Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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I'll belive it when I see it.
This is the U.S. Government, don't spend it until it's in your hand. Will it be a Rebate, a Refund or Taxable Income ?
Don U. TCA 73-5735
It will go direct to savings in the bank. We dont need or expect this money this year. It will only bolster our growing reserves. Spend it? HAH! It will go into a interest bearing account and earn money. Too bad that the yield rates are not that great now compared to 6 months ago.
I dont expect or want this money. In fact, we are happy to stick it deep in a vault somewhere against NEXT YEAR's tax season on that money. It will likely turn around and go right back into the money pit of our Treasury Department.
I find it mildly interesting that the Government cannot handle THIER money in a normal Congressional Session and take care of the 14 or so required budgets for each Department such as the Veterans Administration and yet try to rain money down upon the people that will simply soak into the hard drought land within days with little or no impact on overal health.
Spending this money in trains, (yes, it feels good), Would this spending help the economy like the President wants it to...... ummm
Reuben
Bob Keller
Vet bills.........Like in a doggie?
Bob, sorry to hear about the pup. Not good. Hope it works out.
Got Tobacco Allotment Buyout check due any day. Was issued the 11th. Always buy something train related and then PAY IRS taxes.
God bless TCA 05-58541 Benefactor Member of the NRA, Member of the American Legion, Retired Boss Hog of Roseyville , KC&D Qualified
Ogaugeoverlord, Best wishes. Hopefully that pet does not lose too much during Chemo or whatever it is animals do when subjected to such hard medicines. We are suvivors ourselves.
Whatever vacumn cleaner that actually GETS the dog hair out has to be a good one indeed. And NOT AN ORECK! ugh. I recall my grandparents cannon that had a 1000 horsepower motor inside and frightful suction that gave us dreams of terror as children.
Put it toward my Ferrari. A Testarosa.
bomber
Jon
So many roads, so little time.
Hi,
I don't mean to be a downer, but I've learned many years ago there is no such thing as "free". IF - and that's a big IF - we get a check from our dear uncle, somewhere down the line our kids or grandkids are going to have to pay it back.
All that being said, any moneys received here will very likely go back into the economy, with some going to the LHS or Ebay.
ENJOY,
Mobilman44
ENJOY !
Living in southeast Texas, formerly modeling the "postwar" Santa Fe and Illinois Central
Modeling the "Fargo Area Rapid Transit" in O scale 3 rail.
stubbsO wrote:I'll believe it when I see it! If I get one it will go into the bank. Why spend it on something? Ask yourself, Do I really need another item for the train? The economy is going to go into the dumps, you count on it! It's already started and won't get better anytime soon. It's a election year, we still have a terrorist cloud hanging over us, the draft will be forthcomming with the next hit! Oil prices and prices of goods and services are going to go through the roof, etc. etc. So why put it back into the economy when you will anyway just to do your day to day living and keeping the ship afloat.
Dude you're bummin me out! I'm still workin on Januarys mortgage, car payment, and forget about the utility bills and Last years property taxes. Hope I can get through the next couple months, thats as bout as far forward as I want to look.
I refuse to lie awake at night worrying about terrorists prowling our streets to hit us as they did on 9-11. Spouse and I dont worry about the draft either. If the call comes, we go. oorah. But there is going to be a hell of alot of trouble getting half of the fighting age people trained.
We build savings at every oppertunity. Our goal is one years necessary expenses ahead of time. That way there is no debt anywhere except food and gas. A dollar here and a dollar there helps alot.
Beats working for creditcard company and thier Nation-killing interest rates. I say remove them from our commerce and limit all borrowing to the Fed rate plus 2%. Greed I say. Not 17% not 25% not 30.. oh no. Waait for the balance principle due and payable on reciept notices to go out as the last of the giants choke on the seawater while drowning.
I can see it now. Visa citi transferred to discover, discover transferred to AmEx, AmEx transferred to Mastercard, Master Card transferred to... as long as they can do this, the music will continue and around the chairs we go at 0% Sometimes I think the major credit card companies make money off the overnight short lending to each other on all of these transfers ON TOP of customer interest rates. Yech.
All of those wonderful 0% offers help us take the credit card debt, bite off chunks and pay em off before the trial period ends. Funny how the mailings dry up and we no longer get junk credit card offers. I bet the scammers are salviating and getting ready to print a bunch of bogus Fed Rebate checks. I can almost hear the printers spooling up now.
Probably spend it on some unimportant things like rent, food, medical bills,...Thanks for asking.
Jago wrote:Don't know about the U.S but If the UK government ever gives money away I will buy a camera so I can film the squadrons of flying pigs go by.
Ah yes, then give everything back to Her Majesty when ye finish yah?
Maybe I see an oppertunity for a small camera myself. All I know is the use of what one already has as best as possible.
Next time I drop in to the palace for a cigar and a pint of Guiness I will mention it to her
Read in todays paper that if you make over 100K single or combined for a family you get nothing. Hope thats not true. If we get anything half to me for trains the other half to the bride for scrapbooking.
Jason
B&O = Best & Only
Depending on who gets their way, it looks like I'll either be up for the full $800 or essentially nothing.
If I end up with the $800, I'll probably go ahead and get Legacy, and then put the rest in savings.
Otherwise, the amount I get will be so insignificant that it wouldn't even buy a decent Postwar car.
DMUinCT wrote: I'll belive it when I see it. This is the U.S. Government, don't spend it until it's in your hand. Will it be a Rebate, a Refund or Taxable Income ?
But if it does come in...Most to my sons college fund. Than we will all treat ourselves to a little something and yes, mine will probably be toy train related.
LMAO!!!!!
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