So how to you plan to stimulate?

[goose]

We haven't gotten anything but also haven't sent our payment. We keep our taxes so we just about break even every year instead of the government using OUR money tax free, and then returning a part of it each year. People who rave about big refunds aren't doing it right.

Finally! Someone else that actually gets this concept!

 

I explain to people that get refunds that they're only letting the govt use their money for free and they look at me like a confused dog.

 

Last year after the tax cuts folks were pissed that their refunds were smaller, even though their overall tax bills were lower.

[Nova Carmina]

Probably outing myself a pinhead here, but I like getting the refund -- i get the gov't is using "my" money, but I work for the public (teacher) so my money just came from other people anyway (taxes and tuition)*, so I try not to think of it as "mine" too much -- it's just cycling through me at the moment. Plus, if I have it throughout the year, I'm likely to piss it away in bourbon, Rush puzzles, and rounds of golf, but this way we get to buy a "big" item we might not otherwise.

 

Of course, our stimulus money is going toward a new water heater and clothes dryer, both of which chose this historical moment to walk off the job.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(*Everybody's money comes from other people's money, logically, but that's probably another forum)

[The Cat 3]

http://nicolesandler.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/home-sweet-home-ceramic-tile-root-1paj4634_1470_1-500x500.jpg

 

Going to put the entire amount towards our home mortgage.

(Before I'm tempted to spend it on records!)

Edited April 16, 2020 by The Cat 3

[invisible airwave]

Copied this off a Forbes article regarding mailed checks.

 

Less than $10,000: April 24

$10,001 – $20,000: May 1

$20,001 – $30,000: May 8

$30,001 – $40,000: May 15

$40,001 – $50,000: May 22

$50,001 – $60,000: May 29

$60,001 – $70,000: June 5

$70,001 – $80,000: June 12

$80,001 – $90,000: June 19

$90,001 – $100,000: June 26

$100,001 – $110,000: July 3

$110,001 – $120,000: July 10

$120,001 – $130,000: July 17

$130,001- $140,000: July 24

$140,001 – $150,000: July 31

$150,001 – $160,000: August 7

$160,001 – $170,000: August 14

$170,001 – $180,000: August 21

$180,001 – $190,000: August 28

$190,001 – $198,000: September 4

Remaining checks: September 11

 

According to this I should get it mailed the first week of May if I haven’t had direct deposit yet based on what I earned last year.

 

[Laurabw]

FINALLY deemed eligible, just have to enter my direct deposit information. Woohoo!