Hmm, so it sounds like most people will be getting a check for $600 from Uncle Sugar Daddy. Politics aside, about all I can see is that for us, it’s $1,200 that’s going to Visa. As I said to takaza, “Fiscal responsibility is boring.” But hey – less debt is a Good Thing. I still want to buy something frivolous, though – like maybe a sexy new dual-core laptop or something.
Cook’s Illustrated is looking for recipe testers. Heck yeah, I signed up! While I often have an idle yen to cook many of the recipes from their pages, this gives me the impetus to actually get off my butt and do it. Of course, I may need some help from friends in evaluating the finished products. Hmm.
It was a screwy morning today. As we approached Dan’s usual train station there were cars streaming out of it – never a good sign at 6:50 AM. Dan checked and Metra’s website said that a freight train had derailed in Antioch and no trains were running (which was not really the case). Well, phooey on that. I dropped Dan off at the Round Lake station and he wound up having to take an expensive cab ride to work from Glenview. Then, as I was getting some cash from the ATM on the way in to work I notice (after my transaction, unfortunately) that the lock on the ATM was half-open (it’s the type where when unlocked a faceplate pops out, then you unscrew it). I called the bank branch when they opened and they assured me that if the ATM had been opened an alarm would have disabled it. I’ll keep an eye on my account just in case…
I’m salivating about the monies…I’ve been following that rebate story since it broke with the proposed values being 800/individual 1600/family
I just think of how I can be a consumerist american with that money…*drool*
I mean save it and have a better tomorrow.
BTW: that article you sent to me about renting and buying, very informative. I might open my range up. But I was still gunning for a condo primarily so some of the comments don’t really apply.
Go on . . . spend it, and have a better tomorrow – today!
Or maybe not rebate.
As I read this report on the approved package, there’s a magic catch phrase:
Given that I fall squarely in the range of the named incomes, I don’t think $600 is in my future. I’m only cautiously optimistic that I’ll see anything at all.
Re: Or maybe not rebate.
See, this is because you’re one of those evil rich people we we keep hearing about. I’ll bet you’re out oppressing poor people as we speak!
While it will be nice to get the money…I don’t think it’s the smart move. Hell, by the time we get the money, the economy could be all hunky dorry too. 🙂
My problem with the “Free Mooney” is that the majority of the spending will end up heading straight for China, where a massive quantity of products are produced. I intend to spend a small portion of whatever falls into my mailbox at a small book printer who I know will appreciate the business, and the rest will fall squarely into my savings account for the next time work slows down.
Good stuff, this stimulating the economy business >_>
-Jack
Oh believe me, I think it’s a terrible idea, and political pandering at its worst. That doesn’t mean that I won’t put the money to good use, though.
That is exactly where mine is going: The credit card. And I’m willing to bet that is where most of that money is going to go. That or its being squirreled away somewhere. Bush is a moron and Pelosi isn’t much better for backing this crap. This does NOTHING other then being a feel good solution to people for all of 5 minutes.
The best part is, people will probably use it as an excuse to put another $1600 on their credit cards right now. After all, they’ll just pay it off later . . .
(which perhaps is the idea, but I’m not sure it’s such a good one)
I’m not turning the money down, but I think it’s a moronic idea and that we will get the money way too late to do any good.
Depends on our financial situation at the time as to what we do with it. We’ll probably buy a few treatses, but the bulk of it will either:
1) Go towards paying down the huge CC debt we’ve rung up while Charlie’s been in school
2) Go into an oh-shit savings account that we admittedly haven’t been able to start b/c money has been so tight
3) Put into the pot for refinancing our condo this year