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ShroomDoom
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Free money is coming: Bush signs tax rebates bill
#8018243 - 02/13/08 03:51 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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The rumors are true, the government is sending people money for free in the spring. i know im going to get at least $300, and ive already filed my 2007 return, all i have to do is wait. whats funny is, they think everyone is going to put the money back into the economy, when i know a fuckload of people are just gonna buy drugs lol. crackheads and tweakers are going to have a fucking heyday.
full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080213/ap_on_go_pr_wh/economy_stimulus
WASHINGTON - The checks aren't in the mail, but they will be soon. President Bush signed legislation Wednesday to rush rebates ranging from $300 to $1,200 to millions of people, the centerpiece of government efforts to brace the wobbly economy. First, though, you must file your 2007 tax return. ADVERTISEMENT
More than 130 million people are expected to get the rebates, starting around May. Congress, Bush, the Federal Reserve and Wall Street are hoping the money will burn such a hole in people's pockets that they won't be able to resist spending it. And the spending is supposed to give an energizing jolt to a national economy that is in danger of toppling into a recession if it hasn't already.
Whether people actually spend the money remains to be seen. A recent Associated Press-Ipos poll indicates most people have other plans. Forty-five percent said they planned to pay off bills, while 32 percent said they would save or invest it. Only 19 percent said they would spend their rebates.
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Re: Free money is coming: Bush signs tax rebates bill [Re: ShroomDoom]
#8018287 - 02/13/08 04:07 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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its gonna be some time before it comes though.... the IRS is swamped and i dont think the 130 million Americans that are getting the return are crackheads.
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ShroomDoom
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Re: Free money is coming: Bush signs tax rebates bill [Re: psycho.reactive]
#8018315 - 02/13/08 04:14 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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i know one or two methheads that make more than 3 grand a year.
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Re: Free money is coming: Bush signs tax rebates bill [Re: ShroomDoom]
#8018326 - 02/13/08 04:18 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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dude, the lowest paying shit job with shit hours pays 3k a year
thats like, not very much money lol
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Re: Free money is coming: Bush signs tax rebates bill [Re: ShroomDoom]
#8018327 - 02/13/08 04:19 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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we got some govt. checks here last year, but it was because our economy was doing well, not shitty.
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ShroomDoom
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Re: Free money is coming: Bush signs tax rebates bill [Re: Atheist]
#8018355 - 02/13/08 04:24 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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yeah. thats my point, you dont have to make that much money to get a rebate. im sure a fuckload of crackheads and methheads make more than 3 grand a year qualifying them for a rebate. so much for putting money back into the economy.
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Re: Free money is coming: Bush signs tax rebates bill [Re: ShroomDoom]
#8018356 - 02/13/08 04:24 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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can i file a tax return if i didn't make any money?
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Re: Free money is coming: Bush signs tax rebates bill [Re: demiu5]
#8018360 - 02/13/08 04:25 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Why file a return if you don't qualify for the rebate?
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Re: Free money is coming: Bush signs tax rebates bill [Re: ShroomDoom]
#8018361 - 02/13/08 04:25 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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It doesn't matter what you spend your rebate on so long as it is spent. If you buy drugs with it. Your dealer will spend it on something. If you pay bills with it, that money will be spent on resources.
Tax rebates have a trickling effect. Imagine that rebate being poured like water over a pyramid with each level pouring over to the next. So long as people don't save their rebate, it will be spent over and over.
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Re: Free money is coming: Bush signs tax rebates bill [Re: demiu5]
#8018362 - 02/13/08 04:25 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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yeah if you got social security or somethin like that. but it would have to be more than 3k a year.
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Re: Free money is coming: Bush signs tax rebates bill [Re: ShroomDoom]
#8018411 - 02/13/08 04:35 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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from OPs linked article:
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To pay for the rebates — which are estimated to cost about $117 billion over the next two years — the government will have to borrow more money, enlarging the budget deficit.
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Re: Free money is coming: Bush signs tax rebates bill [Re: Gr8fulJ420]
#8018623 - 02/13/08 05:26 PM (15 years, 11 months ago) |
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Edited by Vanguard (02/15/08 04:32 PM)
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