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Kevyn ([personal profile] kevyn) wrote2008-05-02 01:47 pm
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About that stimulus check you're getting...

To my fellow USAians:

About that stimulus check you're getting from the government this week: Enjoy it.

Because I'm not getting one.

I didn't make enough money last year to get one.

In fact, when I did my taxes for April 15th, not only did I not get a refund... I had to PAY $70 in owed taxes (money I really couldn't afford, and had to borrow to pay).

I find it really ironic -- and you don't hear about this in the media at all -- that those of us in the lowest tax bracket, those who could use the check the most, aren't getting a rebate check at all.

So I sent in my money to the IRS April 15th, and watched it vanish in a puff of smoke, into Iraq military contractors, into interest payments on debt, and into stimulus package rebate checks that are going to people who need the money less than I do.

Who's bitter? Me? No way.

[identity profile] kcfairy.livejournal.com 2008-05-02 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Jesus H on a crutch.

[identity profile] kevynjacobs.livejournal.com 2008-05-02 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I know, I'm a whiner.

[identity profile] kcfairy.livejournal.com 2008-05-07 02:11 pm (UTC)(link)
What I meant was - this is another "shell game" of W's. It astounds me how low they can go.

[identity profile] detailbear.livejournal.com 2008-05-03 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but you'd probably spend it on something like food or rent. Not con$umer good$ with high markup$ and high profit$ for American Corporation$.

[identity profile] kevynjacobs.livejournal.com 2008-05-08 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
My mom is going to Japan in a couple of weeks to visit Dale & Cindy and the grandkids. She plans on taking her money to spend on the Japanese economy! ;-)

[identity profile] kennapea.livejournal.com 2008-05-04 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
no shit.
let's not give people who'd benefit from "free" money any.
that would be far too logical to make any real sense at this point.

[identity profile] kevynjacobs.livejournal.com 2008-05-08 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Logic and this government do not go together.

[identity profile] tianas-knife.livejournal.com 2008-05-04 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
same thing for me. In fact, I had to pay over $200.... money I could have used for moving when I get my new job. this crap is bullshit