOLE lot less because any politician even hinting about raising taxes would be ran out of DC.

    Just look at anytime your local city council tries to raise property taxes by .01%. If your town is like mine, all hell breaks loose! Or how about when the banks went up on ATM fees by $1. Again, all hell breaks loose. BUT 50% of the money you earn is taken up in taxes and we dont so much as whimper. Interesting.

    I approve this post.

    Just think of it this way : for the majority of workers, every paycheck goes directly to the government from the start of the year until sometime in late April. You can keep the rest. Almost five months out of the year you're just working for the man. Awesome system.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • BeRad
    BeRad Posts: 736
    edited February 2009
    obieone wrote: »
    Quite the SPIN job, isn't it!;) Just like the World Poker Tour, where they say player X won a pot of $1.1M, when he just went ALL-IN for $900K:eek:

    It's no wonder WE score so low in math & science:rolleyes:

    I don't get how this would be a spin job.
    Player X has no money in the pot and it is at 200k. He pushes all in for his remaining 900k and everyone folds: giving him the pot worth 1.1M.

    Where is the deception?
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited February 2009
    BeRad wrote: »
    I don't get how this would be a spin job.
    Player X has no money in the pot and it is at 200k. He pushes all in for his remaining 900k and everyone folds: giving him the pot worth 1.1M.

    Where is the deception?


    Maybe I'm wrong, but, to me 'win' = GAIN. You don't gain by getting your own money back.
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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  • CaligulaPolk
    CaligulaPolk Posts: 1,650
    edited February 2009
    extra dime! :D
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  • BeRad
    BeRad Posts: 736
    edited February 2009
    obieone wrote: »
    Maybe I'm wrong, but, to me 'win' = GAIN. You don't gain by getting your own money back.

    Edit: That situation shows a gain. A 900k investment yields a 200k gain. You now have 1.1m to invest in future pots! :)

    How is it different than winning a golf tournament you had to pay to enter? You are winning your money, plus some. Only diff is that a poker pot isn't money, it's chips.
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  • BeRad
    BeRad Posts: 736
    edited February 2009
    **** End of thread hijack. Apologies to OP ****
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  • Music Joe
    Music Joe Posts: 459
    edited February 2009
    "Enjoy every sandwich" :)

    My wife (private sector manufacturing) just told me about a 10% pay cut for all who've not been layed off so far. Kalifornia has just about dialed in on a budget.
    Annual car tax up from .65% to 1.15%
    12-cent per gallon tax hike on gasoline
    1% sales tax hike
    one-time, 5 percent surcharge on people who owe personal income tax in 2009.

    Nearest I can figure is this will put us down about $125 a week.

    Make mine a wish sandwich :(
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  • mrbigbluelight
    mrbigbluelight Posts: 9,679
    edited February 2009
    MacLeod wrote: »
    If I had a magic wand Id eliminate payroll withholdings. You would have to sit down and right a check out to the government for your taxes every month just like you do every other bill.


    EVERY month ? Dang ..... I guess Laclede Gas and AmerenUE right.
    Sal Palooza
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    edited February 2009
    PhantomOG wrote: »
    The funny thing is how brainwashed we've all become to think we're somehow getting extra money. No, the fact is the government is getting less of your money!


    Don't worry, we will have to pay it back in the future, and with interest.
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,335
    edited February 2009
    The next time you vote, make sure you thank someone.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,459
    edited February 2009
    Change we can believe in. :rolleyes:
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  • timlitton
    timlitton Posts: 289
    edited February 2009
    I think people tend to forget the hundreds of other incentives and program associated with this package. There are so many things wrapped up in it that will help the economy but all we hear about is the "juicy" bits that can be spun for better ratings on our 24 news outlets.

    One example is for renewable energy. The first package allowed geothermal heating and cooling units (geoexchange - not hot rocks and geysers) to receive a 30% tax credit for installation costs. Unfortunately that was capped at $2000. This second package removes that cap entirely. This will save homeowners THOUSANDS more, and when combined with state and local incentives, really makes switching to geothermal attractive. The EPA and DOE has called geothermal "the most energy efficient, cost effective and environmentally friendly way to condition our homes and businesses." It reduces our dependence on fossil fuels, lowers utility bills by up to 70%, and happens to be good for the environment as well.

    This is just an example and there many others like it.
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited February 2009
    I just want hope and change...

    I heard it was $13 a week until the end of 2009 and then went down to $8.

    This may be off topic but a few days ago I saw the national debt was a little over 10 trillion and the population was 330 something billion. Do you realize if everyone paid their part of the debt it would be about $35K per household. Adding the two trillion would raise that to $42K. Of course that doesn't include interest and I assumed there were 2 or 3 people in each house.
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